Appeal to find blind veteran's war medals missing from service station
A blind veteran is appealing for the return of his Second World War medals lost at a motorway service station near Walsall.
95-year-old Alfred Barlow, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, was returning home from a pilgrimage to Normandy, France, earlier this month where he fought on the beaches more than 70 years ago.
He stopped off at Norton Canes Services near Walsall on the M6 Toll on Thursday June 8.
His wife and grandson carer noticed that his four medals were missing after he visited the gents' toilets.
His grandson immediately retraced their steps, asked at all outlets and thedesignated lost property depot but they were nowhere to be seen.
The four medals lost are the 1939-1945 Star, the France & Germany Star, the 1939-1945 War Medal and the Palestine Medal.
Mr Barlow, who turns 96 on June 25, served with 3rd Reconnaissance (Recce) Regiment, 3rd Division, and landed on Sword Beach at 10am on D-Day, June 6 1944.
He said:
He is offering a reward to anyone who is able to help return the medals tohim.
Mr Barlow started receiving support from Blind Veterans UK after losing hissight through macular degeneration and glaucoma much later in life and is asking for anyone with information on the return of the medals to contact the sight loss charity on the free Blind Veterans UK hotline on 0800 389 7979.