A First World War medal has been unearthed in a field in Betchworth, Surrey, almost 90 years after it was first lost. The medal belonged to a soldier called Thomas Swan, who was so distressed by the war that he threw the medal from a train shortly after being awarded it.

The medal was then found in 1999 by Bob Sheppard, who was using a metal detector at the time. Mr Sheppard tracked down the surviving family of Thomas Swan after 11 years and gave the medal to his great granddaughter, Keely McGuinness.

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