Rye man reunited with father’s World War Two documents

A person has been reunited with World Conflict Two paperwork that belonged to his father after they had been present in a desk 18 years after he died.

Martin Reid, from Lanark in Scotland, purchased the desk at public sale 4 years in the past and not too long ago found the folder behind a drawer that had been caught.

The paperwork had belonged to the late Ian Rodger, from Glasgow, who served within the sign regiment and fought in Italy and Tunisia through the struggle.

His son Sandy Rodger stated: “It is a proud and detailed account of a unprecedented endeavour, instructed by a younger man who, with the advantage of hindsight, survived and might be stated to have had a ‘good struggle’.”

Mr Rodger was made conscious of his father’s paperwork, that included pictures, letters and maps, following an enchantment for info made by the Church of Scotland.

He travelled from his house in Rye in East Sussex to Edinburgh to satisfy Mr Reid and gather the folder.

Mr Rodger stated he had a set of his father’s outdated papers and letters from the struggle however had by no means seen the contents of the folder earlier than.

The 62-year-old defined that in 2021 he cleared out his mom’s flat and will need to have missed the paperwork that fell behind a desk drawer.

Mr Reid purchased the desk for £110 and used it repeatedly at his house over time, not figuring out the historic papers had been hidden inside till he discovered them in March.

“Sandy is a beautiful man and really pleased with his father and it was very transferring seeing his response as he leafed by the folder and shared anecdotes,” he stated.

Extra reporting from PA Media.