A Dundee man’s forgotten First World War medal has been reunited with his nephew following a Courier appeal.
Robert Stewart’s Victory Medal was discovered under the floorboards of his former Broughty Ferry home by builder Graeme Clark.
The medal bore the inscription 28434 Pte R Stewart, of the Yorkshire Light Infantry, which came as some surprise to his nephew Peter Rennie.
He said: “I remember him well from visits with my mother but I didn’t know all that much about him.
“His wife was my mother’s sister and he was always known as Bob.
“He had been a gardener at some stage and used to live in Hill Street but I am really short of information about him.
“I’m fairly sure he came from the north east of England, around County Durham, so I was surprised to hear he had been in the Yorkshire Light Infantry.”
Robert’s daughter Annabella suffers from dementia and is living in a care home so Peter accepted the medal on her behalf.
He has a small collection of family war mementos and said he would like to keep them together.
Peter said: “My cousin, lived in the house until two years ago but is now in a care home with dementia, so it was decided I should have it so that it can stay in the family.
“I had another uncle who was killed in the First World War and I have his Dead Man’s Penny.
“I have always had a fascination with the First World War and I have a few bits and pieces of a collection.”
After reading the story of the mysterious medal in The Courier, Peter said it was not him, but his wife Janice, who first made the connection that it was his uncle’s medal.
He said: “I didn’t realise it at all. It was pointed out to me by my wife.
“I just never connected the dots until my wife said that’s Anna’s cottage. The entire interior has been gutted now.
“I just wonder how the medal came to be under the floorboards in the first place or how long it had been there.”
Bearing the words: “The Great War for All Civilisation 1914 to 1919”, the Victory Medal was given to servicemen who returned from the war in 1919 and 1920.