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Hi. I'm Adam. I research ww1 medals, photos, named antiques etc and try to trace living relatives.
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02/01/2026

What medal did Grandpa Potts wear in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? One of my favourite films!

"And the big brown bear came lolloping over the mountain"

01/01/2026

Happy New Year everyone!

What do you wish for in 2026?

31/12/2025

MEDALS GOING HOME made for an incredible Christmas day present for the Kindred family all the way in Australia!

Frederick Albert Kindred was born on March 24th 1889 in Brighton, Sussex. His father, Henry, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 41. We find.the family in 1891 living at 14 Bread Street. Frederick's father is a tailor and his mother a tailoress. His father died just 5 years later and in 1901 we find Frederick living with his sister and his widowed mother Elizabeth but now they are in London on Stanhope Street in St Pancreas. Sadly his mother then died in 1909 and he goes to love with his sister who is now married on Holloway Road. Frederick is aged 22 and is working as a printers clerk.

He married Lily Gertrude Thomas on September 19th 1912 at Upper Holloway Baptist Church which certainly doesn't look how I expected a church to look! At the time he was working as a commercial clerk. They had three children during their marriage.

Frederick served during WW1 with the Border Regiment and the Army Pay Corps. His surviving pension record gives a next of kind address of his wife as 5 Stafford Road in Preston. It also tells us that he spent 74 days in hospital with PUO - Pyrexia of Unknown Origin.

After the war Frederick worked as a bookkeeper for the civil service and he was still living in Preston with his wife and 3 children on the 1921 census. It then looks like the family moved to Australia and spent most of the next 30 years there.

Frederick died on August 12th 1949 in Surrey at the age of 60.

His medal is now back with his grandson in Australia who gave it to his father as a Christmas present.

"Hi Adam, thank you so very much for making it possible for us to reunite my dad with his grandfather's WW1 medal. It made for the best surprise Christmas present the Kindred family could ever have hoped for"

30/12/2025

I just keep finding stamps 🤣

Here's other 20 first class stamps.

Anyone want these for £20? Drop me a message 👍

26/12/2025

Love him or hate him... This was the best thing I saw all Christmas and I totally believe he genuinely wanted to do it.

Don't think I've seen these Angel Trees anywhere in the UK. Correct me if I'm wrong 🤣

Anyone got any good boxing day plans?

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas everyone
From Medals Going Home 🎅

24/12/2025

Tomorrow is the day my wife will be launching herself into the north sea. Not for fun, but to selflessly raise money for charity.
Who would want to do something similar ridiculous on Christmas day? A few hundred people actually. All taking the icy plunge together in Felixstowe.

She is only £81 short of my secret target of £250.
I only need 16 out of the 20,000 people on this page to donate £5 and we'll be there!

I know we can do it. I have faith in you! Please share this widely 😍

23/12/2025

Do you want to reconnect with a family member or even to find a close relative for the first time? We’re now casting for the next series of Long Lost Family, and we may be able to help.

If you’re ready to share your story, we’d love to hear from you. You can apply via this link: https://www.walltowall.co.uk/casting/1421/long-lost-family.

22/12/2025

My nutty but caring wife Jade is taking part in the Felixstowe Christmas Day Dip this year to raise funds for St Elizabeth Hospice in memory of James Robinson. Along with hundreds of others she will be running into the north sea on Christmas day whilst I stand at the side in a warm coat holding a hot chocolate and a Tesco crumble topped mince pie.

She hasn't set herself a very high target but I'm sure together we can help her smash it! Maybe even beat her target five times over! (That's my secret target 😉)

I have put the link to donate in the comments. Every little helps support a fantastic charity and she will be so grateful for the support. I mean, who wants to run into the sea on Christmas day? Only nutters.

Please give this post a share and let's see if we can help her raise some serious money for a great charity by doing something rather bonkers tbh for 10am on Christmas Day.

St Elizabeth Hospice improves life for people in East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney living with a progressive or life-limiting illness. Our work is centred on an individual's needs, which means specialist support, whenever and wherever it is needed, whether at home, in the community or at the hospice.

Thanks for all your support with this and just in general through 2025 🙏

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