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Originally Posted by Accyexplorer
Morning folks,just a little update regarding the medal,I have met Dorothy and her son and returned the medal to its rightful place.
Joseph Bond joined the Grenadier Guards (22/09/1916) and was posted to the 4th battalion.
He was posted missing from the war at La Caronne,during one of the epic battles,and presumed killed in action in April 1918 but was later confirmed as a pow.He was a very brave man and awarded the British war and victory medals.
I have a few photos to share (and a bottle of wine  ) but I only have access through my phone at the minute so I'll just upload them separately.
I asked if they knew who it could of ended up lost and in the ground but sadly it remains a mystery.
Dorothy and Nick also asked me to thank you all for your input in tracking them down and posting info they didn't even know about their relative.
Reuniting it with them was,as Margaret says,gold of a different kind 
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Might be worth going back over the ground, his other medal might turn up. There were some blokes that were disappointed with what they came home to, they sometimes threw their medals away, (I hope this wasn't the case, they deserved recognition).