Family stunned to learn that the father they thought was 'just a cook' had secret wartime life in elite paratrooper unit tasked with rescuing British POWs, as hid…
The medals belonged to Captain Leslie Scott, part of a special unit made up of just 360 Allied parachute-trained special ...
Special forces badges from hero who said he was a cook in war sell for thousands
Two small embroidered cloth wings from an elite special forces unit - which spent years hidden away in an attic near York - ...
Rare World War II badges found in veteran's London flat sell for £3,600
Two small embroidered cloth wings uncovered by the stunned family of an elite special forces WW2 veteran who kept his role a ...
Rare special forces badges found in loft of man who told relatives he'd been 'just a cook' in the war
Some of the rarest Allied special forces memorabilia of the Second World War are to go under the hammer at an auction in ...
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A Rare Gold Medal From the 1904 St. Louis Olympics Sells for $545,371 at Auction
A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis has been sold at auction for $545,371 as part of a larger collection of memorabilia from previous Games ...
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Veteran who said he was cook was in elite special forces
They enlisted expert advice and the items are set to go on sale in Scarborough ... without behind the lines parachute jumps, and then the war over. "The unit was for a time involved in the ...
WWII hero's family thought he was 'just a cook' before mind-blowing revelation
Captain Leslie Scott's collection of Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force (SAARF) wings are among the most scarce Allied airborne insignia of the Second World War ...