A lost war medal belonging to a Toronto soldier killed in action during the First World War has been reunited with the soldier’s great-granddaughter after a Barrie, Ont. history teacher and his students spearheaded the search for his family. Lovell reached out to the Star last month after a local rooming house owner discovered the medal of Private John Hadley, a bricklayer-turned-soldier who fought in the First World War. Lovell and his students researched Hadley’s past using public records, and received more leads and possible family connections following the Star’s Nov. 7 story. “It’s incredible when you can bring something to life, like in an inanimate object like that, you get the human story behind it,” Lovell told the Star at the time.

Source: thestar December 06, 2017 22:52 UTC