I didn't realise they could retract the medals years after they were earned!
The criminal is definitely our JH!! When he was involved I stealing the rolls of fabric in Bristol (mentioned in the papers re stealing Mr Harryman's car) the newspaper reporter stated he was from Cork and was know to the police in Southampton and was a ships fireman, which fit our man exactly.
My poor mother-in-law was born a week into his second prison term
