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Title: 14,000 WW2 Metal Dog Tags finder looking for owners. Video.
Post by: tup1 on Wednesday 12 April 17 14:00 BST (UK)
Hi
14,000 metal dog tags of WW2 Heroes have been found buried beside the site of a WW2 anti-aircraft battery just outside London.They represent almost every army regiment including men who stormed the beaches of Normandy.The site they were found was near a former factory which made them.
There is a video which can be viewed on the site.The finder is looking for owners or the families to return them he has had some success with a few of them.

skegness standard. co.uk
Title: Re: 14,000 WW2 Metal Dog Tags finder looking for owners. Video.
Post by: haliared on Thursday 05 September 24 17:46 BST (UK)
Below is a link to an article on this...

https://www.forcesnews.com/news/hunt-thousands-ww2-heroes

The man who found these has now shut down his social media pages and emails and disappeared but he has family dog tags. Does anyone know how to get these dog tags please?

I have tried emailing his associate Katey in the USA, all just bounce back. The Wartime Memories Project do not know what has happened either or how to contact him.
Title: Re: 14,000 WW2 Metal Dog Tags finder looking for owners. Video.
Post by: ptdrifter on Friday 06 September 24 08:46 BST (UK)
He does appear to be on LinkedIn, if that is any use.
Title: Re: 14,000 WW2 Metal Dog Tags finder looking for owners. Video.
Post by: 12tootsi34 on Thursday 03 October 24 17:02 BST (UK)
Strange, I was of the opinion that UK dog tags were made of a plastic substance. like my fathers were not metal.
Title: Re: 14,000 WW2 Metal Dog Tags finder looking for owners. Video.
Post by: bearkat on Thursday 03 October 24 17:18 BST (UK)
I think they were made of some sort of fibre board.
Title: Re: 14,000 WW2 Metal Dog Tags finder looking for owners. Video.
Post by: ptdrifter on Thursday 03 October 24 17:31 BST (UK)
According to the article
"Military buff Dan believes they were some of the first metal tags made and due to be sent out to replace existing fibre ones that were used for most of the war."
Title: Re: 14,000 WW2 Metal Dog Tags finder looking for owners. Video.
Post by: haliared on Thursday 03 October 24 22:19 BST (UK)
Quote from: ptdrifter on Friday 06 September 24 08:46 BST (UK)
He does appear to be on LinkedIn, if that is any use.

Thank you for this. I will try and set up an account on there.
Title: Re: 14,000 WW2 Metal Dog Tags finder looking for owners. Video.
Post by: ptdrifter on Friday 04 October 24 06:53 BST (UK)
Best of luck
Title: Re: 14,000 WW2 Metal Dog Tags finder looking for owners. Video.
Post by: Crumblie on Friday 04 October 24 10:33 BST (UK)
I served in the RAF from 1970 to 1993 and only saw my dog tags occasionally they were a sort of fibre board, I know the americans had metal ones though.