Humbled..and ashamed...
I had a good look at the picture posted by Ewan Whosearmy.
On first glance you see an old soldier. Then you look at the medals pinned on his chest. Then you look at the small one at the left of the row of medals. Its the smallest one of all - its looks a little dull in colour, probably quite an old one.
Then you realise what it is....
I've just called my 5 year old daughter over and explained to her who the man in the photo is and what that medal means. [I'm a civvie but my late Dad was RAF and my wife's family were all Navy].
It's not much but I've sent some emails to various people in the UK [I live in Oz now] who hopefully can do something. And if there is a fund set-up to help pay his expenses if he ever gets hear, I'll put some cash in it.