258232 Pte. James Patrick Egan British Army Royal Army Medical Corps from:Newcastle James Egan joined up in WW2 and went to France to later be at the Battle of Dunkirk. What he did was amazing. One day he had heard of soldiers captured by the German Wehrmacht. He sneaked out once and found his way to those men getting them back safely but the most heroic thing out of this is that those soldiers he had saved were injured. My grandfather, his son, has told me he earned a medal for his bravery. We do not know which one. But, my grandfather's brother believed it was the Military Medal. We would never know because one day all of his medals were burgled so we will never know. He has made our family proud and I love him to bits.
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