Thieves steal WWII メダルs of 106-year-old ex-砂漠 ネズミ and those of his late father from WWI... five years after police returned them from previous 窃盗
- Leslie Stelfox was?watering his 工場／植物s when the 押し込み強盗 took place in?Milton Regis, Kent
- They pinched six of his WWII メダルs and three of his father's WWI メダルs from his home?
- The widower served as one of the heroic 砂漠 ネズミs in the Second World War
Brazen thieves swiped メダルs belonging to a 106-year-old 砂漠 ネズミ 退役軍人 and his father.
Widower Leslie Stelfox was watering his 工場／植物s in the garden of his home in Milton Regis, Kent, when 夜盗，押し込み強盗s stole six of his Second World War メダルs.
They also took?three メダルs from World War One belonging to his late father.?
This is the second time the priceless honours have been pinched in just five years.
Second World War 退役軍人?Leslie Stelfox, 106,?was watering his 工場／植物s when brazen thieves stole メダルs belonging to him and his father
Police were able to return the メダルs along with other 所持品?含むing a watch and cash after they were taken in 2014.??
Mr Stelfox said: 'This is another kick in t he teeth.
'The メダルs are no good to anybody else, but they 証明するd I'd done my bit for the country.'
Mr Stelfox served as one of the heroic 砂漠 ネズミs in World War II.?
Mr Stelfox 提起する／ポーズをとるing with his?Second World War メダルs before they were stolen from his home in?Milton Regis, Kent.?This is the second time the priceless honours have been pinched in just five years
He was part of the Cheshire 連隊, and fought against Nazi 軍隊s in North Africa.
He said: 'It was very quick. I was in the garden doing my watering.
'I didn't see anyone. When I （機の）カム 支援する in, I saw the mess.'
The pensioner に例えるd the loss to 'losing your wedding （犯罪の）一味'.
He 追加するd: ' I am angry. You can understand people taking money and what not, but they could have left the メダルs.
'I'd like to get them 支援する. They're （ーのために）とっておくd for my grandchildren.'
に引き続いて the first 押し込み強盗, three men - who also lived in Milton Regis - were 刑務所，拘置所d.
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Some of the Second World War メダルs belonging to Mr Stelfox. He?served as one of the heroic 砂漠 ネズミs as?part of the Cheshire 連隊
His friend Richard Stew said: 'It's just so awful his メダルs have been taken again in just a few years.
'They aren't really 価値（がある） anything but it's the sentimental value of them - it's like losing your wedding （犯罪の）一味.'
Leslie's wallet, with about £45 inside, was also taken.
事例／患者s 蓄える／店ing his army 記録，記録的な／記録するs, パスポート and birth 証明書, were 粉砕するd but the 文書s were not touched.
The centenarian, who has lived in his home for more than 30 years, said he did not yet know if more 所持品 had been taken.
A police 調査 is 現在進行中の.
PC Hannah Cooper said: 'We are very keen to speak to anyone who might have （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） about who is 責任がある this offence, which has 奪うd the 犠牲者 of some items of sentimental value.'?
The メダルs taken were : General Service for パレスチナ 1938; the 1945 星／主役にする; General Service 1936-1938; Italian 星／主役にする 1939-1945; North Africa 星／主役にする 1939-1945 and General Service 1939-1945.
Some of the メダルs have Mr Stelfox's war service number on the 支援する: 4124264.
Those belonging to his late father were three 1914 （選挙などの）運動をする メダルs, one for long service and a special one relating to HMS Swift, which would have been awarded for either saving the ship or someone's life.
Who were the 砂漠 ネズミs? Britain's famous armoured 分割 which 大勝するd Rommel in North Africa?
The 7th Armoured 分割 '砂漠 ネズミs' insignia features a jerboa
The 砂漠 ネズミs' took part in the Second 戦う／戦い of El Alamein in October 1942, the 連合した 侵略 of Italy in September 1943 and the Normandy D-Day 上陸s on June 6, 1944, before ending the war in Germany.
Their 偉業／利用するs during the 包囲 of Tobruk were immortalised in the 1953 war film The 砂漠 ネズミs starring Richard Burton.
The 7th Armoured 分割 was formed in 1938 to 保護する the Suez Canal, and went on to fight in some of the war's bloodiest 戦う／戦いs. 愛称d the 砂漠 ネズミs, they were （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd to North Africa where, under General Montgomery, they won the 戦う／戦いs of El Alamein to help change the course of the war.
More recently they served on the 戦場s of Iraq.
The success of the 砂漠 ネズミs in North Africa during the Second World War led Winston Churchill to 宣言する: 'Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a 敗北・負かす.'
The 砂漠 ネズミs went on to fight in some of the war's bloodiest 戦う／戦いs: at Salerno in Italy, in Normandy and crossing the Rhine into Germany. They ended the war in the victory parade in Berlin ? at the very heart of the Third Reich.
The 7th Armoured 旅団 was detached from the 分割 during 早期に 1942 and fought the Japanese in Burma before returning to 戦う／戦い in Italy.
The iconic 部隊 travelled from El Alamein, Egypt in October 1942 to the ending of the war in Germany in 1945
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