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My grandfather Tong was in the army, in the trenches, and was temporarily blinded by shrapnel (which hit him in the nose). He was crawling through the trenches trying to find his way out, when he came across a chap who had had his legs severely damaged — but was still alive.

They realised that they could help each other, by the gentleman being my Grandfather’s eyes, and my Grandfather being his legs, and my Grandfather offered to carry him out. They both got out and survived the war.

Years later, Grandfather was in the local paper (The Rhyll Journal) and co-incidentally the man that he had rescued on holiday in Rhyll, he must have bought the paper and recognised my Grandfather. He told his son, who organised a surprise reunion.

They had a reunion, the paper turned up and took their photo, and told their story. Incredible!

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