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However, he said the "biggest highlight" had been "actually seeing my granddad's war medal".

He was finally presented with the War Medal 1939-45 and the France and Germany Star at an event at the Royal British Legion Club in Watchet by the deputy lieutenant of Somerset Brigadier Richard Toomey.

Harry Filby, who lives in Hereford, served as an RAF radio operator but did not apply for the War Medal 1939-45 he was eligible for.

Mr Filby was eligible for the War Medal 1939-45, which was created for everyone who served full-time in the armed forces and the Merchant Navy for at least 28 days during WW2.

The Sun newspaper first revealed the 57-year-old had worn a Falklands war medal at a number of public events even though he would have only been 15 years old when the conflict began in 1982.