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RAF Corporal In Appeal For Stolen Medals
An RAF airman has made an online appeal for the return of two stolen medals, so he can one day pass them to his children.
Cpl Kylo Gorman was awarded the medals for his service in Afghanistan and at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Over a thousand people have now shared his post on social media about the theft from his car in Bolton-le-Sands on 4 or 5 January. Lancashire Police are also investigating.
The 28-year-old, who has served five tours of Afghanistan, said he "wasn't that bothered at first", but realised "it is a really big deal" due to the reacion online and because of a desire to pass the medals on to his son Koby, four, and Ivy-Rose, two.
He added that he'd left the medals in the car after taking them off a uniform he was having altered.
"I didn't think twice about them. I'm based at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire during the week and when I came home and the car had been broken into, I realised my medals had gone," he said.
"I want my children to be able to look at their dad's medals and be proud of what I did."
Cpl Gorman, who's also served in Africa, the Falklands and Cyprus, is due to leave the RAF in April after a decade's service.
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