# Sheffield D-Day hero, 103, finally gets WW2 medals back after 81 years

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sheffield-d-day-hero-103-finally-gets-ww2-medals-back-after-81-years/
- Published: 2026-11-13T04:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T15:41:19+00:00
- Original publisher: YorkshireLive Sheffield
- Original article: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/sheffield-d-day-hero-103-34904828
- Topics: Sheffield

## Key points

- Doug Halley, 103, has been reunited with his medals.
- They went missing when he returned his uniform in 1945.
- His family and a researcher helped the Ministry of Defence trace them.

## Summary

Sheffield D-Day veteran Douglas “Doug” Halley, aged 103, has received his Second World War medals back after they went missing in 1945. Reunited with them in time for Remembrance Day, he said they remind him of the fellow soldiers who helped him through the war.

Halley served with the Royal Artillery and landed in Normandy in the second wave of Allied troops during Operation Overlord. His family and researcher Joseph Smith worked with the Ministry of Defence to trace the 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, and War Medal 1939-45. Halley was called up at 20 in 1943, later served in the armed forces until the 1950s, and worked as a butcher in Sheffield for more than 70 years.

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