Martin Reid purchased the desk at auction four years ago but only discovered the folder of documents recently when he was moving furniture and discovered them behind a drawer that had been stuck.

A Lanark man has told how he discovered a forgotten folder of original World War II documents hidden in an antique desk – just ahead of the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Martin Reid found the documents ...

He died aged 91 in 2007 and in March 2021 his desk was put up for sale at McTear’s Auctioneers in Glasgow. Mr Reid bought it for £110 and used it regularly at his home over the years, not ...

Martin Reid purchased the desk at auction four years ago but only discovered the folder of documents recently when he was moving furniture and discovered them behind a drawer that had been stuck.

News; Scottish News; British Army; Son reunited with hero dad's WW2 documents hidden in old desk Martin Reid purchased the desk at auction four years ago but only discovered the folder of ...

He died aged 91 in 2007 and in March 2021 his desk was put up for sale at McTear’s Auctioneers in Glasgow. His widow Isabel died in February 2023. Mr Reid, from Lanark in South Lanarkshire, bought it ...