A KUWAIT liberation medal which was lost by a three-year-old boy in Weymouth on Armistice Day is being sought by his dad.

The sad story started on Remembrance Sunday when Ollie Collinge, age three, went to the Weymouth parade and was awestruck by the soldiers and veterans in their military gear.

He went home and begged to wear his dad Adam Collinge’s service medals which he was awarded during his ten years in the Royal Logistic Corps.

Mr Collinge, now a paramedic in Weymouth, said: “It was very touching as Ollie just wanted to see my medals and be allowed to wear one.

“So I pinned my Kuwait Liberation Medal on him and he loved it so much that he slept with it.

“The next day we went out in the morning and he wanted to wear it again so we thought it would be safe under his jumper.

“Unfortunately it must have fallen off somewhere and we have been searching for it ever since.”

On Monday, November 11 the Collinge family were in Costa Coffee in St Mary Street around 10.30am before heading to the Weymouth Library after 11am.

Shortly afterwards they discovered the medal was missing and were unsuccessful in their attempts to find it. Mr Collinge said: “It’s not exactly like it is worth a lot of money but it is worth a lot to me in sentimental value.

“If anyone has picked the medal up please I am asking you to hand it in so that it can once again be kept in my family.”

Mr Collinge served in the British Army from 1986 to 1996 and the Kuwait Liberation Medal was awarded to him for his time served in the first Gulf War between 1900 and 1991.

If you have any information about the medal please contact the Dorset Echo Newsdesk on 01305 830999 or email newsdesk@dorsetecho.co.uk