Stuart Byatt

More than three months after they went missing, a Second World War veteran said he hasn’t heard anything about his missing medals.

Stuart Byatt, 88, lost the medals while attending a Feb. 14 service at the All Saints Anglican Church in Cochrane and says no one has come forward with any information since then.

In 1941, Byatt began his service with the British Merchant Navy and continued after the end of the Second World War, serving as a radio officer.

Seven medals in total have gone missing, with six of them mounted together.

Byatt said he is not sure he can replace them, as some of them were personalized.

One was given to him personally by King George the Sixth when he still lived in England.

“I’m just going to have to hope and pray that something comes to light,” he said, adding they have great sentimental value.

“I’ll always be upset about it because they mean a lot to me.”

Stuart Byatt looks down at a photo of himself wearing his Second World War medals, now missing.

Byatt said unless the person is a collector, he can’t see how the medals would have any significance.

He said if it was someone from the church who took them, it’s very disappointing they wouldn’t have turned them in or admitted to taking them.

Byatt said he was proud to wear the medals on occasions honouring veterans, like Remembrance Day, he would get many inquiries as to what they meant and what they symbolized.

“I’m resigned to the fact that I’ll be lucky if I ever see them again,” he said.

Byatt has made a complaint to the RCMP and hopes if anyone has the medals they will turn them in at the detachment.

Anyone with information on Byatt’s medals can contact him at 403-851-9838.

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