We've all heard stories of treasure being found at charity shops but this photograph of a 1916 WW1 soldier donated to Oxfam in Alderley Edge is that and more.
Found in a box under a hundred tattered, faded issues of a weekly newspaper supplement printed during WW1, it has the soldiers name and unit number written in pencil on the back - Private Walter Thomas 26692, Gunner, Grenadier Guards, 1916.
I think it was put in the box by mistake and the family may not even know that it is gone. I would really like to reunite the photograph with the family.
Guest post by Tim Olsen, Oxfam Alderley Edge Volunteer.
Do get in touch via the comment box below if you know Private Walter Thomas' family.
