A British soldier who saved a dying man after the latter’s leg had blown off in the World War II trenches was reunited with him four decades later when he bumped into his wife at the local supermarket. In lieu of the 13th death anniversary of the late soldier, his family has shared the incredible story of the special reunion.
Richard Battherham was stationed in Senio, Italy, when he came across injured then-18-year-old James Hyatt. The youngster was the last surviving member of his Royal Fusiliers platoon after a bombing, leaving the teenage soldier with one of his legs blown off.
