a veteran has finally received his second world war medals   at the age of 95 former army cook harry weston mistakenly believed he had left it too late to request them after  finishing his military service in 1946 but nearly 70 years after the end of the conflict, a local historian applied on his behalf, and he was finally awarded them war veteran harry weston, 95,  pictured with his wife margaret, after finally receiving his  medals  mr weston enlisted in the army catering corps cook in 1940 and served in scotland until 1946 during his time in the army, he and four other cooks prepared meals three times a day for a battalion of over 700 soldiers he was based in shetland and orkney during the war and after completing his service returned home to greetham, rutland david bland was researching mr weston's history when he discovered that he had never received his gongs and wrote to the ministry of defence last month just a few days later  shiny defence medal and war medal arrived at the home mr weston shares with his wife margaret david bland and his son paul are writing a village history book called greetham and the great war paul bland said: 'harry was a bit surprised, but delighted to get his medals he was really pleased 'i imagine even 10 years after the war he might have thought it was too late 'harry had just got on with his life and had forgotten about it we thought it was time to put it right' greetham and the great war will be released in e book form later this year mr weston, pictured with his wife, as a young solider during his time in the army catering corps he cooked three meals a day for 700 soldiers  mr weston's war medal, pictured left, and the defence medal, pictured right, which he received after 70 years 
1946 ministry of defence 95 weston the army catering corps last month harry weston 1940 defence medal and war medal
harry weston, 95, was in the army catering corps from 1940 until 1946  his team prepared three meals daily for a battalion of over 700 soldiers  never received his medals and thought it was too late to apply for them  local historian wrote to ministry of defence on his behalf last month  mr weston received his defence medal and war medal in the post 