Article: My military collection survived two world wars, but not floods

If you own an extensive collection of World War One and Two memorabilia, it makes sense to store it in your air raid shelter - right?

But the decision proved a disaster for one Templepatrick collector, whose treasured artefacts are now under four feet of flood water.

Even worse, much of his collection has disappeared, swept away across the Hilton Hotel Golf Course after the nearby river burst its banks during Saturday's deluge.

Paddling his way around the submerged golf course, Gary Campbell managed to retrieve many of his treasures but he fears some may have found their way into the Sixmilewater River and may even have made it as far as Lough Neagh. And he is appealing to anyone who ...

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