Great-granddaughter reunited with WW2 photo

The smiling soldier was William Henry Atfield of the Royal Corps of Signals

A pendant containing a photograph of a World War Two soldier, that was found on a pavement in Poole, has been reunited with its owner.

Claire Stonier spotted the heart-shaped pendant on the ground in Victoria Road, Parkstone, and appealed for help to find its owner.

Nicole Parker contacted Ms Stonier to say the photo was of her great-grandfather, William Henry Atfield.

The pendant, which had been attached to her car keys, was given to her following the death of her great-grandmother.

Claire Stonier (right) was contacted by Nicole Parker who lost the pendant

The old black and white photo showed a smiling young man in a World War Two military uniform bearing the Royal Corps of Signals badge.

Ms Stonier posted a picture of the pendant on social media and appeared on BBC Radio Solent in a bid to find the owner.

She said: "It's quite remarkable really. After the show I got a ping on social media to say, 'that's my pendant'."

She said being able to return it was "really special".

"Nicole came over with her dad to my house and we had a nice chat about it," she said.

Ms Parker told Ms Stonier that her great-grandfather was born in Clapham Junction in 1925 and had worked on the railways all his life.

When war broke out, he served with the Royal Signals in India and Burma.

He settled in Merley, near Wimborne, and died in 2016, aged 91.

Ms Stonier said: "When he died about eight years ago, the pendant went to his wife, and when she sadly passed, it went to her great-granddaughter, Nicole."