Bag lost for 65 years found in Egypt desert
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A bag belonging to a Second World War British soldier which was lost 65 years ago has been found by a tour guide in Egypt.
Irene Porter, 75, was amazed when she was told on Monday that her brother Alex Ross’s army bag had been found near Cairo.
Alex, who died three years ago, was a dispatch rider in Egypt during World War Two.
He lost his bag in 1942 while riding in the desert and thought that it, and his belongings inside, had been lost forever.
The bag still contains letters written to Alex by Irene, then 8 years old, and other members of his family as well as some of the soldier’s belongings.
It was found by Halid Mackram, a tour guide in the Cairo area who discovered it under a thin layer of sand.
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