OXFAM Bookshop in Altrincham is appealing for help to locate the owner of a pair of Second World War dog tags which were donated on Remembrance Sunday, along with a photo album.

The donation includes a letter home, a souvenir Christmas pamphlet, and other documents, featuring a man called Trooper C Thomson.

The unusual discovery was made all the more poignant since it was donated on November 8.

Store manager Dave Sherriff said that: “We had a window display dedicated to Remembrance Day, and it’s just a really nice find that someone donated a piece of history.

“But we thought that it would best to find the right owner because it is a very special thing that someone might want to pass down.”

Notes in the photo album indicate that the man who features in many of the pictures is Trooper C Thomson of the 11th Hussars, but it is a mystery who donated it, and who it belongs to.

The photo album also includes an identification card, a pass for Berlin dating from 1945, and a record of service with a hand-drawn bulldog on one side.

The pictures in the album appear to be mostly taken in Hamburg and a town in northern Germany called Bad Bramstedt.

Volunteers at the bookshop were left perplexed to find such a rare and personal item, but have not been able to contact the person who donated it.

Dave encouraged anyone who recognises the album to “Get in touch by email, or just pop into the shop.”

You can get in touch with one of the volunteers at Altrincham Oxfam by email at Lchapmb@googlemail.com.