Ian Clenahan

But it's enough to get him over to France, maybe find some accommodation so that he can then find some work to support himself.

But it's enough to get him over to France, maybe find some accommodation so that he can then find some work to support himself.

And sure enough... He had an army record, and we were able to go to his army record and compare the dental charts.

And sure enough... He had an army record, and we were able to go to his army record and compare the dental charts.

And Brian confirmed the tattoo. And it was actually because we all wondered what the tattoo was. It wasn't clear what it was.

And Brian confirmed the tattoo. And it was actually because we all wondered what the tattoo was. It wasn't clear what it was.

We'd done all we could have done. I don't think we thought we would ever find out what happened.

We'd done all we could have done. I don't think we thought we would ever find out what happened.

exactly to him unless we got more information to say well look you know I've heard that he was setting out on this boat on this day to travel to France then maybe we could have done some more digging but I think it was accepting that we were never going to find out the true circumstances of what had happened at that point okay he'd come off a boat that was obvious he drowned that was reality how are we ever going to find out what happened

exactly to him unless we got more information to say well look you know I've heard that he was setting out on this boat on this day to travel to France then maybe we could have done some more digging but I think it was accepting that we were never going to find out the true circumstances of what had happened at that point okay he'd come off a boat that was obvious he drowned that was reality how are we ever going to find out what happened

So one late shift, I was sat in the office and thought, you know what, I'll give him a ring.

So one late shift, I was sat in the office and thought, you know what, I'll give him a ring.

I couldn't find the piece of paper with his phone number on anywhere in the office. So I thought, oh, right, okay. So I thought, right, I'm going to phone up an officer in Essex to see whether he will go round because I'd lost his phone number, basically.

I couldn't find the piece of paper with his phone number on anywhere in the office. So I thought, oh, right, okay. So I thought, right, I'm going to phone up an officer in Essex to see whether he will go round because I'd lost his phone number, basically.

And I said, look, do us a favor. Would you pop round to this address, which I'd got from him in my previous conversation? He said, would I mind getting hold of him?

And I said, look, do us a favor. Would you pop round to this address, which I'd got from him in my previous conversation? He said, would I mind getting hold of him?

And that's where it all started to unravel.

And that's where it all started to unravel.

I was in the office in Paynton, the police station, and I got the call from Peter saying, oh, you're not going to believe this. And then he told me what he'd discovered.

I was in the office in Paynton, the police station, and I got the call from Peter saying, oh, you're not going to believe this. And then he told me what he'd discovered.