Dougie Shelley, who joined the Royal Navy aged 17, will turn 100 on September 23 and has no known surviving family ...

The Southend branch of the Royal Naval Association has issued the appeal for Mr Shelley, who will turn 100 on 23 September.

Mr Shelley, who has no known surviving family, will turn 100 on September 23. John Hawes, chairman of the Southend branch of ...