evelyn hillier always thought she hadn't served for long enough to receive a medal.ight decades later, her family decided to investigate whether she was entitled to one. our reporterjake zuckerman has the story. well, it's a bit late! it is indeed, nearly 80 years late, to be exact. this is the war medal that 97 year old evelyn hillier never knew she was entitled to. evelyn volunteered for the women's auxiliary air force as a 17 year old in 1944. why did you choose the air force? because i liked the uniform! she served for three years working in the officer's mess where she got to know the fighter ace douglas bader, who famously flew spitfires despite having lost both his legs in a crash. he was very kind. they had the dances in the officer's mess. but he always sent the steward in to to the kitchen to buy us a drink. it wasn't until her family started looking into evelyn's past that they realised she'd missed out on a medal. the family thought it would be something nice for mum at her age if we could do some investigations as to whether she could get a medal. and my

evelyn hillier was 17 when she volunteered in 1944 for the waaf, but she always thought she hadn't servedshe was indeed qualified for the 1939—1945 war medal. and so 79 years later evelyn has recieved her award from a senior air force officer at her care home in stamford. when i got demobbed i didn't think i'd been in long enough to get a medal. so i never applied for it. well, it's a bit late, it's important to have it because people then know that i was in the air force. time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith—lucas. finally, some warm and settled weather from finally, some warm and settled weatherfrom most finally, some warm and settled weather from most of us today, we have had a lot of blue sky and sunshine but there has been a bit of cloud around as well and there is more of the same over the next few days, high pressure keeping our weather settled at the moment. some spells of warm sunshine, not completely dry, a bit of rain across the north of scotland but for most of us, much drier than it has been and we will also see some mist and fog here and there as well. as eveni

evelyn hillier always thought she hadn't served for long enough to get a medal.d you choose the air force? because i liked the uniform! she served for three years working in the officer's mess where she got to know the fighter ace douglas bader, who famously flew spitfires despite having lost both his legs in a crash. he was very kind. they had the dances in the officer's mess. but he always sent the steward in to to the kitchen to buy us a drink. it wasn't until her family started looking into evelyn's past that they realised she'd missed out on a medal. the family thought it would be something nice for mum at her age if we could do some investigations as to whether she could get a medal. and my sister contacted the mod, and they they awarded her the 1939—45 war medal, which we then arranged for somebody very special to come and give it to her, which is the wing commander, nicola duncan from raf wittering. and this was the moment they surprised evelyn at her care home near stamford. where have you all come from? when i got demobbed, i didn't think i'd been in lo