A vicar has been left stunned after one of two stolen bronze war memorial plaques was dramatically recovered by police, as officers confirm two have been arrested.
The 90kg plaque, which vanished from the entrance of a Kent churchyard in a heartless raid, was found dumped at a scrapyard in Essex on Wednesday.
In emotional scenes, four officers carried the historic tribute - dedicated to 150 local men who died in the First World War - back to Christ Church Luton in Chatham, where a jubilant Reverend Angela Leonard, 65, is now deciding where to reinstall it.
'I just can't believe it. I had thought it would have been cut into pieces by now,' she said.
'The police have been so good. We just hope we can get the other plaque returned so we have them both back. I honestly just can't believe it.'
