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An ex veteran who had his motorbike helmet stolen while paying his respect at a Remembrance Sunday service has been left 'overwhelmed' when friends all clubbed together to buy him a new one.

Andrew Jessie James, known as Jessie, 49, was just waiting to observe the two minutes silence at the service in Atherton, when two males on a scooter rode past and made off with Jessie's motorbike helmet, which was resting on his parked motorbike.

Without a helmet the veteran, who has served in the armed forces for 22 years, was unable to safely chase after them and had to return home for another helmet, missing all of the service. READ MORE: Manchester man, 20, whose body lay undiscovered for 100 years finally laid to rest Jessie, who lives in

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