Harold with his medals at a Merchant Navy remembrance service The last surviving veterans of the so-called Arctic Convoys will be receiving medals to mark the anniversary of the final naval ...
Other Navy award: Distinguished Service Medal. Citation: For distinguishing himself conspicuously by courage and intrepidity at the risk of his life as a member of the Byrd Arctic Expedition ...
Mrs McKenna’s husband was tracking down Mr Leadbetter’s Navy Arctic Service Ribbon when he sadly died. She promised him that he would continue the quest and unite her father with his medals.
IT was a special moment for three Royal Navy veterans when they ... were each given an Ushakov Medal by the Russian Federation for their work in the Arctic convoys. The men, who braved ...
The Navy said the service's top admiral is "cancer-free" after surgery last summer and follow-up radiation therapy.
Merchant Navy Officer Lieutenant ... But now they have a full set of service medals in recognition of his wartime service after he was posthumously awarded the Arctic Star which recognises ...
“These men were on the Arctic Convoys and their service was absolutely ... who joined the Royal Navy in 1940, was also presented with his medal.