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At last and long overdue
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 20 Dec 2012 12:39 |
the Artic Medal - unfortunate that there are so few alive to receive it although it will be awarded posthumously. Brave men. |
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Julia | Report | 20 Dec 2012 12:45 |
Yippee Chris, I'll tell me Dad. He has only been waiting since the campaign in the 1940's. |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 20 Dec 2012 12:48 |
Did you see the reason successive governments did not award it? |
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'Emma' | Report | 20 Dec 2012 12:51 |
I agree Chris.. long overdue, same with Bomber Command. |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 20 Dec 2012 12:59 |
Long overdue, |
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Julia | Report | 20 Dec 2012 13:23 |
According to today's paper, it was not awarded before because in the light of the Cold War, Britain would have seen to be assisting the Russians. What a total cop out. They should have been ashamed of themselves, (successive governments). |
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Karen in the desert | Report | 20 Dec 2012 13:25 |
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Julia | Report | 20 Dec 2012 13:27 |
Well said Karen. I totally agree with you. |
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Sharron | Report | 20 Dec 2012 14:08 |
And guess who says he doesn't want one. |
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Stephen2009 | Report | 20 Dec 2012 14:15 |
Sharon, |
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Sharron | Report | 20 Dec 2012 14:24 |
Thank you. |
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Sharron | Report | 20 Dec 2012 14:39 |
We took him to Chatham once where they have a destroyer like he one he was on and a man in a beret giving it all the telling. |
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Stephen2009 | Report | 20 Dec 2012 15:26 |
Hi Sharon, |
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Sharron | Report | 20 Dec 2012 15:36 |
Thank you. |
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Julia | Report | 20 Dec 2012 15:37 |
Stephen, I am following your instructions to Sharron, also. |
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Karen in the desert | Report | 20 Dec 2012 15:43 |
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MrDaff | Report | 20 Dec 2012 17:00 |
I think one article I read recently stated there were only 400 of these marvellous people still alive - out of the many thousands that braved probably the most dangerous convoy route, ever. |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 20 Dec 2012 17:12 |
Sharron - think that most bridges at the time of the century in both Merchant and Royal were open. |
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Harry | Report | 20 Dec 2012 17:45 |
I was a boy in the war-time years. The fighting didn't bother me much, but the pictures and newsreels of the Arctic convoys was frightening. God bless them all. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 20 Dec 2012 18:04 |
The Atlantic Star was awarded to RN all ranks who served 6 months or more on convoys including those to Russia. The Russian medal was only awarded to those who actually landed in Murmansk, Archangel etc which rarely included Andrew Miller. |
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