My late father went to the Pacific War as a sparker (wireless operator) after D Day in Europe where his destroyer, HMS Orwell, had done 7 or 8...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is 96 Year Old Cyril Porter RN who died recently on the 5th November. He was 96 years old and a veteran of the...
I'm a new member, and my apologies if I have posted this in the wrong place. I'm the author of the following book, which was published in April...
In the course of some research, I have now definitely established that my father served on at least one Arctic convoy. By a process of...
Just thought members might like to be aware that there is a WWII Festival taking place in Loch Ewe in the Scottish Highlands on 6-7 May 2017....
Hi gang Does there exist anywhere a definitive list of all the personnel that served on the convoys to Russia? I recently saw of a doctor from...
Hello. The recent creation of the "Arctic Star" prompted me to research my father's MN wartime experiences in order to successfully claim, as...
A BRAVE islander who led a successful Russian convoy mission during Second World War has finally been recognised 74 years later. The late Captain...
I was looking for a map of Europe prior to 1939 and this popped up in the results: http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/photolib/maps/sww.htm...
I carried out some research on the loss of the Cape Corso some years ago as part of my family history, my Grandmothers cousin was lost when the...
Hi there, i started researching this last year but gave up for 6 months while i was away and now back on it again. I am looking for the service...
I am an associate member of the Southend-on-Sea branch of the Royal Naval Association (Area 5) and am writing a book for Fonthill media called...
Just spotted on at the BBC website. RIP Jock Dempster. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22426316
I'm trying to trace the service details of a family member who, it is believed, served on the arctic convoys as a gunner. We don't know if he was...
Mr Mann Local MP for Bassettlaw and District has published this, 1 March 2012 Veterans from the Arctic convoys and Bomber Command are being...
http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/north-east-news/2012/10/14/north-veteran-hits-out-over-russian-medals-row-79310-32027325/
Once again our Arctic Convoy veterans are ignored by Britain. The recent proposal of the award of the Russian "Medal of Ushakov" by the Russian...
I'm in the process of researching the Merchant Navy Service of my Maternal Grandfather. In March 1944 his ship, the Fort Hall was part of Convoy...
A Few Good Men: The World War II heroes in search of recognition Published Date: 16 February 2011...
Can any of you erudite individuals point me in the direction of any information regarding RAF support to the Arctic Convoys? I suspect that VLR...
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