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 ...

As the world marks the 70th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War, RBTH remembers the dramatic and heroic story of the Arctic Convoys, a period of unique collaboration between Russia and ...

The service marked the launch of mission PQ18 on September 2, 1948, which saw 39 ships, including 17 warships, set sail for Russia ... the so-called Arctic Convoys had to sail through freezing ...

TRIBUTES have been paid at the funeral of the Arctic convoy veteran who campaigned to get medals for his colleagues. Henry "Jock" Dempster, 85, from Dunbar in East Lothian, died earlier this month ...

A lone Norwegian freighter braves Nazi U-boats and bombers in a desperate attempt to supply Russian soldiers during World War ...

A veteran who served in the Navy during Second World War has received the Ushakov medal after his involvement in the Arctic Convoys which helped transport ammunition to Russia. 90-year-old Kenneth ...

A VETERAN of the Arctic convoys has been given one of Russia's top medals for gallantry. Thomas Dean was presented with the Ushakov Medal at his home in Poole by a Russian Embassy official on ...

AN ARCTIC convoy veteran from York looks set to receive ... Last year, The Press reported Mr Sunderland’s delight after Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree to award him and other ...

Having revived the disaster genre with trilogy "The Wave," "The Quake" and "The Burning Sea," their Norwegian producers seem to be going the same route with "The Arctic Convoy," about the perilous ...

On Sept. 12, 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of attacking a Red Cross convoy in Donetsk. More GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images "The village came under ...

A veteran who served in the Navy during Second World War has received the Ushakov medal after his involvement in the Arctic Convoys which helped transport ammunition to Russia. 90-year-old Kenneth ...