Post by Administrator on Apr 11, 2016 16:28:32 GMT
Doncaster war veteran Robert Scraggs has waited more than 70 years to finally get his hands on a medal honouring his brave service during the Second World War.
The 93-year-old pensioner was presented with a Ushakov Medal from the Russian Federation in honour of his service during the Arctic Convoys, which were memorably described by Winston Churchill as ‘the most dangerous journey in the world’.
Between 1942 and 1944, dozens of convoys of merchant ships, escorted by Royal Navy warships, were sent into the Arctic Circle to transport vital supplies such as food, weapons and medicines to the Soviet Union after the Nazis invaded. More than 3000 men perished in the icy waters and historians say the importance of the convoys has been under-estimated, because they kept the Russians in the war when Britain was still in danger of losing it.
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