Veterans from Hull and East Riding

[Administrator]

Veterans from Hull and East Riding were honoured by the Russian government at a ceremony in Beverley.

Representatives from the Russian Embassy handed out the Medal of Ushakov and said the veterans deserved to be recognised for their part in "a most dangerous and difficult operation".

The medal is named after Fyodor Ushakov, an 18th Century naval commander who never lost a battle and is the patron saint of the Russian navy.

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[Administrator]

On 9 December 2016 Attaché of the Russian Embassy Mr Vadim Retuynskiy and Assistant Naval Attaché Commander Dmitry Sharapov presented the Ushakov medals to Alfred William ATKINSON, Peter BUTLER, John Felix CRAWLEY, Fred DENT, John William HARRISON, William Leonard HARRISON, Frank E. HOLMES, Herbert William LOFT, Frederick John MOORE, Victor Charles NICHOLLS, Charles Leslie PARKIN, Walter Bernard SHEPHERD, and George Alexander WILSON at a ceremony in Kingston upon Hull.

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