Post by Administrator on Oct 15, 2021 17:30:31 GMT
Scots hero Charles Brodie had Alistair MacLean for company on Arctic convoys
Nobody who took part in the Arctic convoys during the Second World War ever forgot the horror they endured in what Winston Churchill described as “the worst journey in the world”.
Many felt guilt at having survived where so many comrades perished in Siberian conditions as they battled to keep the supply channels open and deliver food and other provisions to communities in northern Russia.
Charles Brodie from Dundee was among those brave fellows who risked their lives in stormy, frozen seas, aware of the risk from enemy submarines, and who saw his shipmates struggling to cope with sub-zero temperatures.
And now, his son, Chic, has spoken about his admiration for those who served their country without any regard for their own safety.
He has also related how one of the men his father served with on the vessel, HMS Royalist, was none other than Alistair MacLean, who later became a best-selling author and recalled the convoys in his book, HMS Ulysses.
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Nobody who took part in the Arctic convoys during the Second World War ever forgot the horror they endured in what Winston Churchill described as “the worst journey in the world”.
Many felt guilt at having survived where so many comrades perished in Siberian conditions as they battled to keep the supply channels open and deliver food and other provisions to communities in northern Russia.
Charles Brodie from Dundee was among those brave fellows who risked their lives in stormy, frozen seas, aware of the risk from enemy submarines, and who saw his shipmates struggling to cope with sub-zero temperatures.
And now, his son, Chic, has spoken about his admiration for those who served their country without any regard for their own safety.
He has also related how one of the men his father served with on the vessel, HMS Royalist, was none other than Alistair MacLean, who later became a best-selling author and recalled the convoys in his book, HMS Ulysses.
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