ARCTIC STAR MEDAL NEWS:

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Arctic Star presentation ceremony at 10, Downing Street on Tuesday 19th March. This will be followed by a reception at HMS Belfast.

VETERANS who have long fought for an Arctic Convoy medal are to be finally honoured next week, there will be a ceremony at Downing Street in London on Tuesday for the surviving veterans to receive the Arctic Star.

I HOPE THE VETERANS WILL DEMAND THE USHAKOV MEDAL WHILE AT NUMBER 10 ?

[KG]

Press Release – Arctic Star Medal Award Ceremony, Loch Ewe, May 2013

The Russian Arctic Convoy Museum Project has announced today that there will be an Arctic Star Medal Award Ceremony on 9th May at Loch Ewe, Wester Ross, Scotland for 40 Veterans attending a unique Reunion – on the shores of the remote North West Scottish loch where many of them started their journeys to Russia during WWII. The day will include a Memorial Service led by the Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness at the Arctic Convoy Memorial high above the mouth of Loch Ewe and will be attended by the Veterans from all across the UK and their families, VIPs and the local community.

LINK: www.russianarcticconvoymuseum.co.uk/wp/lochewe/press-release-arctic-star-medal-award-ceremony-loch-ewe-may-2013/

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War hero 'Stormy' dies after waiting decades for medal:

Arctic veteran’s death leads to calls for ageing ex-servicemen to get delayed plaudits as soon as possible

A war hero of a campaign described by Winston Churchill as the “worst journey in the world” has died – weeks before he was due to finally be honoured for his service.

Arctic Convoy veteran Herbert William Lovegrove – known as “Stormy” – tragically died on Thursday aged 91 due to complications following a fall, just over two months before he was to receive a medal he waited decades for.

Now his family has now warned that other ageing veterans should be awarded the long-awaited Arctic Star medals as soon as possible.

LINK: www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/war-hero-dies-after-waiting-4019201#