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From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 06:34:56 +0100
What a hero!  They were pretty horrid voyages from what I understand.

And it was rather good that the USSR remembered, in the Cold War and  
all that.

Chris

On 1 May 2008, at 12:46, Andrew Fildes wrote:

> Apropos of retrospective medals.
> My father was presented with one in the late eighties by the Soviet
> Government - he participated in the PQ convoys to Murmansk and is a
> member of the RN Northern Light group.
> As I heard, he was a bit awkward at having to present himself at the
> Embassy of the USSR as he was a staunch Thatcherite conservative.
> Shame I didn't mention it while I was in the USSR - there might have
> been a few few drinks in it.
> Andrew Fildes


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