Can we say goodnight to a Swansea fan?

[Marcus Tullius Cicero]

Look, I know I am usually on a wind up and I do enjoy that only 10% of you get it but I have to share this. My brothers ex farther in law, who was a fantastic bloke, won medals as a merchant navy man in the north Atlantic convoys and after that in peace time as a ambulance driver. Anyway, he was back in Swansea the city of his birth and he sent me a last text. We wasn't bouncing but neither were they at the end, ha ah. RIP CPO Williams, wish I could remember the medal the Russians gave you. God bless you sir, sleep well.

 

[The Crab]

Look, I know I am usually on a wind up and I do enjoy that only 10% of you get it but I have to share this. My brothers ex farther in law, who was a fantastic bloke, won medals as a merchant navy man in the north Atlantic convoys and after that in peace time as a ambulance driver. Anyway, he was back in Swansea the city of his birth and he sent me a last text. We wasn't bouncing but neither were they at the end, ha ah. RIP CPO Williams, wish I could remember the medal the Russians gave you. God bless you sir, sleep well.

My condolences.

R.I.P CPO Williams.

 

[I should coco]

If you aren't on a wind up and he genuinely served on the perillous convoys to Murmnansk, then the UK version of the medal is the Arctic Star.

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-a...gin-applying-for-their-ww2-campaign-medal-now

The Rusky version was the Ushakov medal

https://rusemb.org.uk/ushakov/

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Interestingly enough, I read a book only a few months ago about the convoys to Murmansk and other Russian ports. Worth a read and might tell you quite a lot about what this man went through to earn that medal.

 

[itsinyerblood]

Look, I know I am usually on a wind up and I do enjoy that only 10% of you get it but I have to share this. My brothers ex farther in law, who was a fantastic bloke, won medals as a merchant navy man in the north Atlantic convoys and after that in peace time as a ambulance driver. Anyway, he was back in Swansea the city of his birth and he sent me a last text. We wasn't bouncing but neither were they at the end, ha ah. RIP CPO Williams, wish I could remember the medal the Russians gave you. God bless you sir, sleep well.

I hope your post is genuine, it would be both sad and tragic to post about this if it didn't reflect what actually happened.

 

[JJ Sefton]

Interestingly enough, I read a book only a few months ago about the convoys to Murmansk and other Russian ports. Worth a read and might tell you quite a lot about what this man went through to earn that medal.

My great uncle George, late of Low Edges, was on those.

 

[JasonEllis]

My great uncle George, late of Low Edges, was on those.

As was my great uncle George funnily enough! I have his medals, uniform and commerative beret treasured at home.

 

[I should coco]

My great uncle George, late of Low Edges, was on those.

It was a rough old time for those taking part. The infamous convoy PQ17 sustained the heaviest losses of the war, with only 11 of the 35 merchant ships reaching Russia to keep our 'ally' in the war.

Close to U-boat bases, in reach of German long range Condor bombers and with the Tirpritz and Bismarck lurking around, the risks were very high. HMS Sheffield (then a cruiser) was involved in protecting many of these.

RIP all those who took part, especially the lads that never came home.

 

[Marcus Tullius Cicero]

If you aren't on a wind up and he genuinely served on the perillous convoys to Murmnansk, then the UK version of the medal is the Arctic Star.

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-a...gin-applying-for-their-ww2-campaign-medal-now

The Rusky version was the Ushakov medal

https://rusemb.org.uk/ushakov/

I hope your post is genuine, it would be both sad and tragic to post about this if it didn't reflect what actually happened.

I am trying not to get angry but that old man as a kid had more balls than you or I can imagine.

 

[itsinyerblood]

I am trying not to get angry but that old man as a kid had more balls than you or I can imagine.

Get as angry as you like, but my comments were directed at you and your previous history of supposedly creative wumming.

Of course I appreciate the painful journey a child goes through at such a moment, so less of the apparent 'insight' into my own history and what I do or do not understand. You know absolutely nothing about myself, and I'm not about to contribute with a condensed summary of my own journey. Suffice it to say that you shouldn't be surprised if, given your supposed jocular contributions on here, that whatever you write is addressed with surprise or doubt.

I assume by your tone that your OP was serious and therefore intended to share this with other posters, so my condolences to all concerned.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

My great uncle George, late of Low Edges, was on those.

...as was my father