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Arctic Convoy Veterans
Between 1941 and 1945, convoys sailed from British ports through the freezing waters of the Arctic Ocean to deliver vital war supplies to the Soviet Union. Attacked by German submarines, aircraft, and surface ships, these convoys became one of the most dangerous missions of the entire war. This collection honours both British and Soviet sailors who served on this route — a powerful symbol of Allied cooperation.
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Southampton
🇬🇧Royal Navy
Counter Jack
1921 – 2012
Lieutenant Commander
HMS Vanquisher / HMS Wild Goose
Liverpool
🇬🇧Royal Navy
Conway George
1918 – 2006
Able Seaman
HMS Vanoc / Western Approaches Command
Southampton
🇬🇧Royal Navy
Onslow Richard
1904 – 1975
Captain
HMS Ashanti / HMS Onslow
Southampton
🚢Merchant Navy
King Ernest
1905 – 1943
Chief Engineer
SS Empire Dorado
Liverpool
⭐Soviet
Safonov Boris Feoktistovich
1915 – 1942
Lieutenant Colonel
72nd Naval Fighter Aviation Regiment
Edinburgh
🇬🇧Royal Navy
MacLean Alistair
1922 – 1987
Leading Torpedo Operator
HMS Doris
Liverpool
🇬🇧Royal Navy
Chernyshov Ivan Alekseevich
1915 – 1982
Commander 3rd Rank
Northern Fleet
Liverpool
🇬🇧Royal Navy
Jones Trevor
1918 – 1999
Leading Stoker
HMS Belfast
Edinburgh
⭐Soviet
Zakharov Sergei
1918 – 1985
Lieutenant Commander
Soviet Northern Fleet, Submarine L-20
Belfast
🇬🇧Royal Navy
O'Connor William
1918 – 1997
Petty Officer
HMS Amethyst
Southampton
⭐Soviet
Sokolov Nikolai
1917 – 1993
Major
Soviet Naval Infantry, Northern Fleet
Brighton
🚢Merchant Navy
Hart James
1910 – 1945
Chief Engineer
SS Empire Heritage
Glasgow
🇬🇧Royal Navy
Stuart Lachlan
1920 – 2002
Engine Room Artificer
HMS Belfast
Belfast
🇬🇧Royal Navy
McAuley Sean
1921 – 1943
Leading Seaman
HMS Polyanthus, Flower-class Corvette
Glasgow
🇬🇧Royal Navy
MacNab Angus
1919 – 1997
Petty Officer
HMS Saumarez, S-class Destroyer
Southampton
🚢Merchant Navy
Kozlov Georgy
1918 – 2003
Able Seaman
Merchant Navy
Belfast
🇬🇧Royal Navy
Corry William
1920 – 2006
Able Seaman
HMS Belfast
Glasgow
⭐Soviet
Zhukov Nikolai Sergeevich
1916 – 1994
Lieutenant
Northern Fleet Escort Division
Cambridge
🇬🇧Royal Navy
Hall Peter
1919 – 1998
Sub-Lieutenant
HMS Bramble, Halcyon-class Minesweeper
Leeds
🚢Merchant Navy
Hansen Erik
1914 – 1987
First Mate
Norwegian Merchant Fleet (Nortraship)
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Soviet and Russian veterans who have documented personal connections to the United Kingdom — buried in UK cemeteries, held as POWs, emigrated after the war, served in Arctic convoys, or participated in the Soviet Military Mission in London.
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Veterans who served in the British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, and other branches of His Majesty's Armed Forces during the Second World War.
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