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A proud Royal Navy veteran has recaved a rare msdal fromthe Russsn mffitaryfor Ms courteous service Airing the Second Worid War's Arc tic Convoys.
Mr Jim Bales, who served as an .Able Sss man on board the de- stroysr HMS W3ion. has been awarded the Ushakov medal verified hr no less than Eos- fianPrefidentATadimir Putin. Jim. the president o f the
Burnley and Padiham Royal British Legion, received the medal from Burnley MP Gor don Birtwistle who collected it from the Russian Embassy in London. Sabden-bom Mr Bales (93)
said; ‘ I am very proud to re- cave this medal after so many years. Last year, our govern ment finally derided to award us th e Arctic Star and now we have received this. ‘ I just feel sorry for all the
lads who didn’t live to receive the medal either bang killed during the war or dying in the years since.' The Arctic Convovs saw
i s a s d S i SaMerfborn RoyaJ liavyveteran Jim Bates receives his medal from Burnley M P Gordon Birtwistle
about m o o merchant ships deliver essential supplies to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease programme, es corted by ships o f the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, and the UB. Navy. .Mr Bates recounted the
role he played on board the Wilton as a gun loader and depth charge loader - an ex perience he described as ‘rough*. He added: ‘ I made around
four or five trips, usually sail ing from Scapa Flow to Mur
mansk and Archangel in Russia. ‘ It was a rough time. We
were bombed from the air and by U-boats nearly all the way once we left British waters. ‘ It was extremely cold and we had a few close shaves but
it was so important. We were taking arms and food out to the Russians and taking their timber back to Britain. “The convoys helped the'
Russians to beat the Germans in the East so it was vital to the
war effort.” AftertheArcticoperation,
Jim’s ship served in the Medi terranean, helping in the Sic ily and North Africa landings, as well as the famed Santa Marija Convoy to Malta as part of Operation Pedestal. In a speech to the veter
ans of the Arctic Convoys, the Russian Ambassador Dr Alex ander Yakovenko said: “It is a huge privilege forme to thank you on behalf of the Russian Government for the invalua ble contribution you andyour comrades-in-arms made to the defeat of Nazi Germany. “What you did yoyears ago,
taking part in what Sir Win ston Churchill rightly called ‘the worst journey in the world’, was extraordinary even amongwhatis considered to be beyond the call of duty. “Thousands of Allied
seamen lost their lives as the British ships sailed in the unwelcoming, stormy waters of the Arctic Ocean under a constant threat of
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being attacked by German U-boats and aircraft.
“Your heroism will always
be remembered in Russia and Britain. Your deeds will con
tinue to serve as the supreme
expression of bravery and a | high point in human spirit. “I am confident that it was
not by accident that our na tions found themselves on
therightsideofhistory, which the followers of the ideologyof
hatred wanted to stop, while depriving nations oftheirin-' alienable right to decide their destiny.
“On the instructions of |
President Vladimir Putin I have the honour of present ing toyou the UshakovmedaL' The Medal of Ushakovwas
a Soviet military' award cre ated on March 3rd, 1944, by decision of the Supreme So viet of the USSR, and named after Russian Admiral Fyodor Ushakov. B u rn le y MP Gordon
Birtwistle said: “It was a great honour for me to collect and
present Mr Bates with his medaL “He is a very courageous
man whose contribution helped to win the war. 1 am very pleased he has been hon oured in this way.”
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