Father's Medal

Pappy55 · 08-07-14, 12:35 PM

This week my fathers Arctic Star finally arrived Posthumously . I'm just sad he never lived to see this happen.
They all campaigned so hard for recognition for doing the perilous Convoy runs to Russia through the Arctic. which he did a few times.

He was in the Royal Navy aboard Destroyer's HMS Inconstant and HMS Wilton. as ASDIC/Sonar Operator and had action with sinking U-Boats.

http://www.uboat.net/boats/u409.htm
http://www.uboat.net/boats/u767.htm

My Farther (on the right)

Arctic Star

It was all because of my farther that I have a deep interest in WWII and sub sims.

I used play Silent Service II with him on the Amiga.
In his final few years he got dementia which was really sad as he did not really know who we were any more. That condition is pretty evil as its worse for the family. We lost him 18 months ago which was partly a relief as we hated to see him like he was.

One year before he was ill I got to march alongside him at the Cenotaph as a carer. This was a really proud moment.

Just thought I would share with the Naval/Sub Sim community here

08-07-14, 12:35 PM	#1
Pappy55 Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 211 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 0	Father's Medal This week my fathers Arctic Star finally arrived Posthumously . I'm just sad he never lived to see this happen. They all campaigned so hard for recognition for doing the perilous Convoy runs to Russia through the Arctic. which he did a few times. He was in the Royal Navy aboard Destroyer's HMS Inconstant and HMS Wilton. as ASDIC/Sonar Operator and had action with sinking U-Boats. http://www.uboat.net/boats/u409.htm http://www.uboat.net/boats/u767.htm My Farther (on the right) Arctic Star It was all because of my farther that I have a deep interest in WWII and sub sims. I used play Silent Service II with him on the Amiga. In his final few years he got dementia which was really sad as he did not really know who we were any more. That condition is pretty evil as its worse for the family. We lost him 18 months ago which was partly a relief as we hated to see him like he was. One year before he was ill I got to march alongside him at the Cenotaph as a carer. This was a really proud moment. Just thought I would share with the Naval/Sub Sim community here