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to the website for the planned Russian Arctic Convoy Museum. The importance of highlighting the legacy of the WWII Russian Arctic Convoys is central to the project. It is to the memory of all of these brave men who sailed on the convoys, and the many (over three thousand men) who lost their lives, that the local communities around Loch Ewe in the North West Highlands of Scotland are planning a Museum.
If you wish to know more about the project, then sign up to our e-newsletter (our first edition was in August 2011). This will keep you updated on the progress of the project and on our fundraising efforts. Pass on details of our website to your friends and contacts as we want to be in contact with as many people as possible who are interested in our project. All of this will help us to create a website and Museum that are as accurate and informative as possible and a fitting legacy to those who took part in this remarkable part of history.
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Never before seen footage from the wreck Burghead Sub Aqua Club Dive 6th & 7th May 2012 |
Walk to SS Welch 7th May 2012 |
SS Welch No Ordinary Story |
| e-petition : 15th Aug 2012 | For the Government to issue a medal for all those involved in the Arctic Convoys |
7-12 May 2012 A Week of Events in Wester Ross
Jack & Esther (age 8), from Wester Ross, will be helping to ensure that the story of the Arctic Convoys is never forgotten. They will be taking part in a special WWII and the Arctic Convoys Week in May of this year, a fitting way of helping to keep the story alive for the local people as well as for the rest of the world.
A week of events in Wester Ross with lots of great events including a visit by
one of the worlds leading experts on Codebreaking
For more information check out our May 2012 page
here
Thank You to everyone who has made this week such a fantastic success!
The Men of The Convoys
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Thomas Robson Laing & Duncan MacPherson |
Basil McGuinness & Shipmates |
to see photographs, stories & memories from the men
who served on the fleet Click Here
The 70th Anniversary
Service at Loch Ewe
On Saturday 20th August 2011 the community from around the Loch Ewe area hosted a service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Dervish, the first Allied Convoy which sailed to Archangel, Russia on 21st August 1941; forty subsequent convoys sailed between 1941 and 1945.
HRH Prince Michael of Kent
Thank you to all guests, friends, family & community who made the Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving such a wonderful occasion for all of the Veterans.
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