Post by Admin on Nov 23, 2013 12:51:21 GMT -5
Passed on by Keith at Tregenna: www.ss-tregenna.co.uk/
23.10.2013
DEADLINE FOR APPLYING FOR THE USHAKOV MEDAL FOR THE BRITISH VETERANS OF THE ARCTIC CONVOYS
In June 2013, a few days before the visit of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to London, Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II granted Her permission for the British veterans of the Arctic Convoys to be awarded Russia’s Ushakov Medal.In this regard, the Embassy of the Russian Federation together with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain have worked on compiling a comprehensive list of British veterans, who are entitled to the Ushakov Medal. Upon its completion the list will be forwarded to Moscow and a special decree will be signed by the President of the Russian Federation, to confer this honour.The Embassy has already checked the majority of received application forms and included more than 3,000 veterans into the list. In order to continue the above procedure, the Embassy is announcing a deadline for sending in application forms for the Ushakov Medal, which will be 31 October 2013.
The kind of news searched foe and found near a month late.
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23.10.2013
DEADLINE FOR APPLYING FOR THE USHAKOV MEDAL FOR THE BRITISH VETERANS OF THE ARCTIC CONVOYS
In June 2013, a few days before the visit of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to London, Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II granted Her permission for the British veterans of the Arctic Convoys to be awarded Russia’s Ushakov Medal.In this regard, the Embassy of the Russian Federation together with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain have worked on compiling a comprehensive list of British veterans, who are entitled to the Ushakov Medal. Upon its completion the list will be forwarded to Moscow and a special decree will be signed by the President of the Russian Federation, to confer this honour.The Embassy has already checked the majority of received application forms and included more than 3,000 veterans into the list. In order to continue the above procedure, the Embassy is announcing a deadline for sending in application forms for the Ushakov Medal, which will be 31 October 2013.
The kind of news searched foe and found near a month late.
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