Lichfield Royal Navy veteran gets award from Russian government
A Staffordshire veteran has been awarded a commemorative medal on behalf of the Russian Government for his role in the Second World War.
George Treadwell, who lives in Lichfield, trained as a coder and served in the Second World War.
Between 1944 and 1945, George served on three different ships; HMS Royalist, HMS Thornborough and HMS Pheasant.
From January to May 1944, George served on HMS Royalist whilst she was serving as an escort to merchant vessels in the Arctic theatre. In this capacity she took part in Operation Tungsten, the carrier raid against the German Battleship Tirpitz while the Tirpitz was in Norway.
The medal was awarded to George for his help in defeating Nazi Germany 75 years ago.
From August 1941 to May 1945, the convoys delivered more than 4,000,000 tons of cargo to Russia including at least 7,000 planes, 5,000 tanks, trucks, tyres, fuel, food and other raw material.
