Arctic Convoy veterans remembered in Lyness

Tributes have been paid in Orkney to honour and remember those who survived – as well as those who lost their lives – during the Arctic Convoys during World War Two.

Consul General of Russia in Edinburgh Mr Sergey Krutikov, today, Thursday, laid a wreath at the Arctic Convoys memorial in Lyness to mark the occasion, on what is marked and celebrated as Victory Day in Russia.

He was joined by representatives of the Kirkwall and Stromness branches of the Royal British Legion, and the Orkney branch of the Royal Naval Association, as well as various other organisations in paying tribute at the memorial.

Those who gathered were welcomed to the occasion by Terry Thomson, director of the Hoy Development Trust, who hosted the event.

Also among those present were members of the TA in Kirkwall, Hoy Coastguard and Longhope Lifeboat RNLI crew members.

Representatives of Orkney Islands Council were also in attendance as well as Bob Miller who has links with Russian Hour Television through his company Orkmill.

North Walls school pupils also laid poppy crosses in remembrance.

Winston Churchill famously described the Arctic Convoy mission as the “the most dangerous journey in the world.”