A Medal from Russia: 7 decades after WWII

(Broadcast on BBC Radio Stoke, May 2016)

Sir Winston Churchill described it as "the worst journey in the world".

During World War 2 British ships travelled the arctic seas to escort vital supplies to Russia -- with thousands of Royal Navy men perishing in the freezing conditions and as the result of attacks from Nazi planes and fleets.

But 71 years since the end of the war, one Staffordshire man -- who was an engineer on the deadly route -- has been honoured with a 'Ushakov' medal from Russia.

BBC Radio Stoke's EMMA THOMAS has been to meet 92-year-old DONALD GRAY at his home in Eccleshall...