Maritime Royal Artillery

[Christine Franks]

Hi there, my Dad was Robert Hall Royal Navy JX265524. He was a DEMs Gunner. He received 39/45 Medal, Atlantic Star,Africa Star,Italy Star, F&C. I think he might be entitled to the Arctic Medal as I believe he was on the Arctic Convoys. We certainly have some embroidered things he brought back from Rekyavik Norway and he spoke about Murmansk. Some of the ships he was on were, SS Nyholm, SS Sampa, SSThelma, SS Catford, SS Lochside 11, SS Dalton Hall. I don’t know if these ships were used on the Arctic convoys. Can any of you knowledgeable folk help me with this? Dad died quite a while ago now, but I would love to claim the Arctic medal on his behalf if I can. Many thanks.

[seaweed]

Hello and welcome to rootschat!
According to the book "Convoys to Russia" none of the vessels mentioned took part in any Arctic convoy. They may have sailed independently. That said most ships sailing independently were Russian flagged.
Take a look at
http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/russian/index.html?home.htm~rumain
and
https://www.warsailors.com/convoys/arctic.html

What was the name of the last ship your father sailed on including dates?

SW