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tgrubb:
Good evening,
Newby here! I have a service record for a man who served on King George V which I have been trying to square up with the shore and sea 'vessels' listed in the P&V Ledgers. The two don't seem to tally very closely but I have a basic service history. There are two things that I am unsure of, however.

(1) There are three mentions of R in the Cause of Discharge column which I had thought referred to 'Ran' but could Albert really have deserted 3 times?! There is a faded possible record of WT in the Days Forfeited section but it is very faded and hard to see, so maybe once but three times seems excessive given he went on to carry on serving and was mentioned in despatches on 5/7/43.
(2) There is a note saying "Soviet Star for continuous convoys April 43 - June 44". I thought the Arctic Star was a recent thing and I cannot find any reference to an official Soviet Star. Could it be the Fyodor Ushakov Medal?

Many thanks to anyone who can help.

PhiloNauticus:
‘R’ certainly does mean ‘Run’ = deserted, and your man does seem to have done it three times.
Note the gaps in service between leaving a ship and joining another –
1: Date indistinct, but looks like discharged Victory (Mar?) 1942  but no new ship [Montclare] until Feb 43
2: Gap between discharged Victory July ’44 then re-joined Oct 44
3: Final time gap between Dec ’44 and Apr ’45.

No idea what is meant by 'Soviet Star'

tgrubb:
Thanks PhiloNauticus

tgrubb:
Sorry, sent it before complete. I was thrown by the smaller gaps on the P&V ledger compared to this document which was given to me by his daughter.
Tim

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