Proud of my dad too !

He's been gone 40 years, but my old man who was in the Royal Navy has just been awarded the Arctic Star, posthumously.
www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2013/march/05/130228-first-arctic-star-medals-already-in-production

I've been battling over a year to get this for my ma, six reminders had to be sent, but she's well made up as it finally arrived today:

[Chris]

Clive - that is fantastic. Your family must be so proud !! What a great honour.

Well, they're being issued in their thousands, and are already popping up on eBay for about a tenner, but it completes a collection. He served in the Fleet Air Arm and went all over the place - North Africa, Ceylon, Atlantic Convoys etc.
As a kid I used to get bored to tears with all the tales of his adventures !

But I can breathe a sigh of relief now, after an initial response from the MoD my mum and I sent a reminder every 2 months - not even an acknowledgment. Slow even by their standards. Finally sending this photo in a huge jiffy bag by recorded post seems to have done the trick: