Joseph Leo Anthony Gradwell DSC (28 July 1899 – 8 November 1969) was a British barrister, a magistrate and a Second World War Royal Navy volunteer, who in July 1942 against orders, led his own RN-adapted trawler HMS Ayrshire and three merchant ships from the disaster of Convoy PQ 17 into Arkhangelsk, Soviet Union.
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28 July 1899 New Brighton, Cheshire, England
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Died |
8 November 1969 (aged 70) Torbay, Devon
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Zodiac | Leo |
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