War hero Freddy Conroy to be posthumously honoured by West Dunbartonshire Council

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A war hero – whose remarkable service saw him being internationally recognised – will be honoured by the council after he died weeks before his 100th birthday.Freddy Conroy, from Renton, was awarded medals from the French and Russian governments for his service during the Second World War.The Royal Navy veteran worked in the engine room of HMS Rodney as a leading stoker and was involved in many efforts, including the sinking of the Bismarck, the Battle of the Atlantic, D-Day, the Sicily landings, Malta convoys and Arctic convoys.Freddy spoke little of his time in the war for decades, with details only coming to the surface when his great-granddaughter asked him about it for a school project.He passed away on January 14, with his funeral held on what would have been his 100th birthday.Councillor John Millar spoke of the veteran’s incredible life during a council meeting last week, where he called on the local authority to work with his family to honour his memory, which councillors unanimously agreed.Son Freddy told the Lennox Herald: “Dad was on HMS Rodney until the end of the war but his saying to us was he saw some bad sights, but most importantly he came home, others didn’t.“The Conroy family would like to thank the council for their decision taken to honour our dad for his service to the country.”Speaking at the meeting, Councillor Millar said: “Mr Conroy was a long-standing character in Renton for many, many years.“He was a quiet man but everybody knew him.“When he was 18 he joined the Royal Navy and worked in the engine room of HMS Rodney as a leading stoker.“They didn’t talk much in any detail about the war for decades until his granddaughter had a school project on the Second World War and that started to open