A double plaque unveiling will take place on Sunday 7th May to honour two recipients of the George Medal.

Plaque dedicated to two George Medal heroes to be unveiled this Sunday — Historian and author Richard Jones will be unveiling two plaques to George Medal recipients. Photo: Submitted/Echo Media Group.

Kenneth Cooke and Colin Armitage were on board the cargo ship Lulworth Hill when she was torpedoed and sunk by an Italian submarine on 19 March 1943.

Fourteen survivors found themselves on a raft and another man was taken prisoner of war.

Fifty days later only Ken and Colin were left alive when HMS Rapid rescued them -their terrible ordeal of starvation and watching their shipmates die one by one leaving them close to death themselves.

Thanks to the work of Bridlington historian Richard Jones, on the 80th anniversary of the remarkable rescue there will be two blue plaques unveiled at two different locations on the same day.

At 11.am at Minerva Pier in Hull the family of Colin Armitage will unveil the plaque close to his home village and overlooking where the ship sailed from on her final voyage. This plaque was paid for by UK Operational Support Services, a local security company.

At 3.pm at Bridlington Harbour the Kenneth Cooke plaque will be unveiled. This was kindly paid for by Bridlington Tourism Association.