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Uzbekistan Honors Le Bretons for Sheltering WWII Survivor

5/10/2026

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Le Bretons Honored

Uzbekistan awarded the Order of Friendship to John and Phyllis Le Breton for sheltering Bokejon Akramov during German Occupation, presenting it at Cheval Roc nursing home on 8 May 2026 before their children Dulcie and Alan and Ravshan Usmanov.
BBC News Russia traced Akramov’s survival to 1996 and found his Uzbek descendants.
Olga Ivshina arranged a video call linking Dulcie Le Breton with Akramov’s grandson, the first contact since 1945.

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Mirziyoyev Honors

Bokijon Akramov was captured after a battle that killed 12,000 Soviet soldiers and was sent to Jersey as a prisoner of war.
German occupiers later turned the underground tunnels built by 2,000 Soviet labourers into a military hospital.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev posthumously granted the Do'stlik Order to John and Phyllis Emily Le Breton, with BBC and ITV journalists framing the ceremony as a symbol of Uzbekistan-Great Britain friendship.

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Le Bretons Honored

Uzbekistan awarded the Order of Friendship to John and Phyllis Le Breton for sheltering Bokejon Akramov during German Occupation, presenting it at Cheval Roc nursing home on 8 May 2026 before their children Dulcie and Alan and Ravshan Usmanov.
BBC News Russia traced Akramov’s survival to 1996 and found his Uzbek descendants.
Olga Ivshina arranged a video call linking Dulcie Le Breton with Akramov’s grandson, the first contact since 1945.

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