 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Tovey akanga ane mutorowo wokupfuura kwakachengeteka kweArctic Convoys kuenda kuRussia. Soviet Union yakazomupa mubayiro weOrder of Suvorov, First Class, nokuda kwebasa rakatanhamara mukuchengetedza kufamba kwemotokari kuenda kuU.S.S.R., asi Tovey haana kumbopfeka menduru kana ribhoni rayo. Akanga aramba achipesana naPound naChurchill pamusoro pekufambisa kwemakomoni aya, achitaura kuti mashandiro ezhizha aive nengozi zvakanyanya nekuda kwemaawa marefu ezuva uye kushomeka kwekuvhara kwemhepo. PQ17 ine njodziNgarava dzehondo dzakatungamirirwa naTovey, muna June naJuly 1942, dzakaratidza kuti zvaityirwa naTovey zvaiva zvechokwadi, izvo zvakawedzerwa nechisarudzo chisina kunaka chaPound chokuparadzira ngoro yacho. Kufamba nengoro dzeArctic kwakamiswa kutozosvikira muna September, apo kufukidzwa nendege kwakanga kuripo uye rima rakapa dziviriro. 