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Memorial Scroll of Robert Sinclair

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SubjectSinclair, Robert
TitleMemorial Scroll of Robert Sinclair
NotesEditor's Comment:
Leading Seaman 7739A Robert Sinclair, S.S. Ventmoor., Royal Naval Reserve, was killed in action 14th February 1918, aged 31. He was the son of Robert and Barbara Sinclair, of Westray, Orkney, the husband of Mary Sinclair, of 22, Shore St., Kirkwall, and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

S.S. 'Ventmoor' sank in the Aegean Sea after being torpedoed on the 14th February 1918 by the submarine UC 37 (commanded by Otto Kümpel).
Item Date14th February 1918
Creation placeUnknown
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumCard
ContentOfficial document
CataloguerRichard Marshall
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameAlexander S Campbell
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9030