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VC1228    Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke

Name   Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke   No.      

VC Issue No.   1228   Awards   VC   CB   DSO

Regiment   Royal Navy

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won    Captain

Rank End Of Career   Rear Admiral

Place Of Birth   Oxton Hall, Oxton, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England

Place Of Death   At his home, Oxton, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England

Buried/Location Ashes   St Peter & St Paul Churchyard, Oxton, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone     Plot/Grave no.  

Gazetted    12 January 1943

VC Presented   29 June 1943, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, St Peter & St Paul Churchyard, Oxton, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England

P  Memorial Plaque, ensign from HMS 'Onslow' with plaque, framed citation, St Peter & St Paul Church, Oxton, Nottinghamshire

P  Named on Church restoration tablet, St Peter & St Paul Churchyard, Oxton, Nottinghamshire

P  Named on Memorial, Royal Naval & Royal Albert Yacht Club, Pembroke Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire

P  Victoria Cross Memorial,  Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

By The Way…

VC Held By

Unknown

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BORN    8 January 1901

DIED   13 June 1972   AGE    71

VC Won   31 December 1942   AGE   41

Place VC Won   off North Cape, Norway

War/Campaign   Second World War