Rear-Admiral Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke - St Peter & St Paul - Oxton, Nottinghamshire - Coats of Arms on Waymarking.com

Coat of arms on the memorial monument of Rear-Admiral Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke, VC, CB, DSO, DL, in St Peter & St Paul's church, Oxton.

A grey marble plaque set in white marble with a segmental pediment with painted achievement, supported on scrolled brackets with coat of arms above. Gold incised lettering reading:

In memory of
REAR ADMIRAL
RUPERT ST. VINCENT
SHERBROOKE
V.C. C.B. D.S.O.
1901-1972
Lord Lieutenant of the
County of Nottingham
Registrar of the most Honble
Order of the Bath

Say not with grief
“He is no more”,
but rather say
with thankfulness
“He was.”

"Rear-Admiral Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke, VC, CB, DSO, DL (8 January 1901 – 13 June 1972) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Born in Oxton, Nottinghamshire, Sherbrooke attended the Royal Naval Colleges of Osborne and Dartmouth and joined the Royal Navy in 1917 as a midshipman aboard HMS Canada. He was promoted to commander in 1935 and served aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous. His wartime commands were all destroyers.

VC action -

Sherbrooke was 41 years old, and a captain in the Royal Navy during the Second World War when the following deed took place during the Battle of the Barents Sea for which he was awarded the VC.

On 31 December 1942 off North Cape, Norway, in the Barents Sea, Captain Sherbrooke in HMS Onslow was senior officer in command of destroyers escorting an important convoy for North Russia, when he made contact with a vastly superior enemy force—the cruiser Hipper and the pocket battleship Lutzow. Four times the enemy tried to attack the convoy but was forced back each time. Early in the action Captain Sherbrooke was seriously wounded in the face and temporarily blinded. Nevertheless, he continued to direct the ships under his command and even when the next senior officer had assumed control, he insisted on receiving all reports of the action until the convoy was out of danger. His actions—and the Nazi ships' failure to neutralize the convoy despite its superior force—were pivotal in Hitler's order to end the use of surface fleet of the Kriegsmarine at the beginning of 1943.

Later life -

From July 1945 to mid-1946 Sherbrooke was CO cruiser HMS Aurora. He later achieved the rank of rear-admiral.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for 1958–59. His daughter is Dione Digby, Lady Digby.

He died in his home town of Oxton, aged 71."

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Bearer of Coat of Arms: Burgher (used by famous commoner) Full name of the bearer: Rear-Admiral Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?: north aisle of church Material / Design: Stone Blazon (heraldic description): 1st & 4th: [Lowe] Gules three mullets fesswise Argent pierced of the field between two wolves passant of the second. 2nd & 3rd: [Sherbrooke] Vair a chief or over all on a bend gu three mullets ar pierced of the last Address: St Peter & St Paul Main Street Oxton , Nottinghamshire England NG25 0SA Web page about the structure where is Coat of Arms installed (if exists): [Web Link] Web page about the bearer of Coat of Arms (if exists): [Web Link]

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