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Sinclair, Edward Anthony, son of Cdr Edward Wortley Sinclair RN and Edith Monteith, d. of William Bell of Burlington, Ontario; b. 29 Dec. 1918; adm. Sept. 1933 (H), (B) May 1937; left July 1937; enlisted Hampshire Reel Jan. 1940; accidentally killed on an OCTU course 1 Aug. 1940.
Edward Anthony Sinclair was born at Malta on the 29th of December 1919 the only son of Captain Edward Wortley Sinclair RN and Edythe Monteith (nee Bell) Sinclair of “Cintra”, Chislehurst Road, Petts Wood in Kent. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from September 1933 and up Busby’s from May 1937 to July 1937. He was a member of the Officer Training Corps where he achieved Certificate A in March 1937. He was a member of the 1st Cricket XI in 1937. On leaving school he continued his studies as a student.
He enlisted as a Private in the Hampshire Regiment in January 1940 and was posted to the Inns of Court Officer Cadet Training Unit for officer training. He was killed in an accident.
He is buried at Chislehurst Cemetery Section A, Grave 94.
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Private 6454456; Hampshire Regiment
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020. Updated by Bethany Duck, Archives Assistant, September 2022.
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1919 to Election 1989, Volume 4, compiled by F.E. Pagan and H.E. Pagan, Padstow, 1992.
Westminster School Second World War Memorial by John C. Hamblin, 2022.