PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Sinclair, Laurence Frank
Date of birth: October 23rd, 1908 (Frinton, Essex, Great Britain)
Date of death:  May 14th, 2002 (Oxfordshire, Great Britain)
Nationality:  British
     
GEORGE CROSS
Rank: Wing Commander
Unit: 110 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Action: On 30th. September 1940 a bomber burst into flames whilst taking off from the RAF station at Wattisham. Sinclair immediately went to the rescue of the trapped airmen en succeeded in dragging the crew to safety.
Details: Date of Gazette 21 January 1941.
Later promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal.
Sinclair's medals are on display in the Imperial War Museum in London, Great Britain.
He served on the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association from 1965.
 
     
KNIGHTS/DAMES COMMANDERS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (K/DBE)
 
     
COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CBE)
 
     
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER (DSO)
 
     
L' ORDRE NATIONAL DE LA LEGION D’HONNEUR
 
     
ORDEN PARTIZANSKE ZVEZDE
 
     
1939-1945 STAR
 
     
AIR CREW EUROPE STAR
 
     
AFRICA STAR
 
     
DEFENCE MEDAL 1939-1945
 
     
ITALY STAR
 
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