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In Remembrance of
Robert James Patrick Stewart
Patrick, as he was known to his family, was the son of Surgeon Rear-Admiral Robert Stewart, O.B.E., and of Mabel Stewart, of Bayswater, London. Education: M.A. (Cambridge). He received a B.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1931 and a M.A. (again from Trinity) in 1935. Meanwhile he underwent training for the priesthood at Ridley Hall, Cambridge.
Patrick was ordained by the Bishop of Portsmouth in 1934 and went on to serve at St. Mary Portsea until 1936. At that time he joined the Royal Navy as a Chaplain. He went on to serve aboard H.M.S. Amphion from 1936 to 1938 and H.M.S. Badger from 1940 to 1941. He joined the crew of Hood in February 1941.
He was 31 years old at the time of his loss.