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Object number2022/003

TitleHandkerchief with signatures of survivors from HMS Royal Oak

DescriptionThis handkerchief bears the signatures of HMS Royal Oak survivors, collected by Mrs Roberta Robinson (née MacLeod) on 15 October 1939, as they were cared for in Thurso Town Hall and the Salvation Army canteen following the ship’s sinking in Scapa Flow, which claimed 833 lives.

Production date 1939-10-14 - 1939-10-14

Production periodWord War Two

Object namehandkerchief

Object categoryWorld War Two

Materialcotton

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