# Talk:George Brian Sinclair

Looking at the DYK nom for this page...  Found a newspaper citation: [1]
Slambo (Speak) 15:13, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
I can't see the whole text, but it looks like [2] is also in reference to the subject.  The search result snippet says: "It is hoped to present M. Huet with his Certificate of Fellowship at the PIARC Congress to be held in Sydney, Australia in October. RETIREMENT OF 'GUS' SINCLAIR Following his retirement in June as Engineer-in-Chief, Royal Corps of ..." Slambo (Speak) 15:36, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Slambo.  The first ref is for his Order of the Bath which is in the article already.  The second ref goes on to say "...Engineers, Ministry of Defence, a post which he has held since July, 1980, Major-General Brian 'Gus' Sinclair has been appointed one of 12 Colonel Commandants of the Royal ..." which is also already in the article - Dumelow (talk) 15:55, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
Cool, that's about the level of additional information that I get on some of the railway articles I work on.  Thanks for checking them further. Slambo (Speak) 19:13, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:George Brian Sinclair/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Eddie891 (talk · contribs) 22:10, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Will review shortly .Eddie891  Talk Work  22:10, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
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"Sinclair directly witnessed a number of nuclear tests during Operation Grapple, and twenty years later" I think it'd be worth specifying the year
The Times states "some twenty years later" (ie after 1976) and the Telegraph that it was in the last five years of his career (so 1978-1983).  I've gone for "in the late 1970s" - Dumelow (talk) 10:36, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
"the recovery of 85 Twynham huts" what is a 'twynham hut'?
It's a temporary accommodation building developed by the MoD in 1959.  I'll see if I can scrape together enough info to put an article together rather than add detail to this article - Dumelow (talk) 10:36, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
"becoming known as "that Sapper brigadier who solves problems and gets things done"." by who? Everyone?
The Times says by the British force on the island, but nothing more.  I've added this in - Dumelow (talk) 10:36, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
"and improved for use Phantom fighter jets to allow the Royal Navy's two aircraft carriers to return to home waters." I don't see the connection between the Royal Navy and the airfield-- could you explain that a bit?
Clarified, hopefully - Dumelow (talk) 10:36, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
"This led to a dispute with the government during which Sinclair " what was the dispute over?
Whether the army should carry out the runway work (which would come from the defence budget) or if private contractors should be employed (which would come from general funding), I've tried to clarify this - Dumelow (talk) 10:36, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
"The January 1983 replacement of John Nott as defence secretary by Michael Heseltine" so did Heseltine follow Nott in the role or was he the person who replaced Nott with someone else?
Ah, yes confusing wording.  Heseltine replaced Nott.  I've tried to clarify this - Dumelow (talk) 10:36, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
Special:Diff/993521760 is my ce, please check to see that the changes are acceptable to you
Minor things, holding Eddie891  Talk Work  01:43, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the review Eddie891, your copy-edit is good - Dumelow (talk) 10:36, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
Source spotcheck
Sorry, Dumelow, forgot that I haven't checked the sources
Spotcheck lines up
Passing. Nice Eddie891  Talk Work  12:24, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

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