SHARPE John

  • First Name(s):
    John 
  • Surname:
    SHARPE
  • Service Number:
    11617
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Leicestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 5489 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
  • Date of Death:
    22nd February 1916
  • Age At Death:
    35
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq, Panel 12.
  • Place of Birth:
    St Martin's, Leicester, resident Redditch, Worcestershire, enlisted Coalville, Leicestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mrs Eliza Carroll, of Cemetery House, Redditch, Worcestershire

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SHARPE John Is Named On These Memorials

Redditch War Memorial

Further Information About SHARPE John

Served in the South African Campaign.

Evening Despatch, Saturday 25th March 1916:
Private John Sharpe Killed
Mrs E. Carroll, Cemetery Cottage, Redditch, has received information from the War Office that her son, Private John Sharpe, who was on active service in the Persian Gulf Expeditionary Force, was killed on 22 February.

Evening Despatch courtesy of the British Library: http://www.britishnewspaperarchives.co.uk

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Credits: Researched by Jillian Coombes.