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Pte. Cyril Sharpe
British Army 14th (2nd Barnsley) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Worsbrough Dale
(d.15th July 1916)
I discovered by surprise that Cyril Sharpe was the first husband of my great grandma. No one in our family had known of him, apart from my great aunt who had a medal with the name Sharpe on. She never knew her Mother had been married before and my grandad had died before I could ask if he had any idea. I discovered Cyril had died in Flanders in 1916, only two years after he and Rose married. They also had a son called Joseph who I was hoping to find some descendants of but he died age 3 in 1918.
Cyril's name is on a memorial at St Thomas' Church in Worsbrough Dale but I have struggled to find out more about him and his life.
Rfmn. Ernest St.Clair Sharpe
British Army 21st Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Poplar, London
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Lt. Frank Sharpe
Royal Flying Corps 1 Sqd.
from:London
Frank Sharpe was shot down behind enemy lines at 3.15pm on the 9th of June 1917 at the Battle of Messines and was captured by the enemy. His Nieuport Scout (B3481) was shot down near Zandvoorde by Kurt-Bertram von Döring of Jasta 4.
Lt. Sharpe had already brought down five enemy aircraft in the battle; Albatros D.III between Ypres and Roulers at mid day on the 1st May 1917, Albatros D.V at 10:40 on the 26th over Lompret, Rumpler C at 8:40 pm on the 4th of June near Perenchies, another Albatros D.V at Zandvoorde on the morning of the 7th June and later the same day a Balloon at Quesnoy.
Gnr Henry Thompson Sharpe
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Horbling Lincolnshire
Henry Sharpe served with the Royal Field Artillery in WW1.
Pte. James Reuben Sharpe
British Army 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:Cromwell Road, New Southgate, Middlesex
(d.11th Jun 1916)
James Sharpe was my mother's cousin. He was the son of James Charles Sharpe and Emily Smith. As far as my research shows, he was the eldest of six children. James was born in 1896 in Winkfield Road, Wood Green, Middlesex, and baptised in the same year at Noel Park, Wood Green. The family were living in Friern Barnet at the time of the 1901 UK census and in New Southgate in 1911. James's birth was registered under the same General Record office reference as his cousin Percival Sharpe, who sadly died in 1912 aboard the liner Titanic.
Pte. Thomas Breedon Sharpe
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers
from:12 Butcher Street, Rhosllanerchrugog
(d.18th May 1916)
Thomas Sharpe joined up in Wrexham on 8th February 1915 and was posted to 3/4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers on 20th February 1915. He was then posted to 1/4th Battalion on 28th March 1915. Thomas was killed in action on 18th May 1916. He died by a shot to the head from a machine gun while working in a mine crater east of Souchez, France. He was first buried in Ablain Saint Nazaire, then in 1921-22 exhumed and reburied at Caberat-Rouge Cemetery, France.
Pte. William Henry Sharpe
7th Btn.
from:Rotherhithe, London
(d.9th Apr 1917)
I am looking For any further information about William Sharpe. He is buried in St Catherine British Cemetery nr Arras.
A/Sgt. William Harrison Sharpe
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Sgt. William Sharpe
British Army 2/4th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment
from:7a Burnley Lane, Leicester
William Sharpe was taken prisoner at Ervilliers on the 25th of March 1918 and taken to Munster II POW camp in Germany.
Pte. William Sharples
British Army Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Based upon William Sharples' Medal Rolls Index Card and Service Medal and Award Roll, he was transferred to Z Reserve status on 9th of November 1919. After a thorough search, neither his service record nor a pension were located, it is very possible that his records were destroyed during the Second World War. From these limited sources available, it cannot be determined which theatre he served in. For his service in the Great War, Private William Sharples of the Army Ordnance Corps, was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Gnr. Harold Raymond Sharplin
British Army 41st Bty, 42nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Chatham, Kent
(d.15th Apr 1918)
Harold Sharplin and several members of his gun crew were killed on the 15th Apr 1918. Reports show 3 dead, 3 wounded, plus the Padre Oswin Creighton who was visiting at the time. All were later buried at Chocques Military Cemetery. According to Cemetery records it appears one of the wounded may also have died.
Pte. William Sharr
British Army. 10th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Melton Constable, Norfolk
(d.5th Sept 1918)
William Sharr was the son of William and Martha Sharr of Melton Constable, Norfolk and the husband of Elsie Sharr of 194 Brickgarth, Easington Lane, Hetton-le-Hole, Durham.
Pte Harold Sharrock
British Army 2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
from:St.Annes on Sea
(d.28th Apr 1918)
Although I never knew my uncle Harold Sharrock, I know he must have been a very brave man being only 20 years old when he was killed.
Gnr. W P Sharrock
British Army 48th Siege Battalion Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.23rd July 1917)
My Great Uncle, W Sharrock is buried at Canada Farm Cemetery.
Cpl. Albert Henry Shave DCM.
British Army 117th Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Hartley, Wintney, Hampshire
Albert Shave was awarded the DCM for gallant conduct near Veldhoek on 31st of October 1914, when his battery was enfiladed by high explosive shell fire, and assailed by shrapnel and rifle fire from the front. He served as gun-layer with the last gun of the battery until forced to retire by the approach of the enemy in force.
Pte. H. Shave
British Army 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment
from:Southampton
(d.24th October 1918)
H Shave was my nan's uncle and she was told by her dad that he was shot by a sniper out of a tree. He was buried at Denain Communal Cemetery.
Gnr. Ceil Haggart Shaver MM.
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 2nd Bde Canadian Field Artillery
from:Cainsville, Ontario, Canada.
(d.2nd Sep 1918)
Cecil Shaver was killed in action on the 2nd of September 1918, aged 21 and buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. He was the son of Mrs. Nancy (Day) Shaver & Henry Shaver Cainsville, Ontario, Canada.
L/Cpl. Alan Louis "Lou" shaw
British Army 4th Btn, B Coy. Seaforth Highlanders
from:67 Harrowby Rd, Grantham
(d.9th May 1915)
Lou Shaw and his brother Stanley died on the same day in May 1915. The third brother Arthur and brother in law H G Bellamy also joined the Seaforths and they both survived the war. The three Shaw brothers were known as the 19 feet of Shaw as they were all well over 6 feet tall and in total made 19 feet!
Pte. Alfred Fred Shaw
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 18th DLI and 12th DLI
L/Sgt. Alfred Shaw
British Army 21st Btn., A Coy, 2nd Plt. Manchester Regiment
from:30 Market St, New Mills
(d.4th Oct 1918)
Alfred Shaw was the eldest of six children, all from New Mills. Before joining, he was a law clerk; his father James was somewhat disabled due to an industrial injury. James kept the local post office in New Mills.
Two of Alfred's brothers also served in the Great War, but they survived. Alfred's brother Fred happened to be at home in October, and he had a dream in which he saw one of his brothers lying dead on a battlefield. He couldn't tell which brother, as the man was lying face down and they looked alike from the back.
Pte. Alonza Shaw
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.4th May 1915)
Alonza Shaw of the 1st Battalion Royal Scots was lost whilst fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium. Alonza is remembered in Ypres at the Menin Gate.
Pte. Charles Felix Shaw
British Army Royal Engineers
My grandfather Charles Felix Shaw enlisted on 3 May 1915 at Victoria Park Square, Bethnal Green and was given an immediate medical. His war record file at Kew shows he was aged 37 and was enlisted in the Royal Engineers. His trade at that time was a "pianoforte finisher". He was sent to France in Feb 1916 and received gunshot wounds on 1 July 1916. He was operated on in France and sent back to England on 18th July 1916. He seemed to be transfered between hospitals in Ipswich, Seaford and Thetford. Whilst in the latter hospital he was diagnosed as having a heart condition and was eventially dischanged as permanently unfit for active service on 7 Nov 1917. He was granted a weekly pension of £1 7s 6d. He brought up 3 children including my father Leonard. He died in London in 1947 of pulmonary tuberculosis
Sgt. Colin McKenzie "Gardner" Shaw
South African Infantry 4th Reg.
from:Mount Frere, Cape Province
(d.3rd September 1917)
Colin Shaw was the Son of Thomas and Mildred Shaw, husband of J. G. Shaw, of Mount Frere, Cape Province. He was 37 and is buried in the Mount Frere Cemetery, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Mjr. Donald Patrick Shaw DSO.
British Army 6th Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment
from:Westminster School
Donald Patrick Shaw, born 29th August at Melcombe Regis, was the eldest son of Dr A E Shaw, headmaster of Lord Williams’s School, Thame, from 1899 to 1920. Educated at that school, where he was head boy for his last two years, and at Balliol College Oxford, where he gained an Honours degree in history, he taught at Weymouth and Westminster schools before enlisting, in 1914, in the Dorsetshire Regiment.
He was seriously wounded in the neck in 1915 while serving in France and nearly drowned when the hospital ship Anglia was mined off Dover in the Channel. He returned to France, promoted to Major and was awarded the DSO in 1918 for gallantry in the attack across Ancre. In 1918-1919 he commanded the 6th Battalion of the Dorsets as Lieut. Colonel, leading them in the Victory Parade. In 1919 he returned to Westminster School where he became a housemaster and commanded the Officer Training Corps. He died of his war wounds in 1924 and was buried on 14th of October with full military honours. His coffin was borne on a six-horse gun-carriage to Westminster Abbey and at his grave in Norwood cemetery the Last Post was sounded by soldiers of the Grenadier Guards.
Nurse Evelyn Fidgeon Shaw
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
(d.24th Aug 1918)
Pte Francis Robinson "Frank" Shaw
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:26, Milbank Crescent, Bedlington, Northumberland
(d.29th Aug 1916)
Shaw, Francis, Robinson. Private, 19/708, on 29th August 1916. Aged 32 years.
Buried in Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, in grave III. B. 8.
Son of William Shaw, of Bedlington, and the late Martha Shaw; husband of Dorothy Ann Shaw, of 26, Milbank Crescent, Bedlington, Northumberland.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. Frank Shaw
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Huddersfield
(d.12th April 1918)
Frank Shaw is my uncle (my mother's brother) he joined the army aged 16 on 19 Nov 1915 serving with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry with number 2345. His father, (my grandfather) wrote to the War Office including Frank's birth certificate proving that he was only 16 at the time of enlistment. The Army had no choice but to transfer him to class with army reserve, and send him home.
Frank wrote to his former battalion prior to his 18th birthday reminding them that he was due to report, however, he was sent a mobilisation order sending him to the 2/9th Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry, it was now he became private 50839.
On 28th March 1918 he finally sailed for France He was transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers renumbered to 41355 and joined the 1st battalion on 2nd of April 1918 and was killed a week later west of Locan near the Basses Canal.
Frank was never found but he is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial. The names of the missing are carved into regiment panels that run around the inside of the memorial. One of them is a young man, so keen to join the army that he falsified his real age of 16 and once spotted wrote to remind the army to recall him. Once with his battalion in France, he served for exactly a week before losing his life.
Pte Frank Shaw
British Army 3rd Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Oldham
(d.29th March 1917)
Pte. Fred Earlam Shaw
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte Frederick Shaw
British Army 6th Btn Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Birmingham
(d.5th Sep 1917)
Recently found a medal whilst clearing out my dads house, I googled the number that was on it and found out it was for my great uncle, Frederick Shaw who served with 2nd and 6th Battalions, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, brave chap, he ended up being killed on the 5th of September 1917 by the Germans dropping a bomb on the hospital that he was recovering in.
R.I.P Fred Thanks for giving your life so that others can live. I wish I had a photograph to put up
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