BORN HULL 15/11/1891. SON OF KATE MANN (1854-1903) & JAMES ROBERT SHARP (1854-1932), OF 32 SYKES STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED FOR HIS FATHER AS A FRENCH POLISHER. HE MARRIED IN OCTOBER 1914. HUSBAND ADA ANN BIRCH (1889-1952), OF 2 CRYSTAL AVENUE, MASSEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD A SON ALBERT AND DAUGHTER, IVY.
HE ENLISTED JUNE 1916. HIS BROTHER AND TWO BROTHERS IN LAW HAD JOINED EARLIER. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 124 LBS WEIGHT, 35-38 INCH CHEST, “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE SERVED ITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRAINED AT WITHERNSEA. WOUNDED IN FRANCE ON 08/01/1917. CHARLES HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR FOUR MONTHS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 31ST MAY 1917 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS TWO BROTHER IN LAWS SERVED IN THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, IN FRANCE.
