BORN HULL 1898. YOUNGEST SON OF EDWIN SHARP (1868-1943) & MARY ANN GREG (1874-1926), OF 44 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A FARM SERVANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST, 131 LBS WEIGHT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/01/1915. SERVED WITH THE HULL PALS, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME. N UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER MARY ANN, AT THIS WAR PENSION ADDRESS.
First name:
FRED
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/1228
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Age:
19
