BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOSEPH JAMES SHARP & GERTRUDE HUDSON, OF 3 WHITFIELD AVENUE, DIVISION ROAD, HESSLE ROAD, HULL AND 278 SOUTH BOULEVARD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A SHIPWIRIGHT’S APPRENTICE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN ROYAL ENGINEERS (1918 VOTERS). TRANSFERRED TO THE TERRITORIAL, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM), FOR BRAVERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 22.
HE IS BURIED AT LA VILLE-AUX-BOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE RAMC MEMORIAL, HULL’S WENLOCK BARRACKS.
First name:
WILFRED ERNEST
Military Number:
390074
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/05/1918
Place died:
LA VILLE-AUX-BOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE
Age:
22
3 WHITFIELD AVENUE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
