BORN BEVERLEY 1880. SON OF ROBERT SHARP & SARAH ANN PICKARD. MARRIED IN 1906. HUSBAND OF ALICE ANN KNIGHT. OF PIGHILL LANE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS A SAPPER IN THE 529TH EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE WAS KILLED ON 18/06/1917, AGED 37. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
HE IS REMEMBERED ON THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEER’S MEMORIAL AT HULL MINSTER, ALTHOUGH HIS SURNAME IS SPELT “SHARPE”.
First name:
ROBERT PICKARD
Military Number:
474036
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
18/06/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
37
