Sharp, Thomas Wilkinson (Tom)

BIMG_0010ORN PATRINGTON 30/04/1884. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM SHARP (1858-1934) AND ANNIE SCREETON (1856-1930), OF 6 TENNISON AVENUE, FERRIES STREET, HULL. SON OF A LABOURER. HE ALSO WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 118 LBS WEIGHT, 33.5- 35.5 INCH CHEST.

HE MARRIED EMMA ELIZABETH ATKINSON, AT HULL REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 20/05/1911. HIS WIFE EMMA AND THREE CHILDREN, CHARLOTTE, GEORGE AND ANNIE. THEY LIVED AT 5 EAST DOCK TERRACE, LEE SMITH STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS).

ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 38467 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2/4TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 07/12/1917, AGED 33. HIS WAR PENSION AND ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW, EMMA.

HIS BROTHERS, ALFRED AND GEORGE SHARP ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR.

First name:
TOM WILKINSON
Regiment:
York And Lancaster Regiment 2/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion
Military Number:
45838
Rank:
Private
Date Died
07/12/1917
Place died:
St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Age:
33
5 EAST DOCK TERRACE, LEE SMITH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
Rue Pierre Lefrançois, 76120 Le Grand-Quevilly, France