BORN HULL 1892. SON OF GEORGE HENRY SHARP (1861-1950) & ALICE MARY SHARP (1867-1946), OF 1, MABELS AVENUE, FRANKLIN STREET, HULL. A BLACK LEAD LABOURER. HE WAS EMPLOYED FOR NINE YEARS, AT THE RECKITT’S WORKS, DANSOM LANE, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 12632, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/06/1918. BURIED FRANCE. LEFT A WIDOW AND CHILD.
HIS WIDOW, LOUISA SOPHIA RICKLES & SON GEORGE, LIVED AT 155, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON, 18/07/1918. *
First name:
EDWARD
Military Number:
149212
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/06/1918
Place died:
Aval Wood Military Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin, Nord, France
Age:
26
155, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
