BORN HULL 1898. ONLY SON OF JAMES SHARPIN (1869-1906) AND ADA BLANCHE DIXON (6/8/73-1948), AT 15, RANDOLPH TERRACE, CHURCHILL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE YOUNGER SISTERS AT THIS ADDRESS – GERTRUDE, JESSIE, HILDA, BLANCHE AND ANNIE.
EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 112 LBS WEIGHT, 33 INCH CHAEST, FAIR PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 04/09/1915. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EYR. TRAINED AT HEDON, HULL. DRAFTED TO FRANCE, ON 25/02/1916. KILLED IN ACTION ON 08/07/1916, AGED 19. HE HAD SERVED FOR 309 DAYS.
HIS MOTHER RECEIVED A WEEKLY PENSION OF 3 SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE FOR THE LOSS OF HER SON.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS MOTHER MARRIED JACK DIXON AT HULL IN 1912. HIS STEP FATHER, JACK DIXON, 4TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, AT THIS SAME ADDRESS, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/3/1918
