E. S. Sharman
Service no. S/30908
Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 16th Battalion
Killed in action on 31 May 1917, aged 25
Born in Lambeth; enlisted at Camberwell; lived in Lambeth
CWGC: “Son of Charles William and Louise Sharman, of 5, Tradescant Road, South Lambeth, London.”
Remembered at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium

Information from 1901 census

Edgar Stanley Sharman, 19 in 1911, was a ship’s steward. He lived at 5 Tradescant Road, South Lambeth, with his widowed father, Charles William Sharman, 50, a travelling salesman (hairdresser sundries) from Battersea, and siblings Herbert Henry Stanley, 23, a commercial clerk, and May Louise Sharman, 18, who worked for a milliner and draper. All the children were born in South Lambeth.