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William James Sharp

18 August 2015 by SWM

W. J. Sharp
Service no. 656082
Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 21st Battalion
Killed in action on 22 August 1918, aged 31
Born in Lambeth; enlisted at Camberwell; lived in Clapham
CWGC: “Husband of Grace Elizabeth Sharp, of 16 Paradise Road, Stockwell, London.”
Remembered at Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France

Information from the 1911 census

Clapham-born William Sharp was a tram car driver, aged 24 in 1911. He lived with his widowed father, Joseph Sharp, 65, an unemployed coachman from Pimlico, in two rooms at 1 Northall Street, Stockwell.

Filed Under: S names, Stockwell War Memorial Tagged With: 1918, age 31, France, KIA

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  • All the men
  • Died on 1 July 1916
  • Brothers
  • Listed on St Mark’s War Memorial
  • Listed on St Andrew’s War Memorial
  • Listed on St John’s War Memorial