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Sergeant C Sharp

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Serjeant Charles SHARP, G/18518, 10th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 29th September 1918, age 28, 

Born Milton Regis, Kent, son of James Charles & Amelia Sharp, 27 Hythe Road, Milton Regis, Kent.

1911 Census - 145 Chalkwell Road, Milton Regis, Kent - James Charles Sharp, head, age 66, married, carpenter, builder, worker, born Borden, Kent; Amelia Sharp, wife, age 65, married 41 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Borden, Kent; Charles Sharp, son, age 21, single, shop assistant, grocer, (Mr Buggs, Milton,High Street), worker, born Borden, Kent.

Enlisted Sittingbourne, Kent, age 25 years & 3 months, height 5ft 8½. Resided 145 Chalkwell Road, Milton Regis, Kent.

Home 26th May 1915 to 20th September 1916; BEF 21st September 1916 to 29th September 1918.

26th May 1915, enlisted & posted 3/1 Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles, Service No.3000; 10th July 1915, posted 2/1 Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles; 21st September 1916, embarked / disembarked; 21st September 1916, Infantry Base Depot, France; 11th October 1916, transferred to 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th October 1916, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1916, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 1st June 1917, promoted Corporal; 13th November 1917, with Battalion, to Italy; 11th March 1918, 14 days leave to UK via Boulogne; 16th March 1918, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th August 1918, appointed Acting Sergeant.

18th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, John Charles Sharp, 27 Hythe Road, Milton Regis, Kent; Mother, none; Brothers - Harry Sharp, age 47?, Elmscroft?, West Farleigh; Frank Sharp, age 48, 3 ???? Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire; John Sharp, age 44, Stanton St Johns, Oxford; George Sharp, age 35, ?????????? Terrace, Milton Regis, Kent; Sisters - Ada Copestake, age 49, 57? Coleman Road, Belvedere; Bertha Sharp, age 40, Wood? End, Logs Hill, Chislehurst.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium / Milton Regis War Memorial.