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Private James SHARPE, G/19551, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (gas), 4 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 17th October 1917, age 19.

Born Chesterfield, Derbyshire, son of James & Mary Sharpe, of 152, Chatsworth Road, Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

1911 Census - Ambleside, Heaton Street, Chesterfield, Derbyshire - Mary Sharp, head, age 44, widow, 5 children, 47 still alive, born Hasland, Derbyshire; Eliza Widdowson, grandmother, age 72, widow, 6 children, 5 still alive, born Ault Hucknall, Derbyshire; Eleanor Sharpe, daughter, age 21, single, cardboard box maker, surgical ????? manufacturer, born Walton, Derbyshire; Ernest Saxby, boarder, age 20, single, railway porter, born Sheffield, Yorkshire; Amy Sharpe, daughter, age 17, single, mill hand machinist, surgical ????? manufacturer, born Hasland, Derbyshire; #Rowland Sharpe, son, age 16, single, butchers errand boy, born Hasland, Derbyshire; Kate Sharpe, adopted daughter, age 16, single, lace mender, lace factory, born Hasland, Derbyshire; James Sharpe, son, age 12, at school, born Hasland, Derbyshire.

Enlisted Chesterfield, Derbyshire, age 18 years 8 months, height 5ft 10½ inches, weight 140lbs. Resided 152, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield. Formerly plater.

Home 29th May 1916 to 25th June 1917; BEF 26th June 1917 to 17th October 1917.

29th May 1916, enlisted; 30th May 1916, to Army Reserve; 9th August 1916, mobilized; 10th August 1916, to Army Reserve; 12th February 1917, remobilized; 12th February 1917, joined Depot, Sherwood Foresters, Service No.58372; 14th February 1917, posted 4th Battalion, "C" Company, Sherwood Foresters; 22nd June 1917, Hylton? Castle, absent from Mess Orderly Parade, 6.30am, 2 days confined to Barracks; 26th June 1917, posted BEF & 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters; 27th June 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 27th June 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 21st July 1917, 14 Infantry Base Depot, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st July 1917, 14 Infantry Base Depot, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th October 1917, wounded in action; 12th October 1917, 54 Field Ambulance, gas.

10th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, none; Mother, Mary Sharpe, 152, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield; Brothers - none; Sisters - Eleanor Hardwick, age 30, Chester Street, Brampton, Chesterfield; Amy Sharpe, age 26, 152, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield; Kate Sharpe, age 24, 152, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield.

Buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, IX. G. 16., Belgium.

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Inscription - "O GOD OUR HELP IN AGES PAST OUR HOPE FOR YEARS TO COME"

# Acting Bombardier, Rowland Sharpe, Royal Field Artillery, "D" Battery, 51st Brigade, Service No.33714, died 16th November 1917, age 22. Son of James & Mary Sharpe, of 152, Chatsworth Road, Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Buried Zuydcoote Military Cemetery, II.D.8.