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Private Percy SHARP, G/24465, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action,  Flanders France, 16th July 1917, age 32.

Born Avensing, Stroud, Gloucestershire, son of Mark & Mary Ann Sharp, of Avening, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

1911 Census - Tetbury Hill, Avening, Stroud, Gloucestershire - Mark Sharp, head, age 64, married (31 years crossed out), stone mason, builder, worker, born Avening, Gloucestershire; Percy Sharp, son, age 26, single, Postman, worker, born Avening, Gloucestershire; Gertrude Mary Sharp, daughter, age 19, born Avening, Gloucestershire; Winifred Lilian Sharp, daughter, age 15, single, dressmaker apprentice, worker, born Avening, Gloucestershire.

Enlisted Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

10th October 1925, Probate - Percy Sharp of Tetbury Hill, Avening, Stroud, Gloucestershire, died 16th July 1917, in France. Administration London 10th October to Mark Sharp, mason. Effects £113 1s 10d.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium.