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Second Lieutenant GERALD NORMAN SHARPE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD

I. A. 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Beatrice Sharpe, of "Oakdene," 13, York Rd., Hove, Brighton, and the late Granville Hawley Sharpe. Native of Kingston-on-Thames.
  • Personal Inscription THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1026
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