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Gunner HENRY J. SHARPLES

Service Number: A/35423
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Artillery

12 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, REVIERS

IV. H. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Christina Sharples, and foster-son of Harry Standing, of Guelph, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS ALL FOR THE DECENT THINGS OF LIFE. REMEMBERED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, REVIERS
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2049
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