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Major COLIN GUY SHARPE

Service Number: 145018
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 February 1945

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

27. D. 17.

Myanmar

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Guy Oswald and Jean May Sharpe, of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. B.A. (Cantab.).
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY MOTHER & FATHER
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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