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Private JOHN SHARPLES

Service Number: 24568
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1916

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT

II. B. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mary E. Sharples, of 1211, Queen St. West, Toronto, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAWN BREAKS
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Buried or commemorated at

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2280
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