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Private EDWARD SHARPLES

Service Number: 3714231
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 June 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

4. E. 21.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Mary Ellen Sharples, of Chorley, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED AS HE HAD LIVED, BELOVED BY EVERYONE WHO KNEW HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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