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Gunner HAROLD SHARPLES

Service Number: 982157
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

8 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 24 November 1941

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

12. H. 14.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Minnie Sharples, of Higher Openshaw, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS TO DAY FOR OUR TOMORROW. WORTHY OF EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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