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Corporal HERBERT SHARPLES

Service Number: 995173
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BLACKBURN CEMETERY

Sec. B. Nonconformist. Grave 1207.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Alice Sharples, of Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription SADLY MISSED BY THOSE WHO LOVED HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

BLACKBURN CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 268
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