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Private R SHARPLES

Service Number: 16570
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1917

Buried or commemorated at

LOCRE HOSPICE CEMETERY

II. B. 26.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Maj. and Ann Sharples; husband of Mary Sharples, of 28, Papermill Rd., Eagley, Bolton.
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Buried or commemorated at

LOCRE HOSPICE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 259
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