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Gunner JOHN SHARPLES

Service Number: 190828
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

8th Reserve Bty.

Date of Death

Died 21 February 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRINDLE (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD

South-West part.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Eliza Sharples, of Brindle; husband of Alice Sharples, of 6, Top o'-th'-Lane, Brindle, Chorley.
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Buried or commemorated at

BRINDLE (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 7
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