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Private JOHN SHARKEY

Service Number: 6952
Regiment & Unit/Ship

North Staffordshire Regiment

"B" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 October 1914

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. C. 34.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Sarah Ellen Sharkey, of 26, Vine St., Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription A HERO FOUGHT AND NOBLY FELL AND IN GOD'S ARMS DOES SAFELY DWELL
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Buried or commemorated at

HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 963
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