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Corporal JOE SHARPLES

Service Number: 4872
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

147th Bty.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

II. G. 24.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles E. and Mary Sharples, of 39, Adelphi St., Salford, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVING SON & BROTHER KIND A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 528
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