Name
Fred Sharp
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/08/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THELUS MILITARY CEMETERY
V. C. 9.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Buntingford Town Memorial, St Peter's Church Memorial, Buntingford, Hertford Grammar Memorial - now Richard Hale School, Hertford
Pre War
His father was Frank B Sharp, and home was in High Street, Buntingford. His father was a Tailor (Retail Proprietor). Fred was born on 27th April 1895 in Buntingford.
He attended Buntingford Elementary and then Hertford (Hale's) Grammar from 20th January 1910 to 29th July 1911. When he left school, he had a clerkship.
Wartime Service
He originally enlisted in the 1st Hertfordshire Regiment and on 26 September 1917 he was commissioned and transferred to the 10th Middlesex Regiment.
He was killed in action in northern France.
Acknowledgments
Eddie Roche - Richard Hale School, Jonty Wild, Carol Emery
