Name
Henry Sharpe
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/05/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
72408
Royal Field Artillery
10th Bty.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
VIII. D. 1.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Standon memorials
Pre War
Henry was born at Colliers End, Standon, the son of George and Elizabeth Sharp, and his father was a bricklayer's labourer. By 1901 they had moved to Enfield. In 1911 they were living at Cheshunt and Henry was a labourer.
Wartime Service
Said to have enlisted at Mill Hill. Arrived in France in August 1914, so he must have been in the army prior to the outbreak of war
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Pat Bird
