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Corporal O R Sharp

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Corporal Osbert Robert SHARP, L/8626, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 25th July 1915.

Born Chatham, Kent, son of Osbert Leighton & Annie Sharp.

1901 Census - 97 Henry Street, Maidstone - Osbert L Sharp, head, married, age 36, rivetter, worker, born Croydon, Surrey; Annie Sharp, wife, married, age 36, born Hoo, Kent; Osbert R Sharp, son, age 13, scholar, born Chatham, Kent; Edward H Sharp, son, age 11, scholar, born Chatham, Kent; Walter O Sharp, son, age 8, scholar, born Chatham, Kent; Beatrice H Sharp, daughter, age 5, scholar, born Chatham, Kent.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent.  Resided Chatham, Kent.

1911 Military, India - Osbert Robert Sharp, Private, age 22, single, 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Soldier, born Chatham, Kent.

1911 Census - 119 Glencoe Road, Chatham, Kent - Osbert Leighton Sharp, head, age 46, married, skilled labourer & rivetter, H.M. Dockyard, worker, born West Croydon, Surrey; Annie Sharp, wife, age 46, married 24 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Hoo, Kent; Edward Hood Sharp, son, age 21, single, labourer, painter, H.M. Dockyard, worker, born Chatham, Kent; Beatrice Harriet Sharp, daughter, age 15, single, servant domestic, born Chatham, Kent; Thurza Mara Sharp, daughter, age 9, born Chatham, Kent.

1911 Census - H.M. Prisons, County Gaol & Convict Prison, Maidstone - Walter Sharp, Inmate, age 18, single, labourer road, Chatham Corporation, worker, own account, born Chatham, Kent.

6th February 1915,  posted Asiatic Theatre of War.

Commemorated at  Basra Memorial, Panel 29, Iraq.