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Private R S Sharpe

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Private Reginald Samuel SHARPE, G/1037,  7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action,  Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 13th July 1916, age 21.

Born Rotherfield, Groombridge, Sussex, son of George Baxter & Fanny Sharpe, of 3, Oaklands Cottages, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. / Birchden Cottages, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

1911 Census - Birchden Cottages, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - George Baxter Sharpe, head, age 60, married, nursery propagator, horticulture, worker, born Raithby. Lincoln; Fanny Sharpe, wife, age 53, married 25 years, 6 children, all still alive, born Speldhurst, Kent; Reginald Samuel Sharpe, son, age 17, single, assistant propagator, horticulture, worker, born Rotherfield, Sussex; Fanny Elizabeth Sharpe, daughter, age 15, single, born Rotherfield, Sussex; Kathleen Sharpe, daughter, age 12, school, born Rotherfield, Sussex; Dorothy Claris Sharpe, grandaughter, age 1, born Rotherfield, Sussex.

Enlisted  Tunbridge Wells, Kent, age 20 years & 300 days, height 5ft 6¼ inches, fresh complexion, grey eyes, fair hair. Formerly gardener.

Home, 3rd September 1914 to 10th August 1915; BEF, 11th August 1915 to 13th July 1916.

3rd September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1914, posted 3tf Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1914, Fort Darland; 26th October 1914, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th August 1915, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th August 1915, embarked; 24th August 1915, 18th Infantry Base Depot,  attached 10th Entrenching Battalion; 18th September 1915, joined Battalion, In the Field; 13th July 1916, reported wounded & missing, report from Rev. W Telfor, 14th Divisional HQ, killed in action. 

7th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow / Children - unmarried; Father, G B Sharpe, Birchden Cottages, Groombridge; Mother, Fanny Sharpe, Birchden Cottages, Groombridge; Brothers - George Baxter Sharpe, age 32, Birchden Cottages, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells; Sisters - Grace Bunyan, age 30, 20 Wellington Road, Maidenhead; Alice Byrne, age 27, 83 Timperley Street, Widnes Lane; Fanny Elizabeth Sharpe, age 23, Rippingale, Bolsover Road, Eastbourne.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.