Biography of Private William Sharpe (42786)
17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Died 3rd September 1918

Soldier

  • Name: William Sharpe
  • Date of birth: 1890
  • Place of Birth: Basyon, Lincolnshire, England
  • Date of Birth Registration: July – September 1890
  • Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Father

  • Name: Thomas Sharpe
  • DOB: 1845
  • Place of Birth: Baston, Lincolnshire, England
  • Occupation: Farm labourer

Mother

  • Name: Eliza Allam
  • DOB: 1852
  • Place Of Birth: Essendine, Rutland, England
  • Marriage: 9th October 1873 Baston, Lincolnshire, England

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

  • Mary J Sharpe, 1874, Baston
  • Elizabeth A Sharpe, 1875, Baston
  • Francis Edward Sharpe,1876, Baston
  • Male Sharpe, 1878, Baston (Died 1878)
  • Emma Sharpe, 1879, Baston
  • Sarah Rebecca Sharpe, 1882, Baston (Died 1885)
  • George William Sharpe, 1884, Baston
  • Kate Sharpe, 1884, Baston
  • Maria Sharpe, 1886, Baston (Died 1886)
  • John Thomas Sharpe, 1888, Baston
  • William Sharpe, 1890, Baston
  • Gertrude May Sharpe, 1894, Baston

Census

  • 1891: William is living with his parents at Thetford Lane, Baston, Lincolnshire.
  • 1901: William is living with his parents at Thetford Lane, Baston, Lincolnshire.
  • 1911: location currently unknown and being researched.

Relatives in services

  • None found

Marriage

  • No marriage for William has been found and because of his age we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.

Newspaper Mentions

  • Nottingham Journal Tuesday 14th November 1916
    Missing
    SHERWOOD FORESTERS
    W Sharpe 42786, Market Deeping

 

  • Sheffield Daily Telegraph Tuesday 14th November 1916
    Missing
    SHERWOOD FORESTERS
    Sharpe (42786), W. (Market Deeping)

Military Records

Attestation Papers

  • Available

Soldier’s Died In The Great War

  • These records show that Private William Sharpe, 42786, 17th Bn Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment was killed in action on 3rd September 1916 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.

Pension Records

  • Available

Effects Left To

  • Mother Eliza

Medals

  • The British Medal
  • The Victory Medal

Memorials

  • UK:
  • Baston, Roll of Honour in St John the Baptist Church

 

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
  • In memory of Private W Sharpe, 42786, 17th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) who died on 3 September 1916 Age 22
  • Son Thomas and Eliza Sharpe, Of Baston, Peterborough.
  • Remembered with honour, Serre Road Cemetery No 1.
  • Grave X. F. 10.

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

Military Service Timeline

  • 17th February 1916 Enlisted in Marker Deeping
  • 31st July 1916 Embarked for B. E. F
  • 26th August 1916 Joined Battaloin in the field
  • 3rd September 1916 Missing in the field
  • 3rd Sptember 1916 Regarded for official purposes as being dead

 

  • This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed

Sources

  • WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
  • British Newspaper Archive.
  • Fold 3
  • Find My Past
  • Genealogist
  • Forces War Records
  • British Army Service Numbers
  • War Gratuity Calculator
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
  • General Registry Office