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Lieutenant PHILIP EDMUND SHARPLES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 June 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)

Sp. Mem. C. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Born at Blackburn. Son of the late Charles P. Sharples and the late Clara A. Cawood (formerly Sharples); stepson of A. Cawood, of Powell House, Sedbergh, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2463
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