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Flight Commander JOHN EDWARD SHARMAN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Air Service

10th (Naval) Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 22 July 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE

IV. G. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 22nd Wing Royal Flying Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Cross and Bar
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas H. and Frances A. Sharman, of Oak Lake, Manitoba, Canada. Croix-de-Guerre with Palm (France) - cited by General Castelnau for services in 11 long distance air raids,; notably leading two raids on Freiburg in one day.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWN
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