William Harold Sharp
Memorial: Staple Hill Methodist Church
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921
Rank and number: Driver 498087
Parents: William Charles and Annie (Nee Brimble) Sharp
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: 97 Cassell Road, Fishponds. Lived: 1911 Census – 27 Lewington Road, Fishponds, and 1901 Census – Pendennis Road, Staple Hill.
Pre-war occupation: Banker Mason (preparation of stone in workshops for buildings, worked for Bristol Corporation)
Date of birth: 1886
Date of death: 06/05/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol
Age: 30
Further information:
William was born in 1886 (3rd Quarter) and Baptised in Staple Hill on 12 October 1886. William married Hannah Pearce in 1910. William and Hannah had two sons, Frederick William born 11/08/1910 and William George born 11/12/1914.
William served with the Royal Engineers (Haynes Park Signal Depot) and died on 6 May 1917 (died in Bristol from Pneumonia and septicemia contracted on active service).
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.