Basic Details
Surname
Sharpe
Forenames
Samuel
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Sharp
Served or died
Died
Service number
24214
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 54 St John's Street. It also records his brother William). It misrecords his surname as Sharpe, and that he died on 20/8/1916; his surname was actually Sharp and he died on 21/8/1916.

(CWGC records that Private S Sharp, regimental number 24214, died on 20/8/1916 serving in the 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, and is buried in grave E.44 at Agny Military Cemetery in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records Samuel Sharp as a native of Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he was killed in action on 21/8/1916 and that his legatee was Miss Ada Kutt, later Mrs Ada North. Samuel Sharp's birth was registered in Peterborough District in 1893. His baptism on 6/12/1893, as the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Sharp, was recorded in the registers of St Mary's Church in Peterborough. On the 1901 census he was living with his parents in St John's Street, Peterborough. On the 1911 census he was living with them at 54 St Mary's Street, Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Suffolks
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
August
Day of death
20
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
64, ST JOHNS STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial