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Private DOUGLAS ELRIDGE SHARP

Service Number: 1737
Regiment & Unit/Ship

2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)

1st

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

H. 76.

Egypt

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 8th Coy. Imperial Camel Corps (Australian)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Sharp, of 2, Wavertree Rd., Streatham Hill, London. Educated at Dulwich College.
  • Personal Inscription " LIFE IS ETERNAL LOVE IS IMMORTAL AND DEATH IS BUT AN HORIZON
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Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2411
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