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Rifleman JAMES SHARPE

Service Number: 878
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 June 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SPANBROEKMOLEN BRITISH CEMETERY

Special Memorial E. 2.

Belgium

Headstone. Site visit 20th May 2025

Photographer: Adam Kelsall

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert J. and Ellen Sharpe, of Knockagh, Monkstown, Co. Antrim.
  • Personal Inscription WHEN DEATH FLIES SWIFT ON WAVE OR FIELD BE THOU A SURE DEFENCE AND SHIELD
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Buried or commemorated at

SPANBROEKMOLEN BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 58
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