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1896 he married Mary Jane Palmer from Market Deeping
and they had five children; Cecil 1898, Harold 1902, Catherine
1908, Dorothy 1913 and Bessie Mary in 1915.
By 1911 the family were living at Gladstone Street, Peterborough
and Alfred was working for the railway company.
On 9th August 1915, as a 42-year-old, Alfred went to London
and signed up with the Royal Engineers for the duration of the
war. He was already a trained railway man so his training time
with the RE was minimal.
Exactly two months after signing up, Alfred was on his way to
France and he remained there for the next three and a half
years. During his time in France he spent a week in hospital
but we have no details of his illness.
He left the army after the war finished in February 1919.
The family were still living at Gladstone Street in 1922 when he
acknowledged receipt of his two medals – British War medal
and Victory medal. He also received a good conduct badge and
at the end of his service he was described as “good character”.
We can surmise that by 1930 the family were having some
problems, as the Royal Engineers Charitable Fund requested
details of his record from the Army Records Office. We must
remember that Britain was at this time in the throws of a major
depression.
They were still living in the same house in Gladstone Street,
Peterborough when he died on 16th March 1936. He left £105-
1-4d to his widow Mary Jane.
SHARPE Arthur
Private 40159 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
Born in 1877 at Morehay Lawn, Southwick, Arthur was the son
of William and Elizabeth (nee Green).
It is necessary to go back a couple of generations to see his
claim to be a Kings Cliffe man as he was neither born nor lived
in the village.
Two generations previously we see that in 1871 William and
Ann Sharpe are living on Park Street, Kings Cliffe and amongst
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and they had five children; Cecil 1898, Harold 1902, Catherine
1908, Dorothy 1913 and Bessie Mary in 1915.
By 1911 the family were living at Gladstone Street, Peterborough
and Alfred was working for the railway company.
On 9th August 1915, as a 42-year-old, Alfred went to London
and signed up with the Royal Engineers for the duration of the
war. He was already a trained railway man so his training time
with the RE was minimal.
Exactly two months after signing up, Alfred was on his way to
France and he remained there for the next three and a half
years. During his time in France he spent a week in hospital
but we have no details of his illness.
He left the army after the war finished in February 1919.
The family were still living at Gladstone Street in 1922 when he
acknowledged receipt of his two medals – British War medal
and Victory medal. He also received a good conduct badge and
at the end of his service he was described as “good character”.
We can surmise that by 1930 the family were having some
problems, as the Royal Engineers Charitable Fund requested
details of his record from the Army Records Office. We must
remember that Britain was at this time in the throws of a major
depression.
They were still living in the same house in Gladstone Street,
Peterborough when he died on 16th March 1936. He left £105-
1-4d to his widow Mary Jane.
SHARPE Arthur
Private 40159 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
Born in 1877 at Morehay Lawn, Southwick, Arthur was the son
of William and Elizabeth (nee Green).
It is necessary to go back a couple of generations to see his
claim to be a Kings Cliffe man as he was neither born nor lived
in the village.
Two generations previously we see that in 1871 William and
Ann Sharpe are living on Park Street, Kings Cliffe and amongst
184
