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followed his father’s career becoming a slater and builder.
In 1905 Herbert married Edith Gilbert in Tamworth, and they set
up house in West Street, Kings Cliffe.
A year later their first child Marjorie was born.
His service records did not survive the WW2 fire so we do not
know the exact date that he signed on but it is likely to be in
1915 or possibly 1916 when the compulsory draft was brought
in.
He initially joined the Suffolk Regiment and did his training with
them, then was transferred to the Kings Own Yorkshire Light
Infantry.
Without knowledge of the battalion he served with, it is not
possible to know his experiences in WW1.
We do know that he survived the war and continued his career
as a tiler and builder and is responsible for building 102, West
Street.
Herbert was living at Stoneleigh, 102 West Street, Kings Cliffe
when he died. His widow, Edith survived him.
Written with help from Jo Lynton, granddaughter of
Herbert Sharpe.
SHARPE Herbert
Rifleman 5593 2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Born in 1885 in Kings Cliffe, Herbert was the son of Herbert and
Emma Sharpe who lived at West Street Kings Cliffe and the
younger brother of James William Sharpe.
In 1901 the family were living at Stilton with James being absent,
having joined the army two years previously.
When he was 18, in 1903, Herbert followed his brother and
signed up for nine years with the same regiment – the Kings
Royal Rifle Corps. He was not as diminutive as his brother,
standing at 5ft 5 ½in (1.66m) and weighing 126 lb (57kg).
He started his military career at Gosport, but within four months,
he was in Ireland for a month.
About a year after Herbert joined up his father dies, aged 49,
in May 1904 at Peterborough. His mother, Emma, remarried at
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In 1905 Herbert married Edith Gilbert in Tamworth, and they set
up house in West Street, Kings Cliffe.
A year later their first child Marjorie was born.
His service records did not survive the WW2 fire so we do not
know the exact date that he signed on but it is likely to be in
1915 or possibly 1916 when the compulsory draft was brought
in.
He initially joined the Suffolk Regiment and did his training with
them, then was transferred to the Kings Own Yorkshire Light
Infantry.
Without knowledge of the battalion he served with, it is not
possible to know his experiences in WW1.
We do know that he survived the war and continued his career
as a tiler and builder and is responsible for building 102, West
Street.
Herbert was living at Stoneleigh, 102 West Street, Kings Cliffe
when he died. His widow, Edith survived him.
Written with help from Jo Lynton, granddaughter of
Herbert Sharpe.
SHARPE Herbert
Rifleman 5593 2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Born in 1885 in Kings Cliffe, Herbert was the son of Herbert and
Emma Sharpe who lived at West Street Kings Cliffe and the
younger brother of James William Sharpe.
In 1901 the family were living at Stilton with James being absent,
having joined the army two years previously.
When he was 18, in 1903, Herbert followed his brother and
signed up for nine years with the same regiment – the Kings
Royal Rifle Corps. He was not as diminutive as his brother,
standing at 5ft 5 ½in (1.66m) and weighing 126 lb (57kg).
He started his military career at Gosport, but within four months,
he was in Ireland for a month.
About a year after Herbert joined up his father dies, aged 49,
in May 1904 at Peterborough. His mother, Emma, remarried at
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