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Surname: SHARPLES
Forename(s): Robert
Place of Birth: Hawes, Yorkshire
Service No: 235110
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/4th Battalion
Division: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-04-23
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 5.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: COTTERDALE, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: HARDRAW, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: HAWES, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SEDBUSK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Robert Sharples was the son of William and Jane Sharples, née Waggitt. William was born at Bradford, Yorkshire and Jane at Shildon, Co. Durham.
1881 Hardrow, Yorkshire Census: Robert Sharples, aged 1 year, born Hawes, Yorkshire son of William and Jane Sharples.
1891 Hardrow, Yorkshire Census: Scarr End - Robert Sharpless, aged 10 years, born Hawes, Yorkshire son of William and Jane Sharpless.
1901 Wigan, Lancashire Census: 19, Throstles Nest Avenue - Robert Sharples, aged 20 years, born Hawes, Yorkshire, son of Jane Sharples, widow.
1911 Hardrow, Yorkshire Census: Scar End - Robert Sharples, aged 30 years, born Hawes, Yorkshire, son of Jane Sharples, widow.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Robert Sharples, 8850 & 235110, Yorkshire Regiment.
A short biography of Robert is included in: ‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
SHARPLES, Robert, Yorkshire Regiment, Hardrow, reported missing April 23, 1917, now presumed dead.
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
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22 February 1918
SHARPLES – Death officially presumed of Pte. Robert Sharples, Yorks. Regiment, eldest son of Mrs. Sharples, Hardraw, near Hawes, reported missing in France, April 23rd, 1917.
22 February 1918
HARDRAW SOLDIER PRESUMED KILLED
The death has been officially presumed of Private Robert Sharples, Yorkshire Regiment, eldest son of Mrs. Sharples, of Hardraw, near Hawes. Private Sharples enlisted in March 1916, and was sent to France in December of the same year. He was reported missing on April 23rd 1917, and as no further news has been received regarding him, his death on or about that date has been presumed. Private Sharples was a well-known local athlete, and was on many occasions a successful competitor at local sports. He leaves a widowed mother to mourn his loss.
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