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Robert Sharp

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
S/22426
Unit at enlistment: 
Seaforth Highlanders
Force: 
B.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Wounded: 
Yes
Date of death: 
November 3rd, 1918
Cemetery: 
Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery - Alexandria, Egypt - A.176.
Birth country: 
Scotland
Birth county: 
Forfarshire
Birth city: 
Dundee
Address at enlistment: 
16 Washington Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
16 Washington Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Labourer
Employer: 
Turnbull and Cutcliffe Ltd.
Religious denominations: 
Presbyterian
Marital status: 
Married

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds
Location: Alexandria, Egypt

BX November 27, 1918

Mrs. Fred Simmons, 42 Curtis Street, has received word that her son, Private Robert Sharp of the Seaforth Highlanders, formerly a well-known Brantford man has been wounded in action. Private Sharp was wounded while serving in Mesopotamia. He left Brantford just before the outbreak of the war and enlisted with the Seaforths in England. While resident in this city he was employed at Turnbull and Cutcliffe’s and lived at 16 Washington Street. His wife is residing in England.

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