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Military service
Service number:
642768
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
May 12, 1890
Death:
March 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. B. 7.
Additional information
Brother of Corporal Thomas Joseph Sharpe, who died on August 9, 1918, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Hugh Robert Sharpe
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Photo of HUGH ROBERT SHARPE
From a collage photo layout of members of A Company and the bugle band of the 157th Canadian Infantry Battalion. -
Photo of Hugh Robert Sharpe (left)
Hugh Robert Sharpe and his brother Thomas Joseph Sharpe joined at the same time and served in the 75th Bn. -
Memorial
Pte. Hugh Robert Sharpe's name was included on The Collingwood Shipbuilding Company Ltd. 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. This company was located in Collingwood, Ontario. Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Robert Sharpe
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Robert Sharpe
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Robert Sharpe
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Robert Sharpe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 499 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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