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Board - Taken by Mike Peck 23 Aug 2008
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C G Sharpe Kneeler, date of photo estimated as not given by IWM - Taken by Colin Murray (WMR-87435) 05 Jul 2016
Reference WMO/262926
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- Second World War (1939-1945)
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CHARLES GEOFFREY SHARPE/ 31.03.1913 - 20.12.1943/ GEOFFREY WAS BORN IN THE MARKET PLACE WHERE/ ST MARY'S CHURCH HALL NOW STANDS./ HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF SIX CHILDREN OF STEPHEN AND/ ELIZABETH SHARPE NEE WARSOP./ HE JOINED THE ARMY AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN 1939/ AND WAS ATTACHED TO THE WAR OFFICE IN LONDON./ IN 1941 HE WAS ON THE DANGEROUSLY ILL LIST WITH/ DUODENAL ULCERS AND THESE EVENTUALLY LED TO HIS/ DISCHARGE FROM THE ARMY IN 1942./ IN THE SPRING OF 1943 HE JOINED THE YMCA AND SAILED ON A TROOPSHIP FROM LIVERPOOL TO ALEXANDRIA,/ EGYPT. HIS DUTIES WERE TO MANAGE THE FIELD KITCHENS/ TO FEED THE TROOPS; THIS HE CONTINUED TO DO THROUGH/ THE MIDDLE EAST INTO SYRIA AND LEBANON./ HE CONTRACTED A TROPICAL ILLNESS IN OCTOBER 1943 AND/ WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL IN BEIRUT WHERE HE PASSED/ AWAY AFTER MUCH SUFFERING./ HE IS BURIED IN THE BRITISH MILITARY CEMETERY,/ BEIRUT WITH A CWGC HEADSTONE WITH THE YMCA/ BADGE INSCRIBED UPON IT./ ASLEEP IN GOD'S KEEPING.
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