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Sergeant Charles John Sharp

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Military service

Service number: K/35468
Age: 26
Rank: Sergeant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Birth: January 14, 1915 Ascot, Berkshire County, United Kingdom
Enlistment: February 16, 1940 British Columbia
Death: December 19, 1941 The Peak, Coombe Road, Hong Kong

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 6. C. Coll. grave 12-19.
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Son of Charles Jonathan Sharp and Charlotte Rose Ludvicson. Husband of Christine Helen Miriam Unwin of Vancouver, British Columbia. Charles was killed in action in France on October 4th, 1917 while serving with the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery of the British Army, regimental number 102254.

He enlisted in May 1933 with the 12th Heavy Battery of the British Columbia Coast Brigade until an unknown date, with the 11th Fortress Signal Company of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals on February 16th, 1940, and posted to Hong Kong with the 1st Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers, Force C as a signaler. He had 673 days of service, including 53 overseas.

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 44 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY Hong Kong

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY, originally the Military Cemetery in which members of the Hong Kong Garrison and their families were buried, is situated just beyond the small fishing village of Stanley in the southern part of Hong Kong island on the Tai Tam Peninsula, which has Stanley Bay on the west and Tai Tam Bay on the north. From Stanley Village take the Wong Ma Kok Road. The cemetery is adjacent St Stephens College and is close to St Stephen's beach. It is reached from Victoria by car along a winding, hilly road which at first overlooks the harbour and mainland. After climbing to the pass called Wong Nei Cheng Gap the road descends to the sea at Repulse Bay and then continues along the rocky hillside to Stanley village.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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