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|Surname and forenames=Sharp Alfred Ignatius  (some records include "Joseph" as an additional forename, following Alfred.
|Army number=212212
|Rank=2nd Lieutenant.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Born 1910.
|Age=33 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment 18/10/1941.  Posted to the 2/9th Battalion.  Transferred to the Royal Artillery 1/11/1941 and gazetted as such on the 2/9th Battalion being converted to the 88th Anti-Tank Regiment.  
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Details awaited.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Died 9/2/1943 aged 33.  Cause of death not yet known.  Buried in Moston (St Joseph's) Roman Catholic Cemetery - Section l, Grave 76.  No headstone inscription.  Probate granted 29/4/1943.
|Home address=Son of William and ELizabeth Sharp of Manchester.  Husband of Miriam Anne Sharp of Walsall, Staffordshire.  Married Mirian Anne Brookes in January 1942 in Poole, Dorset. 
}}