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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Sharples John
|Army number=4462048
|Rank=Rfn
|Date of birth=Born 1920/21.
|Age=24
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, posted 11th Bn DLI.  Served Iceland.  Posted ? Bn DLI on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion.  Transferred to the  Cameronians 21/2/45, posted 9th Bn.  (Enlistment Book missing).  KILLED in ACTION 22/2/45 with 9th Bn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
|Joined Brigade=Date not known but before Autumn 1940.
|Died/Killed in action=22-Feb-45
|Home address=Son of Thomas and Ann Sharples of Bolton, Lancashire.  Buried Grave 44. B. 10. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

Because of his transfer to the Cameronians, Rifleman Sharples is not included in the DLI Roll of Honour in Durham Cathedral.