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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Sharp Alfred Ignatius
|Army number=212212
|Rank=2nd Lieutenant.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
|Age=33 at the time of his death.
|Unit=
|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.
|Home address=No family information yet.
}}

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 {{personnel
-|Surname and forenames=Sharp Alfred Ignatius
+|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=Not yet ascertained.
+|Date of birth=Born 1910.
 |Age=33 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=
+|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.
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 |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.
+|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=No family information yet.
+|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.
 }}

Sharp Alfred Ignatius 2nd Lieutenant 212212 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 16:10, 23 September 2020

70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Sharp Alfred Ignatius |Army number=212212 |Rank=2nd Lieutenant. |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards |Date of birth=Not yet ascerta..."