Sharples Samuel Hartley Gunner 3659941
Personnel Entry
Name Sharples Samuel Hartley
Army number 3659941
Rank Gunner
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 28
Unit Enlisted in the Prince of Wales' Volunteers - date not known. Transferred to the Royal Artillery. Posted to 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Presumed Killed in Action/Died of Wounds.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded Possibly.
Prisoner of War No. Killed in action or died of wounds before the Regiment was captured in Singapore 15/2/1942.
Died/Killed in action 11/2/1942.
Home address Son of Thomas and Lucy Sharples. Husband of Ethel of Radcliffe, Lancashire. Commemorated on the Singapore Memorial – Column 30.
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