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Ordinary Seaman DEREK SHARPLES

Service Number: P/JX 444115
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Victory

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ACCRINGTON CEMETERY

Sec. C. C. of E. Plot D. Grave 544.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Agnes G. Vera Sharples, of Accrington.
  • Personal Inscription IN SWEET MEMORY OF A DEAR SON. "HE SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD"
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