Name
Frederick Sharp
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
387621
Labour Corps
49th Labour Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Frederick Sharp was not recorded in the Abbots Langley Parish records. He was discovered from a photograph in the Watford Illustrated newspaper on 4th September 1915, which showed five men from Gallows Hill Cottages. Frederick was pictured alongside his brother James. He was also listed in the Asylum Roll of Honour published in the Hertfordshire Advertiser on 17th October 1914, where he was reported employed at the St Pancras School.
Frederick was born in the winter of 1897 at Leighton Buzzard. He was one of eight children (four sons and four daughters) born to Thomas and Eliza Sharp. His brother James also served in the Great War.
At the time of the 1891 Census the family lived at Plantation Road, Leighton Buzzard, and Thomas worked as a Plate Layer on the railways. The family was recorded in the 1901 Census living at Breakspeare Terrace, Breakspeare Road, Abbots Langley, and Thomas continued to work on the railways as a Plate Layer.
Frederick was mentioned in the Langleybury Parish Magazine in June 1916 and February 1917. At the end of the War when the Langleybury Roll of Honour was compiled, he was included, and shown serving with the rank of Private with a Labour Battalion.
Frederick was listed in the Absent Voter Records for Langleybury for Autumn 1918 and Spring 1919. On both occasions he was shown serving with the rank of Private, with the 49th Labour Company, Labour Corps, and his address was given at Gallows Hill.
Frederick Sharp survived the War, as did his brother James.
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
