Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Simpson Sharpe
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Sharpe,
Samuel Simpson
Date of birth: 1873-03-13
Place of birth: Scott Township Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mabel E. Sharpe (wife) Uxbridge, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Barrister-at-Law
Occupation (normalized): Lawyer
Address:
Uxbridge, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1918-05-25
Cause of death:
Died of illness
Buried:
Uxbridge Cemetery, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant-Colonel
Rank detail
Lieutenant-Colonel (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Simpson_Sharpe
Awards
Distinguished Service Order
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 425372
LAC ID:
223549
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B8807-S052
Uploader's Notes:
M.P. Son of the late George and Mary Ann Sharpe, husband of Mabel Edith Sharpe, of Uxbridge, Ont.
Mentioned in the 5th CMR War Diary (April 1917, battle of Vimy Ridge) on this page.
Died at a Montreal, Quebec hospital while returning home to Toronto on convalescent leave after suffering a "nervous breakdown".
Uploader's Research notes: Toronto Globe, 27 May 1918. [Lieutenant-Colonel Army Canadian Infantry 116th Battalion Commanding Officer of the Battalion. Distinguished Service Order ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-09-10