223276 Capt. Christopher Maurice "Sharpie" Sharp British Army 10th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt) from:Rochester, Kent My grandfather, Captain Percival Maurice Sharp, was in the 10th Royal Fusiliers. He was in Colchester in 1915 when he joined up. He went to France with the Regiment. He went to Amiens and was wounded in the leg. He went back to England where he was told that it would not have to be cut of. He went back to France and served till 1918. After the war he went to Russia to help out against the revolution. He worked for Coutts Bank before the war and again after the Second War. He did a desk job during the Second World War. He became a Canon at Rochester Cathedral. He died in office in 1978 aged 84.
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