Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJohn Albert SHARPLEY, 1C3R
Birth14 Jan 1872, London, Middlesex, England
Death15 Aug 1896, Hong Kong
OccupationBoiler Maker, Soldier
FatherJohn SHARPLEY (-1882)
MotherRosa MILLS (~1845-1937)
Notes for John Albert SHARPLEY
In the April to June 1872 birth index John Albert Sharpley, St. George Hanover Square, London, volume 1a, page 385
In the 1881 census No. 2. Middleton Place Cage Lane, Chatham, Kent.
Rosa Sharpley, wife, married, age 35, laundress, born Hounslow.
Son William Sharpley, age 13, born Hounslow.
Son John Sharpley, age 9, born London.
Daughter Rosa Sharpley, age 4, born Chatham Kent.
In the 1891 census 16 Union Grove, Clapham, London
Boarder John Sharpley, age 19, boiler maker’s apprentice, worker, born Westminster, London
He is boarding with the Fleming family.
British Army Service Records
John Albert Sharpley, Rifle Brigade, Regimental Number 1919
Attested October 20 1891, Westminster, London, Middlesex
Age 18 years, 8 months
Trade Boiler Maker
Mother Rose Sharpley
Died at Hong Kong, August 15 1896, sporadic cholera
Findagrave.com
Pvt John Sharpley
Birth unknown
Death 15 Aug 1896
Burial Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Plot Sec 6
Memorial ID 23555275
Aged 24 years
Headstone reads
In Memory of
Pte. John Sharpley
C. Coy [C Company]
1st Bn. Rif. Brig [1st Battalion Rifle Brigade]
Died 15th August 1896
Aged 24 years
Erected by his comrades as a mark of Esteem
In the 1881 census No. 2. Middleton Place Cage Lane, Chatham, Kent.
Rosa Sharpley, wife, married, age 35, laundress, born Hounslow.
Son William Sharpley, age 13, born Hounslow.
Son John Sharpley, age 9, born London.
Daughter Rosa Sharpley, age 4, born Chatham Kent.
In the 1891 census 16 Union Grove, Clapham, London
Boarder John Sharpley, age 19, boiler maker’s apprentice, worker, born Westminster, London
He is boarding with the Fleming family.
British Army Service Records
John Albert Sharpley, Rifle Brigade, Regimental Number 1919
Attested October 20 1891, Westminster, London, Middlesex
Age 18 years, 8 months
Trade Boiler Maker
Mother Rose Sharpley
Died at Hong Kong, August 15 1896, sporadic cholera
Findagrave.com
Pvt John Sharpley
Birth unknown
Death 15 Aug 1896
Burial Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Plot Sec 6
Memorial ID 23555275
Aged 24 years
Headstone reads
In Memory of
Pte. John Sharpley
C. Coy [C Company]
1st Bn. Rif. Brig [1st Battalion Rifle Brigade]
Died 15th August 1896
Aged 24 years
Erected by his comrades as a mark of Esteem