BORN HESSLE, 1889. SECOND SON OF JABEZ SHARP (1859-1922) AND ROSE EMMA ATKINSON (1860-1908). HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN SWANLAND AND DIED WHEN HE WAS EIGHTEEN. HIS FATHER WAS BORN AT BARNETBY, LINCOLNSHIRE AND RAN A BUTCHER’S SHOP AT COW LANE, HESSLE. THIS WAS A FAMILY BUSINESS WHICH EMPLOYED HIS BROTHERS. HIS FATHER MARRIED RUTH ANDERSON IN 1910.
ALBERT MARRIED AT ROOS, ON 23/081913. HUSBAND OF ALICE MAUD FOUND (18871979), OF RED HOUSE, TOWER HILL, HESSLE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 205568, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 116260, 1ST MACHINE GUN CORPS (INFANTRY). KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/04/1918, AGED 28. COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
HIS ELDER BROTHER WILLIAM SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION WAS WAS DISCHARGED IN 1916 AFTER 1 YEAR & 179 DAYS SERVICE.
HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, PRIVATE, HAROLD LEONARD SHARP, SERVED WITH THE 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/11/1916, AGED 25. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
