Service Details
Name:
 SHARPE
Given Name:
 MAURICE
Initials:
 M
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
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Unit:
 21st Sqdn.
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Unit 2:
 and General List
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Former Regiment:
 formerly RHA & Nigeria Regt.
Date of Death:
 1916-10-28
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Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, BE12, shot down after combat with enemy aircraft over Courcelette (Somme), last seen diving steeply over Courcelette with several hostile machines above him
Additional
Information:
Native of Lancaster, Lancs. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
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