Trevor Sharpe

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Trevor Sharpe was born in 1885 in Marnhull, Dorset, and baptised there on 12th April 1885. He was the son of Walter Sharpe, a farmer, and Julia Elizabeth Sharpe (née Rowland). On 6th February, 1906 he married Laura Blanche Foot at Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire. They had three children: Hilda May (b.1907), Walter (b. 1912) and Mildred B. (b. 1917). At the time of the 1911 Census he was working as a gardener and living in Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire. Later Electoral Rolls show the family had moved to Butts Knapp, Shaftesbury, by 1918. Trevor enlisted in Shaftesbury with the Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry  (Service No. 1543) which was later incorporated with the Corps of Hussars (Service No. 230785) and at the time of his death held the rank of Corporal. He served in Egypt and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. On 13th October 1918 he died of pneumonia on board the hospital ship HMHS Assaye and was buried at sea. His name appears on the Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt, and on the memorial to the Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry in St. Mary's Church, Sherborne. He is also remembered on the Cann War Memorial, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on which the spelling of his surname is "Sharp", although the correct name is "Sharpe" but this is carried through in many records throughout the family.  His brothers, Montague Harry Sharpe, Denzil Walter Claude Sharpe, Kenneth Cyril Sharpe and Leo Vernon Sharpe, all served and all survived the conflict. Trevor's widow was awarded a widows pension of £1. 6s. 8d. (£1.37p) per week for herself and two dependent children.