Photo: Brian Chandler
N.C. Sharp
Northumberland Fusiliers
1st May 1918.
Norman was born at Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne on 5th July 1888 and was baptised at Scotswood Methodist Church on 9th May 1891, the son of Alexander and Isabella (nee Hunter). He married Selina (nee Carmichael) at Newcastle on 5th June 1916 and they lived at 23 Fuller Road, Byker.
Norman enlisted at Gosforth with 1/5th Battalion before his transfer to the Depot Battalion. He died from wounds received in action at the Red Cross Hospital, Sherborne.
Acknowledgements: Ron Carson
Norman C Sharp is remembered in Benwell on B86.02