6735 Private J H Sharpe, 2nd Battalion The Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). Unmarried. Wounded (gunshot wound to the skull) at the battle of Magersfontein 11 Dec 1899 during Second Anglo Boer War 1899-1902. Subsequently died of his wounds at Wynberg Military Hospital, Cape Town aged 23 years. Commemorated on a Boer War memorial in Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa. Also commemorated on a memorial for Presbyterian soldiers who died at Wynberg Military Hospital, located in Maitland cemetery, Cape Town, and on the Black Watch Boer War memorial in Market Street, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/80146/) and on a Black Watch memorial on the site of the Battle of Magersfontein in the Northern Cape, South Africa (see: http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Overseas/MagersfonteinBlackWatch.html)..
Both Maitland Cemetery memorials record him as J H Sharpe. His Form of Information of Death records him as John Henry Sharpe. The Black Watch Boer War memorial in Market Street, Edinburgh records him as James Sharpe. The Black Watch memorial on the site of the Battle of Magersfontein records him as J Sharp. The Anglo Boer War website records him as J Sharp (Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll).
Both Maitland Cemetery memorials record him as J H Sharpe. His Form of Information of Death records him as John Henry Sharpe. The Black Watch Boer War memorial in Market Street, Edinburgh records him as James Sharpe. The Black Watch memorial on the site of the Battle of Magersfontein records him as J Sharp. The Anglo Boer War website records him as J Sharp (Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll).
6735 Private J H Sharpe, 2nd Battalion The Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). Unmarried. Wounded (gunshot wound to the skull) at the battle of Magersfontein 11 Dec 1899 during Second Anglo Boer War 1899-1902. Subsequently died of his wounds at Wynberg Military Hospital, Cape Town aged 23 years. Commemorated on a Boer War memorial in Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa. Also commemorated on a memorial for Presbyterian soldiers who died at Wynberg Military Hospital, located in Maitland cemetery, Cape Town, and on the Black Watch Boer War memorial in Market Street, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/80146/) and on a Black Watch memorial on the site of the Battle of Magersfontein in the Northern Cape, South Africa (see: http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Overseas/MagersfonteinBlackWatch.html)..
Both Maitland Cemetery memorials record him as J H Sharpe. His Form of Information of Death records him as John Henry Sharpe. The Black Watch Boer War memorial in Market Street, Edinburgh records him as James Sharpe. The Black Watch memorial on the site of the Battle of Magersfontein records him as J Sharp. The Anglo Boer War website records him as J Sharp (Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll).
Both Maitland Cemetery memorials record him as J H Sharpe. His Form of Information of Death records him as John Henry Sharpe. The Black Watch Boer War memorial in Market Street, Edinburgh records him as James Sharpe. The Black Watch memorial on the site of the Battle of Magersfontein records him as J Sharp. The Anglo Boer War website records him as J Sharp (Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll).
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