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Captain Evelyn Horace Guy Sharples

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Captain Evelyn Horace Guy Sharples

Birth
Finghall, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England
Death
19 Jan 1918 (aged 19)
Biggin Hill, London Borough of Bromley, Greater London, England
Burial
Finghall, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England Add to Map
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SHARPLES, EVELYN HORACE GUY
Rank: Captain
Royal Flying Corps
Age: 19
Date of Death: 19/01/1918

Son of the Rev. Henry Milner Sharples, of Finghall Rectory, Constable Burton, and Mrs. Henrietta Maria Sharples, Exeter House, Leyburn.

Inscription on parents grave
Killed on Duty while flying at Biggin Hill Bromley
son of the above Rector ? and Harriet

" While an aeroplane was passing at a fair height over Martins Road, Shortlands, Beckenham, on January 19th, one wing apparently doubled up, and the machine, turning rapidly over and over, crashed on to the top of some houses. The occupant of the machine, Captain Sharpies, when picked up was found to be dead. At the subsequent inquest a verdict of *' Death from Misadventure " was returned. "

Grave Reference: At East end of Church.
Cemetery: FINGHALL (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD

1901 census
The Vicarage Finghall Yorkshire
Rev Henry Milner Sharples abt 1865 Woolton, Lancashire, Head Vicar of Finghall
Henrietta Maria Sharples abt 1859 Wensley, Yorkshire, Wife
Thomas Henry Wilfred Sharples abt 1895 Finghall, Yorkshire, Son
Murial Elizabeth Hilda Sharples abt 1897 Finghall, Yorkshire, England Daughter
Evelyn Horace Guy Shayer abt 1899 Finghall, Yorkshire, Son
SHARPLES, EVELYN HORACE GUY
Rank: Captain
Royal Flying Corps
Age: 19
Date of Death: 19/01/1918

Son of the Rev. Henry Milner Sharples, of Finghall Rectory, Constable Burton, and Mrs. Henrietta Maria Sharples, Exeter House, Leyburn.

Inscription on parents grave
Killed on Duty while flying at Biggin Hill Bromley
son of the above Rector ? and Harriet

" While an aeroplane was passing at a fair height over Martins Road, Shortlands, Beckenham, on January 19th, one wing apparently doubled up, and the machine, turning rapidly over and over, crashed on to the top of some houses. The occupant of the machine, Captain Sharpies, when picked up was found to be dead. At the subsequent inquest a verdict of *' Death from Misadventure " was returned. "

Grave Reference: At East end of Church.
Cemetery: FINGHALL (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD

1901 census
The Vicarage Finghall Yorkshire
Rev Henry Milner Sharples abt 1865 Woolton, Lancashire, Head Vicar of Finghall
Henrietta Maria Sharples abt 1859 Wensley, Yorkshire, Wife
Thomas Henry Wilfred Sharples abt 1895 Finghall, Yorkshire, Son
Murial Elizabeth Hilda Sharples abt 1897 Finghall, Yorkshire, England Daughter
Evelyn Horace Guy Shayer abt 1899 Finghall, Yorkshire, Son


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