Date of birth 1891 Date of death 1 July 1916 (aged 24) Years Team | Place of birth Bow, England Place of death Somme, France | |
Full name William Albert Sharpley Died 1 July 1916, Somme, France | ||
William Albert Sharpley DCM (1891 – 1 July 1916) was an English professional football left back who played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse.
Personal life
Prior to the First World War, Sharpley enlisted in the Essex Regiment of the British Army. After the outbreak of the war, his battalion arrived on the Western Front on 21 August 1914. Serving as a sergeant, he was mentioned in dispatches and won the Cross of St. George 2nd Class “for conspicuous gallantry in rescuing and bringing in across the open and under fire, a wounded NCO” in late 1914. In February 1916, Sharpley won the Distinguished Conduct Medal for bringing another wounded man in under fire. He was killed on the first day of the Somme and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
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