John Henry Sharpe born 11th March 1882, Little Ponton Brother of Percy William Sharpe. Father William Sharpe born 1852 Birdham Hampshire. Mary Ann Sharpe born 1853 Stamford. Married 1878 ( October- December) Grantham nee Mary Ann Jeffries Census 1891 - John Henry age 9 years, Father 39, butler, domestic servant, Wife Mary 38, post mistress, Living post office, Little Ponton. Census 1901 - John Henry 19, cabinet maker apprentice, Father William butler domestic, living N. Road ,Little Ponton, Trade union records of Amalgamated Soc. Of carpenters and joiners Grantham John Henry Sharpe At the age of 22. John Henry Sharpe joined the Royal Navy on 27th October 1910 for 12 years, occupation carpenter. Census 1911 - John Henry Sharpe 28, H.M. Navy , carpenter, living at 4 Prospect Row, Devonport. John Henry Sharpe age 28, H.M. Navy , carpenter living at 4, Prospect Row, Devonport. He married 1914 ( April- June) Newton Abbott, to Ethel Rowe Naval records show his wife Ethel Sharpe at The post office , Kingswell, Newton Abbott. His Mother Mary Ann Sharpe died 1914 ( October- December) Grantham age 62. Roy Stedman

SHARPE – At the Dardanelles, on H.M.S. Goliath. Harry, eldest son of William and the late Marian Sharpe, of %, Barrack Square, Grantham. (late of Little Ponton.) Grantham Journal, May 22, 1915 (Obits) http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishBVLSaRN1504.htm