Skip to content ↓

View entry

Back to search results

Name: SHARP, John Knox

Nee: sometimes spelt Sharpe

Birth Date: 22 Dec 1884 Havering

Death Date: 1972 Havering

First Date: 1906

Area: 'Alinedale', Fort Hall

Married: In London 1912 Maria Aline Koegel b. 17 Dec 1889 Paris (later m. W. B. Atkinson)

Children: Sylvia Yvonne Jeanne (Leslie and Malcolm) (29 Dec 1914 Nairobi-2008 Auchterarder); Estelle Georgette (Howard and Crabbie and Barrington) (9 Dec 1919 Durban-2002 Watford)

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 22, Medals, Burke

War Service: East African units

School: Moberley School, London

General Information:

Medals - East Africa Veterinary Corps - John K. Sharp, EA Labour Corps, Corporal
Gazette 4 Jun 1929 relative of George Sharp who died at Maragua 15 July 1928 
Hut (as J.R. Sharpe) partner with Hearle, Kakuzi Estate
Land - 1906 - J. Sharpe - Agricultural, 640 acres, Kikuyu, Homestead, Registered 24-7-06
EAMR James Sharpe, EA Prison Guard, Private, No. 7408
North - John Sharpe - Land Grant application, Thika River 22/4/1904; Firearm registered at Nairobi April-June 1905
Peerage - Captain John Sharpe was born before 1904 and lived in Londiani. He had a daughter Estelle Georgette (b.  pre-1920) who married Lt.-Col. Frederick Henry Howard and they were divorced in 1946

Back to search results