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Name: SHARP, John Swift OBE, RD (Commander RNR retd)
Birth Date: 5 Feb 1894 Ealing
Death Date: 6 May 1956 Seaford, Sussex
First Date: 1925
Profession: Master mariner. First Officer, Marine Dept., Railways & Harbours Dept., in 1939, appointed 1929. Originally 2nd Officer 1925.
Area: Kisumu
Married: 1. Amy b. 1877 2. Agnes Elizabeth Yorath b. 24 Oct 1894 Talybont, d. 1939 London
Children: one
Book Reference: Staff 39, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Colonial, EA & Rhodesia, Dominion
War Service: Naval service 1939-46, Commander RNR (perm. list)
School: Saugeen School, Bournemouth, Thames Naut. College and HMS 'Worcester'; Mstr. Mar., AINA, FRGS
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 24/5/56 - Cmdr. John Swift Sharp, OBE, RD, RNR, a former senior marine officer of the East African Railways and Harbours, has died at his home near Eastborne, Sussex. Born in 1894, he was educated at Bournemouth and HMS Worcester. After service with the British India Line and in the Royal Navy in the First World War, he joined the Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours in 1925. He again served with the navy from 1939 to 1946, and was awarded an OBE. He retired from the EAR&H in 1951. He is survived by his second wife and a son.
Dominion - Public Works Department - Railways - Marine Dept. - Chief Officer - 1930
Gazette - 8/4/1925 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - 2nd Officer, Lake Steamers, Uganda Rly. - Lt. J.S. Sharp RNR
Colonial - Commdr. (marine) 1942; Senr. Marine Officer 1947
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters List
Blue Book 1939 appt. 5.3.1925
FRGS
1939 England and Wales Register living in Bournemouth with wife