Family Group:
Pair: Corporal A. H. G. Sharp, Royal Horse Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (64184 Cpl. A. H. G. Sharp. R.A.) very fine

Pair: Private H. Sharp, North Staffordshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (5089 Pte. H. Sharp. N. Staff R.) good very fine

Family Group:
Pair: Private T. Gulliver, South Staffordshire Regiment, killed in action during the Third Battle of Ypres, 4 October 1917
British War and Victory Medals (20145 Pte. T. Gulliver. S. Staff. R.) good very fine

Pair: Private G. Gulliver, South Staffordshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (48729 Pte. G. Gulliver. S. Staff. R.) very fine (8) £120-160

Albert Henry George Sharp was born in Debden, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, in 1892 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Newmarket on 13 February 1911. He served during the Great War with the 3rd Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery on the Western Front from 15 August 1914 (additionally entitled to a 1914 Star). He was discharged on 12 February 1923, and during the Second World War served as an A.R.P. warden in Burton upon Trent.


Herbert Sharp attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment and saw active service overseas. He also served in the South Staffordshire Regiment and the Royal Engineers.


Thomas Gulliver was born in Tipton, Staffordshire, in 1898, the younger son of William and Sarah Gulliver. He was employed with a coal dealer before attesting for the South Staffordshire Regiment. During the Great War he served with the 1st Battalion, and, aged 20, was killed in action on 4 October 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres, near Polygon Wood. ‘The attack commenced at 6:00 a.m. and progressed steadily according to the timetable; the right flank of the attack came under considerable machine gun fire and suffered many casualties. The 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment’s War Diary records that “a large number of Germans were shot and bayonetted; none of the pillboxes encountered gave much trouble.” The Battalion advanced 900 yards over a frontage of 450 yards capturing “Jolting House Trench”. An estimated 150 Germans were killed and 80-100 prisoners were taken. During the action, the 1st South Staffordshire Regiment had 3 officers and 59 Other Ranks killed, over 200 men were wounded. 
Gulliver was one of those killed; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. He is also commemorated on the Tipton Library Memorial.


George Gulliver was born in Tipton, Staffordshire, in 1894 the eldest son of William and Sarah Gulliver, and the brother of Thomas. He was employed as a labourer at an iron foundry before attesting for the South Staffordshire Regiment. He later transferred to the 1st Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment.