Edmund Roy Sharpe

A Seaman Cook with H.M. Trawler William Wesney. Edmund died on 7th of November 1940 at the age of 28. 

Edmund was born at Lowestoft on 24 June 1912, a son of Arthur and Ethel Sharpe. Note: the 1921 Census states that he was born at Penzance. In 1921 his family lived at 4 Avondale Road, Lowestoft, and later at 32 Minden Road, Lowestoft. 

Edmund married Alice Maud Cook at Lowestoft in 1932. By 1939 their home was at 46 Poplar Road, Carlton Colville.

Edmund was serving on the minesweeping trawler William Wesney when the vessel struck a mine off Orfordness. Five of the crew, including Edmund, were killed.