Captain Thomas Sydney Sharpe DFC (born 24 February 1887; date of death unknown) was a British World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
[1] Sharpe was commissioned as a second lieutenant (on probation) in the 3rd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, on 17 April 1915.
It has been credited to Hans Kirschstein,[5] or as the 71st victory of Manfred von Richthofen; Sharpe himself claimed to have been hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire.
[1] Sharpe was promoted to lieutenant on 1 July 1918, while a prisoner of war,[7] and his award of the Distinguished Flying Cross was gazetted on 20 September 1918.
His citation read: Sharpe was repatriated on 25 December 1918,[1] and transferred to the RAF's unemployed list on 5 March 1919.