Lieutenant William Frederick Nelson Sharpe (December 6, 1892, Prescott, Ontario – February 4, 1915, Brighton, England) - pilot.
As an adult, he had his flight instruction from the Curtiss Flying School in San Diego, California.
Colonel Sam Hughes, Canada's Minister of Militia and Defence tried to create the Canadian Aviation Corps (CAC).
[2] Hughes appointed Ernest Lloyd Janney as provisional commander and authorized him to spend up to $5000 on an aircraft.
Janney and the two other CAC members, William Frederick Nelson Sharpe, a pilot, and Staff Sergeant H. A. Farr, a mechanic, accompanied the aircraft.