 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pamberi pa 1912, Sharpley akanyoresa muEssex Regiment yeBritish Army. Mushure mokutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yokutanga, battalion yake yakasvika kuWestern Front musi wa 21 August 1914 uye yakaona basa paLe Cateau, Marne.Messines neArmentières. Achishanda semushandi mukuru, akambotaurwa nezvake mumashoko uye akawana muchinjikwa weSt. George 2nd Class nokuda kweushingi hunoshamisa mukununura uye kuunza mhiri kwemahombekombe uye pasi pemoto, NCO yakakuvadzwa mukupera kwa1914. Muna February 1916, Sharpley akakunda Distinguished Conduct Medal nokuda kwokuunza mumwe murume akakuvadzwa ari pasi pemoto, kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweHébuterne. Akaurayiwa pazuva rokutanga reSomme munharaunda iri pakati peSerre-lès-Puisieux neBeaumont-Hamel uye anoyeukwa paTiepval Memorial. Somugumisiro worufu rwake, hanzvadzi yaSharpley Kate yakava mushandirapamwe weanarchist. 