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Pte. George Petrie Ogilvie Shepherd
British Army 15th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Glasgow
At age 24 my maternal grandfather George Shepherd enlisted as a bomber at the outbreak of hostilities. I have almost no information about his service other than he was gassed while clearing trenches in France. At Christmas 1915 he received one of the brass gift boxes Princess Mary sent to the British troops.
Following the war he emigrated to the US and remained very bitter about his service and the war in general.
Pte. George William Shepherd MM
British Army 9th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:London
Pte. George Edward Shepherd
British Army 89th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
(d.12th Oct 1916)
George Shepherd was born in Hightown, Lancashire on 16th of August 1896, was the son of James Francis Shepherd and his wife Lilian May Shepherd (nee Herring), and was a pupil at King William's College, Isle of Man from January 1910 to December 1912. He was a private in the 89th Coy Machine Gun Corps, and was killed in action on 12th of October 1916. George is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
L/Cpl. George T. Shepherd
British Army 7th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Coseley
(d.23rd November 1916)
Pte. Heber Shepherd
British Army 3rd/15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
from:New Tupton
(d.14th November 1918)
My grandfather Heber Shepherd was born on 9th of December 1887 in New Tupton, Chesterfield and was employed as a miner. He married a local girl, Eliza Ann Betton, in 1909 and had 3 daughters.
He enlisted in June 1916 but was in a reserved occupation so was not called up until July 1918. His army record shows he was classed as Cat A fit. Height 5ft 3 inches and weight 8 stone.
On 24th July 1918 posted to Derby for training. 8th Nov 1918 he embarked with the 3/15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters to France. 12th Nov 1918 he was admitted to a clearing hospital with influenza On 14th Nov 1918 he passed away due to pneumonia. I still have the letter written by the nurse who had attended to him and was with him as he died. He is buried in Les Baraques Military Cemetary, Sangatte, France.
His youngest daughter (my mother) was born 4 months after his death and her greatest sadness was never having known her father. I am continuing to research my family tree and have discovered my other grandfather George Watts was also in the Sherwood Foresters with the 2nd/9th Battalion.
Pte. Henry Shepherd
British Army 1st Btn. The King's (Liverpool) Regiment
from:Everton, Liverpool
(d.7th Jul 1916)
Henry Shepherd served with the 1st Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment during WW1 and was killed in action on the 7th July 1916, aged 41. He is buried in the Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension in France. He was the son of the late John and Margaret Shepherd, of Liverpool Henry left a widow Alice Shepherd and eight children the youngest aged three years, residing at 62 Heyworth Street, Liverpool.
Pte. John Shepherd
British Army 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:4 Gantra Row, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire
(d.21st Nov 1917)
John Shepherd my Great Grandfather was a Coal Miner before enlisting. He was married with 7 children, 1 being my Grandmother. He was shot by a sniper 2 days after his 41st birthday, his body was not recovered. He is remembered on Panel 5 of the Cambrai Memorial Louverval. He served with the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers and was killed by a sniper on the 21st November 1917.
L/Cpl. John George Allan Shepherd
British Army 7th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
(d.12th October 1916)
Lt. John Cuthbert Shepherd
British Army 4th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Burnley Lancs
(d.25th August 1918)
John Cuthbert's Death plaque was bought in an antique shop on the Isle of Man. He is buried in the Adanac Military Cemetery Miraumont France. He belonged to the 4th Battalion and was attached to 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. He died on 25th of August 1918 aged 21 years. Son of Walter and Lucy Shepherd of Burnley.
Pte. Joseph Shepherd
British Army King's (Liverpool) Regiment
from:Wigan, Lancs
My grandfather, Joseph Shepherd, enlisted in 1916 into the King's (Liverpool) Regiment. He subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps. He was injured in late 1918 or early 1919 whilst working in the Labour Corps on clean-up operations on the battlefields by an unexploded bomb going off. He lost a finger & suffered severe shrapnel wounds to his leg. He was invalided out and sent to Shotley Bridge Hosptital in Durham suffering from his injuries and Neuresthenia.
Pte. Richard Bell Shepherd
British Army Army Service Corps
from:Newcastle upon Tyne
Richard Shepherd was the brother of Thomas Bell Shepherd. Both served in WW1, but not together. They were the sons of Thomas Bell Shepherd Snr and Elizabeth Shepherd nee Frazer. Richard was born in 1896 at Newcastle upon Tyne and during WW1 he served in the Army Service Corps as a Private. He served in France and was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Pte. Samuel Shepherd
British Army 1/8th Btn. Royal Warwickshire
from:Warwick
(d.4th Oct 1917)
Pte. Samuel Shepherd served with the 1/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He died on 4th October 1917.
Pte. Thomas Bell Shepherd
British Army 3rd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:154, Sheild St, Newcastle upon Tyne
My grandfather Thomas Bell Shepherd joined the 3rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers c 1915, transferring to the 1st Platoon of the Machine Gun Corps where he fought in the Battle of the Somme. At some point he was wounded by shrapnel and spent time recovering at Frodsham Auxiliary Military Hospital, Cheshire, where he met local girl Minnie May Duncalf. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps at the beginning of 1918. He ended the war as a 2nd Lieutenant in the RAF. On February 1st 1919, he married Minnie May, my grandmother, in Aberdeen. He was at that time posted at Longside Airship Station, near Peterhead, Scotland. By 28th February 1919 he was transferred to the unemployed list.
Pte. Tom Shepherd
British Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:South Shields
(d.3rd Nov 1917)
Tom Shepherd is buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, in Belgium.He was the son of Thomas Shepherd and Eliza Alice Spelman Shepherd Robertson. He enlisted in 1914 at South Shields. He is believed by the family to have died in of poison gas inhalation. His mother Eliza was able to visit his grave at some point before her death, and her trip was paid for by the British Army.
Pte. William Alfred Shepherd
British Army 11th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Derby
William Shepherd was my grandfather. Born in Penrith in 1889, he was working for the Midland Railway in Derby when he enlisted in the 11th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifles. His two brothers also enlisted. One in the RAF and the other in the York and Lancaster Regiment, of the three brothers sadly one never came home. William survived the war and went on to work in management for Nestle and had two sons. He died in Iver, Bucks in 1953 age 63.
Drvr. Albert Edwin Shepherdly
British Army 155th Field Coy Royal Engineers
from:Southall, Middlesex
My grandfather, Albert Shepherdly, was born on 9th October 1894 at Chiswick and married on 11th April 1914. He served with the 155 Field Coy. with the 16th Irish Division from 1915 to 1919.
I have some short memoirs of his war which mentions places he was at in the war. After the war in the 1930s he was OC The Legion of Frontiersmen, Hounslow Unit.
L/Cpl Joe Shepherdson
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:8, Riddle Terrace, Coxlodge Rd., Coxlodge, Newcastle-on-Tyne
(d.27th March 1918)
Shepherdson, Joe, Lance Corporal 37898, Killed in action on 27th March 1918. Aged 32 years.
Remembered on the Pozieres Memorial panel 16 to 18.
Husband of Sarah Irwin formerly Shepherdson, of 8, Riddle Terrace, Coxlodge Rd., Coxlodge, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
From the Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Charles George Sheppard
British Army Berkshire Regiment
My Grandfather, Charles George Sheppard, served with the Berkshire Regiment. His medal card says that he first entered the Theatre of War on 29th November 1914. It doesn't say which battalion he was in or joined. His Silver War Badge record states that he joined the Regiment in July 1913. He was wounded in June 1916 and discharged.
The only other information I have about him is that he was gassed at some time, he had a gunshot wound in the leg and he was missing for a while. He also said that they had to take a 'hill'.
Capt. James Sheppard
British Indian Army Royal Horse Artillery
from:Sheffield
James Sheppard served in the Transvaal and WW1 before returning to Sheffield after the war where he became a police officer.
L/Cpl. Josiah Sheppard
British Army 6th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Steventon, Berkshire
(d.13th Nov 1916)
Josiah Sheppard was the husband of Elizabeth Alma Sheppard of East Hendred, Steventon, Berks. She never remarried. He is commemorated on the village memorial at Steventon.
L/Cpl Reginald James Sheppard
British Army 10th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Woodford Horns Lane
(d.20th July 1916)
Reginald Sheppard was killed in action aged 21 years at Delville Wood. He enrolled at Stratford E18.
Pte. William Sheppard
British Army 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters - Notts & Derby
from:Sheffield
(d.6th July 1921)
Pte. William Jesse Sheppard
British Army 14th (Service) Battalion Hampshire Regiment
from:13, Lawn Street, Winchester
(d.1st February 1917)
William Sheppard is buried at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, he was the brother-in-law of Peter Alexander Pope, my great-great grandfather (who was also killed a year later).
John J. Sheppherd
John J. Sheppherd was born in Willington Quay, son of William and Eliza Shepherd. In the 1911 Census, John J Shepherd, age 16, an Apprentice Fitter at an Engine Works, is listed as living with his parents William & Eliza Shepherd & their family at 4, South Terrace, Wallsend. He is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph Jarrow.
Pte. William John Shepstone
British Army 6th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Nailsea, Bristol
(d.25th Jul 1918)
Capt. Henry Graham Sherbrooke DSO, MID.
Royal Navy HM Gunboat Tarantula
from:Scotland
Henry Graham Sherbrooke was born circa 1878 in Edinburgh He served in the Roral Navy and gained the rank of Captain. He fought in the Battle of Nahr-al-Kalek in February 1917 in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) on the River Tigris. The Battle of Nahr-al-Kalek followed the re-capture of Kut-al-Amara from the Turks in February 1917. Three British gunboats, Mantis, Moth and Tarantula, outdistanced their own ground troops and were attacked by Turkish artillery and four Turkish vessels, three of which they sank. The fourth Turkish vessel was recaptured having originally been the British gunboat Firefly. This effectively eliminated Turkish naval presence on the Tigris River. Captain Henry Sherbrooke then commander of the Tarantula was awarded the DSO for skillful handling of his gunboat. He was also mentioned in Despatches twice and his service noticed to be of special mention
Pte. Alexander Lindsay Sheridan
British Army 9th (Glasgow) Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Greenock, Scotland
(d.29th Sep 1918)
Private Alexander Sheridan received a Letter of Commendation. He served with the Queens Own Yeomanry and was attached to the 9th (Glasgow Highland) Bn. Highland Light Infantry.
AMech. 2 C. J. Sheridan
Royal Air Force
from:Drumcondra, Dublin
Air Mechanic 2nd Class Sheridan was the son of Mrs Mary Sheridan, of 91, St. Ignatius Rd., Drumcondra.
He was 21 when he died on 16th August 1921 and is buried near the north-west corner of the Celbridge (Tea Lane) Graveyard, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
CQSM. James John Sheridan
British Army Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Navan, Co. Meath
(d.28th Jan 1916)
My great-grandfather, James John Sheridan, was born on January 26, 1864 in Rushivee, Painestown, Co. Meath, Ireland. He served in India in late 1800's and several of his children were born there. He also served in the Boer War. My grandmother was born in 1900 in the British Military Barracks, Wexford, Co. Wexford, Ireland.
James John Sheridan transfered from South Staffs to 1st Garrison Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. He died on the 28th of Jan 1916 and is buried in Pieta Cemetery on the Island of Malta. I have photos of grave taken through the auspices of War Graves Commission.
ERA 1st Class. P. James Sheridan
Royal Navy HMS Patrol
(d.16th Dec 1914)
P J Sheridan died of wounds inflicted when HMS Patrol was struck by a shell as she was leaving Victoria Dock Hartlepool to engage the enemy who were bombarding the coast. He is buried at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Cemetery, North Ormesby.
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