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L/Sgt. Cyril Sheppard
British Army Royal Corps of Signals
from:Woolston, Southampton.
(d.26th Feb 1942)
My father, Charles Sheppard, was the eldest brother and missed Cyril very much, I knew he was killed in Burma fighting with the Gurka's under understand, but did not know his rank or that he was part of the Royal Corps of Signals. He is buried in Taukkyan War Cemetary. These are his details in the Roll of Honour there:
Sheppard, Lance Serjeant, Cyril, 2325420. Royal Corps of Signals. Died 26th February 1942. Age 24. Son of Charles Henry Stuart Sheppard and Minnie Harriet Sheppard, of Woolston, Southampton.