Aldbourne Heritage Centre
Rank & Unit Lance Corporal, 1st Btn, Wilts Regt
Death 14 July 1917, aged 22
Family Son of William and Susan Sheppard
Biographic detail Baptised in Aldbourne, by 1901 living on Baydon Hill as a journeyman baker. In 1911 was already in the army
Extra detail The 14th was the first time the unit had been hit by mustard gas, 27 casualties, 3 killed by hostile shelling