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 |