Name
Frederick George Sheppard
1895
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/03/1918
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
31533
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
55th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY
V1.E.13
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Hitchin memorials
Pre War
Frederick George Sheppard was born in Hitchin in 1895, the son of John and Annie Sophia Sheppard, but by 1901 the family had moved to Birmingham and were living at 51 Eva Road, where his father was a plumber. On the 1911 Census the family were living at 5 Park Road West, Luton and Frederick was working as a Straw Hat packer. His parents later lived at 287 High Town Rd., Luton, Beds.
Wartime Service
He enlisted at Ampthill, Beds and initially served in the Bedfordshire Regiment under reg. no. 23497, later transferring to the Machine Gun Corps, 55th Battalion. He was killed in action.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £10 and pay owing of £8 172 11d. His mother received a pension of 4s 6d a week from 8 October 1918, rising to 5 shillings on 26 January 1919.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Lindsay Jennings
