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Name : Harold David Sheppard Son of : David Sheppard and Mary Florence Sheppard (née Milligan), of Ventnor. Born : 1907, Ventnor. Married : 1928, Ruby May Gustar, at the Register Office, Newport. Two children : Joyce Florence Mary (b. 1928) and John William David (b.1931). |
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Census information : 1911 : David and Mary Sheppard, with their children including Harold aged 4, are at 102 Albert Street, Ventnor. David Sheppard is a Baker. |
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Electoral roll information : 1920 - 25 : The Sheppard family are listed at 102 Albert Street, Ventnor. 1929 : David and Florence Sheppard, and Harold and Ruby Sheppard, are all listed at Lewes Cottage, Market Street, Ventnor. 1933 : David and Florence Sheppard are listed at Lewes Cottage, High Street, Ventnor; Harold and Ruby Sheppard are listed at 7 Webster Cottages, Pound Lane, Ventnor. 1938 : David and Florence Sheppard are listed at 1 Dorset Cottages, Market Street, Ventnor; Harold and Ruby Sheppard are listed at 3 Webster Cottages, Pound Lane, Ventnor. |
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Service Details : Private 5510693 Harold David Sheppard, 2nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment. |
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Casualty Details : Died : 3 Dec 1942, aged 35. Commemorated at : Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Tunisia. CWGC Record |
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Commemorated on this Memorial :
Ventnor War Memorial |
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Documents and Newspaper cuttings :
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Friday, January 1, 1943 Page 2 Ventnor and the War News has been received that Pte. Harold David Sheppard, of the Hampshire Regiment, has been killed in action. He was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. David Sheppard, Myrtle Cottage, Albert Street, and he leaves a widow and two children, who live at 4 Albert Street. He was 35 years of age. Before enlistment, Mr. Sheppard was for twelve years employed by Mrs. Combe, The Grange, Bonchurch. For several seasons he played for the Ventnor Athletic F.C.
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Friday, January 8, 1943 Page 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT SHEPPARD. - Mrs. H.D. Sheppard and Mr. and Mrs. D. Sheppard and family wish to thank all relatives and their many friends for their kind letters and messages of sympathy in their recent sad bereavement. Please accept this, the only intimation. |
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Family information :
Harold Sheppard's uncle, George Frederick Milligan, died in WW I. |
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Acknowledgments :
Janet Griffin for newspaper research. |
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Page status :
Page last updated : 14 October 2014 (added to website) |
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