Sergeant Arthur Cyril Sheppard

Army Number : 752

Battalion : 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Awards : D.C.M. Distinguished Conduct Medal. London Gazette 15.9.1915, For conspicuous gallantry on 30th July, 1915, at Sanctuary Wood,Ypres when, on his own initiative, he led a bombing party, under a heavy bomb and rifle fire, against the attacking enemy. Having thrown all his grenades, he went back and brought up a fresh supply. and later having lost five men, he brought up a reinforcement.

Son of Arthur and Fanny E. Sheppard, of Waterloo House, Southwell, Nottinghamshire.

Killed in Action at Rue du Bois, Richebourg 22nd November 1915, aged 26.

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Nottingham Evening Post 16th September 1915.
Nottingam Evening Post 21st September 1915.

Buried/Commemorated : St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-Lavoue, France. Plot 2. Row E. Grave 4.

St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'avoue, France.