Private William Jepson

Army Number : 31659

Battalion : 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Nottingham and lived at 13, Craven Street, Hyson Green, Nottingham. Son of William and Florence Jepson. He was a lace machine fitter prior to enlisting at Nottingham He was killed in action, 17th July 1916, during the German shelling of the trenches to the south-east of Trones Wood, France during the Battle of the Somme.

Buried/Commemorated : Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont, France. Plot 5. Row L. Grave 9.

Private William Jepson is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Stephen’s Church War Memorial, Hyson Green, Nottingham.