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Second Lieutenant ERNEST ARTHUR SHEPHARD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 January 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS

XV. J. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick William Shephard, of Lyme Regis, Dorset; husband of Elizabeth Shephard.
  • Personal Inscription TO YOU FROM FAILING HANDS WE THROW THE TORCH
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Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3647
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