BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN HENRY SHEPHERDSON (1860-1945) & AGNES MARY BELT (1866-1938). HE MARRIED IN APRIL 1915. HUSBAND TO DOLPHINA M. STEVENSON. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (4TH HULL PALS). SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 20. BURIED AT EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, SOMME. HE DIED WITH HIS BEST FRIEND, PRIVATE, GEORGE WILLIAM WILLIAMS, 13/280, FROM 4 BURLEIGH STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, WHO MENTIONS, HAROLD IN HIS WAR DIARY – https://transcribathon.com/en/documents/id-17242/. Thank You to Stella Watkin for tha above link sent 14/03/2018
First name:
HAROLD
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/1484
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Age:
20
