BORN HULL 1890. SON OF GEORGE SHEPHERDSON & CATHERINE (HODGSON) & 11 CHILDREN OF 12 IRELAND TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS, AND SEVEN SISTERS. HE MARRIED IN 1914. HIS WIFE ETHEL GREAVES, LIVED AT 9 AMY’S TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL. THEIR SON GEORGE, WAS BORN ON 19/07/1914.
A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 21/09/1914. SERVED IN THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL PALS), IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT, ON 14/11/1916. HE WAS WOUNDED ON 04/11/1917, IN BOTH THIGHS, ANKLE AND SHOULDER. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, THE FOLLOWING DAY, AGED 27, AT 19TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ETHEL, WHO MOVED TO 2 ST BARNABAS TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL.
HE IS BURIED AT DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN.HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “AT REST”.
