BORN HESSLE, HULL 13/11/1894. ONLY SON OF JAMES SHEPHERDSON (1845-1912) & MARY JANE (1863-1912), OF 26 VICTORIA GROVE, VICTORIA STREET, HULL ROAD, HESSLE. HE HAD AN ELDER SISTER, SARAH ANN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 31554 LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 239354, LABOUR CORPS. DIED AT THE HULL INFIRMARY, ON 16/05/1919, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, SARAH.
HE IS BURIED AT HESSLE CEMETERY. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Military Number:
239354
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/05/1919
Place died:
Hessle Cemetery, Haltemprice, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
24
