BORN KIRKWALL, ORKNEYS, SCOTLAND, 1898. SON OF MARY SHEPHERD (FORMERLY SINCLAIR) AND THE LATE JAMES SINCLAIR, OF THIS CWGC ADDRESS. WORKED AS A BAKER AT 47 LIME STREET, HULL. HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. DIED OF PHEUMONIA. HE IS BURIED AT LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY”
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
314356
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
02/02/1919
Place died:
Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
