Basic Details
Surname
Shepherd
Forenames
J
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
John
Served or died
Died
Honours
Commendation for Bravery (Posthumous)
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He worked for a firm of fruiterers before he enlisted in 1940. he was lost when the MV Arabistan was torpedoed in the South Atlantic and, although he was not found to have been commemorated on any other Calderdale memorial, he is named on the Tower Hill Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Year of death
1942
Month of death
August
Day of death
14
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action