Basic Details
Surname
Sheppard
Forenames
Victor Percy
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Shepherd
Served or died
Died
Service number
40231
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Beachholme, Eastfield. It misrecorded his surname as "Sheppard"; the correct spelling was Shepherd.

(CWGC records that Private Victor Percy Shepherd, regimental number 40231, died on 25/10/1916 serving in 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as a native of Reading, Berkshire who enlisted in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his father Charles R Shepherd was his legatee. On the 1911 census Victor was living with his parents Charles Rupert and Ellen Louisa Shepherd at 150 Broadway, Peterborough; he was aged 13 and his place of birth was given as Reading. His birth was registered in the Reading District in 1897).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
October
Day of death
25
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
BEACHHOLME, EASTFIELD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial