Basic Details
Surname
Shepherd
Forenames
Francis William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
202828
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 60 Alderman's Drive.

(CWGC records that Private Francis William Shepherd, regimental number 202828, died on 28/6/1917 serving in A Company, 11th Battalion Essex Regiment, and is commemorated on Loos Memorial in France. They record him as the son of Francis and Catherine Shepherd of Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as a native of Enfield who enlisted at St Pancras, and that he served in the Hertfordshire Regiment under regimental number 269405 before joining the Essex Regiment. The Army Register of Soldiers' Effects record that his father Francis L Shepherd was his legatee. Francis William Shepherd's address for Probate was 60 Alderman's Drive, Peterborough; his father Francis Lawrence Shepherd administered his estate. On the 1911 census the family was living at 60 Alderman's Drive; Francis William Shepherd was aged 27, and his place of birth was given as Enfield).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Essex Regiment
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
11th
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
1917
Month of death
June
Day of death
28
Manner of death as stated
Reported missing, presumed killed in action near Loos
Manner of death reference
Missing
Personal Details
Address
60, ALDERMANS DRIVE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial