Your diaries have given me a window through time and enabled me to see what my great grandfather saw with the Dorsets in 1915/1916. I’m su...
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Second Lieutenant
Service No. Unknown
Age 24
Died on 11 January 1917
Dorsetshire Regiment
A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
Somme, France
Son of Frederick William Shephard, of Lyme Regis, Dorset; husband of Elizabeth Shephard.
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Thank you Ernest. You have not been forgotten
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Thank you, for your diaries, your service and your sacrifice.
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Died with my husband's great-uncle, left trench war diaries showing skill and bravery. Shame you weren't rewarded with life.
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
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I am a great grandson of Ernest Shephard's sister. I remember my great grand mother, but never knew of the heroism of her brother.
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Your diaries have given me a window through time and enabled me to see what my great grandfather saw with the Dorsets in 1915/1916. I’m su...
Darren Card
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Ernest Shephard was only 17 when he enlisted as a Second Lieutenant in the Dorset Regiment Army Special Reserve. His diary exists and descri...
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