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Military service
Age:
38
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Death:
October 26, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of Mrs. E. H. Shepherd, of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario; husband of Nellie G. Shepherd, North Bay, Ontario. Held the rank of Major but reverted to Lt. in order to go to the front.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Edwin Charles Shepherd
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Newspaper Clipping
Local newspaper clipping showing photo of Lieut. Edwin Charles Shepherd 4th CMR. Shepherd was killed by a sniper while leading his company in an attack at Passchendaele on October 26, 1917. -
Medals
British War and Victory Medals, Canadian Memorial Cross, and 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles cap badge of Lieut. Edwin Charles Shepherd. -
War Memorial
War Memorial Submitted by: Operation Picture Me -
War Memorial (2)
War Memorial Submitted by: Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Inscription to the memory of Major EDWIN CHARLES SHEPHERD on the family grave marker in the cemetery of St Mark¿s Anglican Curch, Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario. -
Attestation Paper
Officer's Declaration Paper Source: Soldiers of the First World War, CEF. Library and Archives Canada -
Photo of Edwin Charles Shepherd
Source: North Bay's Normal School Yearbook, 1918-1919, page 40 -
Inscription on Menin Gate
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription on Menin Gate
Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of EDWIN CHARLES SHEPHERD
Lieutenant. Edwin Charles Shepherd 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Killed leading his men forward in an attack at Passchendaele October 26, 1917. -
Photo of Edwin Charles Shepherd
Lieutenant. Edwin Charles Shepherd 4th CMR -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edwin Charles Shepherd
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edwin Charles Shepherd
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edwin Charles Shepherd
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edwin Charles Shepherd
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edwin Charles Shepherd
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edwin Charles Shepherd
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edwin Charles Shepherd
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edwin Charles Shepherd
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edwin Charles Shepherd
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 325 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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