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Eric Shepherd

In memory of:

Trooper Eric Shepherd

July 25, 1944
In the field

Military Service


Service Number:

A/106469

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.

Division:

6th Armd. Regt.

Additional Information


Born:

March 3, 1917
Lancashire, England

Enlistment:

March 31, 1943
London, Ontario

Son of James and Elizabeth Shepherd; husband of Janet Shepherd, of London, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 441 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 19, Column 2.

Location:

The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Inscription– Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of Eric Shepherd
  • Photo 2 of Eric Shepherd– Alex Walker& Eric Shepherd (brothers in law) both killed in war
  • newspaper clipping– London Free Press

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