Percy Sheppard
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 28871
Parents: James and Alice Sheppard
Marital status: Single
Home address: Salisbury Road, Downend, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Market Gardener
Date of birth: 1885
Place of birth: Bristol
Date of death: 13/10/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Mangotsfield (Downend) Cemetery (Ref. Red. D. 3026.), Bristol
Age: 23
Further information:
Percy Sheppard was born in 1885 in Bristol. The son of James and Alice, he lived in the family home in Downend, Bristol with his parents and brother, Herbert. The 1911 census shows that all the family were employed in this family business of Market Gardening, with Percy’s occupation listed as a Market Gardener.
Percy joined the Grenadier Guards, 3rd Battalion as a Private. He was injured in battle and it appears he was transferred back to the UK. He died of wounds on 13 October 1918, Theatre of War is listed as Home, and he is buried in Mangotsfield, Downend Cemetery. Commemorated on the Christ Church Downend and the Staple Hill (Page Park) Memorials. Percy is also commemorated on the Staple Hill Methodist Church Memorial.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Ancestry.co.uk
Forces War Records and Commonwealth War Graves Commission