WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 6353 | Private Frederick Sheppard | 15th (Service) Battalion Durham Light Infantry Norfolk Regiment |
b. 1879 |
| 15th (Service) Battalion served on the Western Front from September 1914 throughout the war as part of the 64th Brigade, 21st Division. 1st Btn served in India 1914 to November 1917. He transferred to Norfolk Regiment in August 1916 when he went to Mesopotamia. | |||
| Medal Roll | 1924/15 Star awarded. Last Regiment served in: Norfolk Regiment. 1st DLI: date of disembarkation 21.8.15 (5i) - discharged 16/5/20 |
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| Service Record | Enlisted in Nottingham 30th April 1898, joined at Newcastle.
His age was 18yrs 10months. Description on joining: Height 5’7½”, weight 122 lbs, chest 33” (expanded 34½”), gray eyes, brown hair Statement of the Services form shows a mixed career of extending service (with gratuities and bounties), qualifications, promotions, demotions and a spell behind bars of 168 hours detention for “striking his superior officer”. On 25 August 1916 he transferred to the Norfolk Regiment. He was eventually discharged on 15-5-1920 after 22 years and 19 days service. Military History sheet: Home: from 28-4-98 to 23-10-99 South Africa: 24-10-99 to 10-11-1902 E India 11-11-02 to 24-8-16 Mesopotamia 25-8-16 to 20-4-18 En route to England 21-4-18 to 11-6-18 Home 12-6-18 to 18-5-20 Army school certificate awarded at Naserabad 8-11-19 Served with 26th MI in S Africa 18 months Butchery certificate Wellington 10-12-1903 Qualified in veterinary duties No 805 14-4-15 South Africa: present at Battle of Tigela Heights and relief of Ladysmith. Awarded S.A. medal and clasp for Tigela Heights, relief of Ladysmith Laing's Nek, Transvaal. 1901 and 1902 medals with clasp for each battle. His pension record shows payments from15.5.20 (33 d per day) though to 20 November 1947 £89-9-8 per annum. He died on January 1st 1948. |
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| Roll of Honour | Served on Western Front and Mesopotamia | ||
Family history etc
| Frederick Sills Sheppard | |||
| 1879 | Born May 17th 1879 Bingham. Baptised as Frederick Sills Shepherd, Bingham Parish Church 1st July 1880, mother Alice Shepherd, no father named. |
BMD register has Fred Sills Shephard, Jun qtr 1879 | |
| 1871 Census | Aston Colliery, Beighton, Nr Rotherham John Sheppard, b Bingham Alice, b. Bingham Children: Elizabeth, b. 1858 Bingham Alice (Frederick Sills. Mother), b. 1862 Bingham George, b. 1864 Bingham John, b. 1867 Bingham William. B. 1968 Bingham And two lodgers |
Collier Dressmaker |
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| 1881 Census | Living in Long Acre with: Great Grandfather: George, b. 1807 Car Colston Great Grandmother: Elizabeth, b. 1811 Bingham |
Cottager |
In various documents surname can be Sheppard, Shephard, Shepherds... Frederick’s mother was Alice Sheppard, b. 1862 Bingham. Baptised as Sheppard, 24 January 1864, daughter of John and Alice. |
| 1881 census (family) | East Street, Bingham: John Sheppard Alice Sheppard Children: William Ruth Maria Joseph H |
In 1881 Frederick’s mother, Alice, was a general servant to a solicitor’s family in Nottingham | |
| 1891 Census | Living in East Street with Grandfather: John Sheppard, b. 1832 Car Colston Grandmother: Alice, b. 1837 Bingham Aunt: Maria, b. 1874 Stavely Uncle: Joseph Henry, b 1879 Asterby. |
Market gardener |
Frederick’s uncle Joseph served in WW1, click on name for details |
| 1901 | Serving in South Africa – no census record available | ||
| 1911 Census | Regular soldier in 1st Durham Light Infantry, Nowshera, India | Groom (deleted) | |
| 1912 | Married Mary Puttick in Poona, India | GRO Index Army Marriages (1881 to 1955) | |
| Not on Bingham electoral rolls 1921-31 | |||
| 1939 Register | High Oakham Farm High Oakham Road , Mansfield Ralph Cooper, b. 27 Feb 1888, married Brenda Cooper, b. 23 Oct 1894 Two closed records Frederick Sheppard, b. 24 April 1879, married (no wife listed) |
Retired Director Cotton Doubling; Gentleman farmer Unpaid domestic duties Groom Gardener |
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| Research Note | The 1939 record has the wrong birthdate for Frederick. It
is the only appropriate record that exists for his name in Notts. A Mary Sheppard, married but with no husband shown, is registered at an address in Sutton in Ashfield as housekeeper to a goods vehicle driver. We have been unable to find him in the electoral registers, so this information must be regarded as unreliable. |
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| 1948 | Died aged 68 14th January 1948 at Nottingham General Hospital. Peritonitis. 101 Sherwood Street, Nottingham, formerly a groom. Army pensioner. Corroborated by Army Pension record papers – 16/1/48. |
Informant M Sheppard, widow, “Belvedere” Stoneyford Road, Sutton in Ashfield. Present at death. | |