PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: SHEPPERSON, Eric Hugh DOB: 19th July 1923 Place of Birth: Hove, Sussex Residence: 4 Woodhouse Road, Hove, Sussex Trade/Profession: Parents: George Hugh Shepperson and Nellie Mary Shepperson nee Harling, of Hove, Sussex. Probate: Photo: SERVICE Army/Personal Number: 2723372 Rank: Guardsman Regiment/Battalion: Irish Guards, 2nd Armoured Battalion As at 01/09/1939: Enlisted: Promotions: Soldier's Will: Pre-embarkation list, May 1944: Ref CASUALTY CWGC Link: Casualty Details CWGC Certificate: Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Date of Death: 08/08/1944 Age at Death: 21 Casualty Type: Died of Wounds Cemetery: ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY Cemetery Plan: Cemetery Photo: Grave Reference: VII. G. 15. Headstone Photo: Grave Registration: Grave Concentration: Headstone: Reburial Date: 21/01/1946 Original Burial Place / Map Reference: Near St Charles de Percy, 1/50,000 France Sheet 6F/4, Map Ref 698419 Reburial Date: 11/08/1947 Burial Place / Map Reference: Calvados 112E 3, Plot III, Row G, Grave 11 Inscription: "His life a beautiful memory. Mother, father and Roy." Army Casualty List (WO 417): 2723372 Guardsman Shepperson E H 1944 Irish Guards The Times Casualty List: PRISONER/MISSING Missing Personnel File Details: MEDALS Campaign Medals: Medal Roll Details: REFERENCES War Diaries: War Diary: 2nd Armoured Battalion IRISH GUARDS, Jan - Dec 1944 WW2Talk: La Marvindiere, France battlefield visit: Maps & Grid Refs help Archive Files: WO 417 Publications: Accounts: IG History - Pgs 408 - 431, Chapter V La Marvindiere War Memorial: Newspaper: Websites: Irish Guards: Roll of Honour - WWII Open Resource Group Grdsmn Eric Hugh Shepperson ( - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY, FRANCE
CWGC Irish Guards: Roll of Honour - WWII Open Resource Group Casualty Guardsman SHEPPERSON, ERIC HUGH Service Number 2723372 Died 08/08/1944 Aged 21 2nd Bn. Irish Guards Son of George Hugh and Nellie Mary Shepperson, of Hove, Sussex. INSCRIPTION: HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY. MOTHER, FATHER AND ROY Buried at ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY Location: Calvados, France Cemetery/memorial reference: VII. G. 15. See cemetery plan Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 Name: Eric Shepperson Given Initials: E H Rank: Guardsman Death Date: 8 Aug 1944 Number: 2723372 Birth Place: Sussex Residence: Sussex Branch at Enlistment: Foot Guards Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Regiment at Death: Irish Guards Branch at Death: Foot Guards
