2723372 Eric Hugh SHEPPERSON, 2 Irish Guards

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.
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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.
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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
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MEDALS
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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