Oldham Historical Research Group

'THE GREAT WAR',     'THE WAR TO END WAR',     'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.'
                                                                                                  from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Wilfred Owen

1914 - 1918

St. Paul's Methodist Church, Shaw
Memorial Autograph Book

St Paul's Methodist church WW1 Memorial Autograph Book - Private James William Shepherd, 82182

Private James William Shepherd, 82182
Attested November 1915
4th Battalion Manchester Regiment
Mobilised August 1916
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 228th Company March 1917
Promoted to Lance Corporal August 1917
Killed in action 23rd September 1917
Age 30

Son of James and Mary Shepherd, of 22, Queen St., Shaw, Oldham.

CWGC

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Contributed by : Gillian Ashworth for St. Paul's Methodist Church, Shaw
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