Shepherd-Cross, Cecil Herbert –

Second son of the late Herbert Shepherd-Cross, M.P., and of Lucy Mary Shepherd-Cross (nee Birley); husband of Meta Shepherd-Cross (nee Grundy), of Gate Helmsley House, York, Yorkshire. Attached 197th Company, Machine Gun Corps.

Personal details

  • Surname: Shepherd-Cross
  • Forename: Cecil Herbert
  • Date of birth: December 17th, 1877
  • Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: York, Yorkshire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 39
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: October 15th, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Major
  • Unit: Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry.
  • Service number: Not known
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Not known
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • CWGC reference: X. I. 16.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 25/09/1914 11/06/1915
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7e 5h
  • Bolton Chronicle: 06/07/1917 26/10/1917 02/11/1917

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