WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 58532 [N&D] T/451481[ASC] 58532 [POW] |
Private Joseph Henry Sheppard | Notts. & Derby Regiment ASC 606 P.O.W. Co. |
B. 1879 |
| Medal records | Awarded Victory and British medals | ||
| AVL | AVL Address: Cherry Street. 606 P.O.W. Co. Poundbury Camp, Dorchester. Poundbury Camp was a German Prisoner of War Camp |
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| Roll of Honour | Wounded on the Western Front | ||
| Long Long Trail | Until mid-1916, German prisoners were sent to England.
From this time onward, prisoners were initially sent to Abbeville. Men
with useful skills, notably forestry and engineering, were drafted into
companies of about 100 men each, for use in POW Forestry Companies and
ASC and RE workshops, respectively. 47 such POW labour companies were
attached to the Labour Corps when it was formed. Poundbury Camp in Dorset was first used to intern Germans living here, then later for Prisoners of War. It held over 4500 people. Some of these worked cleaning streets or on farms. See: http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2015/12/dorchesters-prisoner-of-war-camp/ |
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Family history etc
| Joseph Henry Sheppard | |||
| 1879 | Born Asterby, Lincs. Joseph Henry was known as Henry |
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| 1881 Census | Living in East Street, Bingham with: Father: John Sheppard, b.1832 Bingham Mother: Alice Sheppard, b.1832 Bingham Siblings: William, b 1869 Bingham Ruth, b. Aston, b.1873 Yorks Maria, b. Staveley,b.1875 Derbyshire |
Agricultural Labourer Dressmaker |
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| 1891 Census | Living in East Street, Bingham with: Father: John Mother: Alice Sister: Maria Nephew: Frederick b.1879 Bingham |
Scholar Market Gardener Scholar |
Frederick was the son of Joseph Henry’s sister, Alice, b 1862 Bingham. In 1881 she was a general servant to a solicitor’s family in Nottingham. Fredrick served in WW1 |
| 1901 Census | Living in East Street with: Father: John Mother: Alice |
Plumber’s Labourer Farmer |
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| 1904 | Henry married Blanche Jones in Bingham in 1904 Children: Alice, b. 1906 Bingham Edna, b. 1908 Bingham Raymond, H b. 1913 Bingham John EL, b. 1915 Bingham |
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| 1911 Census | Living in Cherry Street, with: Wife: Blanche, b. 1875 Huntley, Gloucester Daughter: Alice b. 1906 Bingham Daughter: Edna b. 1908 Bingham |
Farm Labourer | |
| 1918 AVL | AVL address Cherry Street | ||
| 1932 | Mother Alice died aged 100 Dec 1932 | ||
| 1939 Register | Cherry Street, Bingham: Joseph H Sheppard, b. 17 May 1879, married Blanche Sheppard, b. 15 Jan 1876, married Alice Titterton (Robinson) b. 6 April 1906, widowed Two closed records John EL Sheppard, b. 39 Sep 1915, single |
Permanent Way labourer (Road) (Heavy work) Unpaid domestic duties Unpaid domestic duties Hut asbestos roofing – military camp |
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| 1959 | Blanche died Jun 1959 | ||
| 1966 | Joseph died Bingham Mar qtr. 1966 | ||