Private Leslie Sheppard

1889 - 1918  (29 years)

• Name	Leslie Sheppard
  Prefix	Private
  Born	12 Jul 1889	Bedford, , Bedfordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Honoured	Leslie Shephard Place, New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada
  	Leslie Shephard Place of New Hamburg, Ontario named in his honour
  Military	WW1
  Immigration	1910	, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Occupation	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Electric wire man
  Residence	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Church of England
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-180702P
  Died	28 Aug 1918
  Buried	Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery and Memorial, Haucourt, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Person ID	I180702	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  First World War veteran Corporal Leslie Sheppard, also the recipient of a Military Medal, led to the misspelling of Shephard on the old cenotaph as well the New Hamburg street named in his honour.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1054] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1911, p. 15;. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. Leslie Sheppard Birth Date: 12 Jul 1889 Birth Location: Bedford, England Relative: Mrs H J Sheppard of, Niagara Falls, occ. electrician, Regiment Number: 57721, 11 Nov 1914 Toronto,

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Jul 1889 - Bedford, , Bedfordshire, England Honoured - Leslie Shephard Place of New Hamburg, Ontario named in his honour - - Leslie Shephard Place, New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada Immigration - 1910 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - Electric wire man - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery and Memorial, Haucourt, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France  = Link to Google Earth