| Pte.  Walter Douglas Shepherd | 
        
 
Information from the Roll of Honour
    
        | Parish | Surname | Initials | Award | Rank | Ship or Regiment | Place of Death | Date of Death | 
    
        | Exeter | Shepherd | Walter Douglas |  | Pte. | R.W. Kent Regt. | France | 4
            October
            1917 | 
An asterisk * in the Place of Death indicates an hospital death
A double asterisk ** in the Place of Death indicates the record is annotated with Missing
    
    Further Information from Contributors
    
    
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            RoH Ref.
        
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            3501
        
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            Forename
        
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            Walter Douglas
        
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            Surname
        
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            Smale
        
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            Rank or Rating
        
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            Service Number(s)
        
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            242246
        
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            Father
        
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            Charles Edwin Shepherd
        
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            Mother
        
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            Fanny (nee Smale)
        
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            Wife
        
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            Alice (nee Perryman)
        
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            Date of Birth
        
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            1878
        
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            Where Born
        
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            Exeter, Devonshire
        
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            Date Baptised
        
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            Ship or Regiment
        
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            Royal West Kent Regiment, 1st Battalion
        
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            Date of Death
        
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            4
            October
            1917
        
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            Place of Death
        
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            Grave or Memorial
        
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            Remarks
        
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            Parents married shortly after birth when he took on his father's name
        
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            Contributor
        
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            PB, Sue Jackson