Full Name: William Ernest Sydney SHEPHERD Nationality: British Rank: Boatswain Service: Merchant Navy Vessel: Cable Ship “Alert” (UK) Age at Death: 34 Date of Death: 24 February 1945 Service Number: 402063 Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK Reference: Panel 5 CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/2796820/SHEPHERD,%20WILLIAM%20ERNEST%20SYDNEY William Shepherd was born on 30 November 1908 in Plumstead, Kent – the only child of William James Shepherd and Olive Camilla Hopper. He married Winifred Imrie in December 1938 and a son was born to them…
