Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Henry Ian Shepherd
In memory of:
Pilot Officer Henry Ian Shepherd
September 23, 1944
Military Service
J/89184
21
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
106 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Additional Information
Son of William F. and N. Shepherd, of Toronto, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 441 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Germany
13. C. 4.
The REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY is located 5 km south west of Kleve. From Kleve the cemetery is located, using the Hoffmannallee from the Town Centre, which becomes the Materbornerallee. This road enters Reichswald Forest and becomes the Grunewaldstrasse. Follow direction Gennep, entering Reichswald Forest the cemetery is situated 500 metres on the left. Alternatively from the motorway 57, take exit Kleve/Goch, which leads onto the 9 N road in the direction towards Kleve. After 3 km turn left on to the 504 direction Kranenburg. Reichswald cemetery is clearly signposted on the 504 at cross roads Grunewald. REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY is situated on the Grunewald Strasse direction Kleve on the right, 3 km from cross roads Grunewald.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of HENRY IAN SHEPHERD – Shep -
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Identification – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of HENRY IAN SHEPHERD – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of HENRY IAN SHEPHERD – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Attestation paper – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Attestation paper – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
![Newspaper Clipping– Photo from The Toronto Star.
P/O Shepherd served on 106 (RAF) Squadron on Lancaster ND 868. On 23 September 1944, they were airborne at 1930 from their home base at Metheringham, Lincolnshire, on a mission to breach the Dortmund-Ems canal north of Munster. They crashed at Schierloh, Germany. Fourteen Lancasters were lost, or more than 10 per cent of the Lancaster force.
One RAF crew member was taken Prisoner of War. P/O Shepherd was buried in a farmer’s field and reburied in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kieve, Germany. The other crew were:
P/O (AG) Kenneth A. McLaughlin, age 21, from Toronto;
F/O (N) Gerald G. Bryan, age 23, from Lockwood, Sask.;
F.Sgt. (AG) John F. Clarke, age 22, from Vancouver;
and 3 RAF: F/O (P) James Isaac, age 31; Sgt. (FE) David Levene, age 36;
Sgt. (WAG) Richard H. Julian, age 21.
[Sources: //raf.mod.uk; //lostbombers.co.uk; CWGC; They Shall Grow Not Old, published by Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.]](https://cvwm.images.cloud.veterans.gc.ca/2041871_1.jpg)
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Newspaper Clipping – Photo from The Toronto Star. P/O Shepherd served on 106 (RAF) Squadron on Lancaster ND 868. On 23 September 1944, they were airborne at 1930 from their home base at Metheringham, Lincolnshire, on a mission to breach the Dortmund-Ems canal north of Munster. They crashed at Schierloh, Germany. Fourteen Lancasters were lost, or more than 10 per cent of the Lancaster force. One RAF crew member was taken Prisoner of War. P/O Shepherd was buried in a farmer’s field and reburied in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kieve, Germany. The other crew were: P/O (AG) Kenneth A. McLaughlin, age 21, from Toronto; F/O (N) Gerald G. Bryan, age 23, from Lockwood, Sask.; F.Sgt. (AG) John F. Clarke, age 22, from Vancouver; and 3 RAF: F/O (P) James Isaac, age 31; Sgt. (FE) David Levene, age 36; Sgt. (WAG) Richard H. Julian, age 21. [Sources: //raf.mod.uk; //lostbombers.co.uk; CWGC; They Shall Grow Not Old, published by Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.] -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Henry Ian Shepherd is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Henry Ian Shepherd is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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