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Son of James and Agnes Shepherd, of Inverary, Ontario; husband of Edna May Caines (formerly Shepherd).
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Cap Badge 146th Bn CEF. Private Shepherd was originally a member of the 146th Bn before being transferred to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team
DILEAS GU BRATH.
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Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Cap Badge 95th Bn. Private Shepherd enlisted with the 146th Bn in December 1915 but was sent to the 95th Bn in anticvipation that this unit was being sent to the front. When a 5th and 6th Division was not formed he was sent to the 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt(ret’d) Victor Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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"The Canal du Nord memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Marquion, was unveiled and dedicated on 24 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, during the Canadian assault on the Canal du Nord on 27 September 1918 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits alongside the existing Canal du Nord, inside the town of Marquion, which the Battalion captured during the battle."
Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.
Dileas Gu Brath
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From the British Whig, a Kingston, Ontario newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Cap Badge 146th Bn CEF. Private Shepherd was originally a member of the 146th Bn before being transferred to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH.
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Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Cap Badge 95th Bn. Private Shepherd enlisted with the 146th Bn in December 1915 but was sent to the 95th Bn in anticvipation that this unit was being sent to the front. When a 5th and 6th Division was not formed he was sent to the 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt(ret’d) Victor Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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"The Canal du Nord memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Marquion, was unveiled and dedicated on 24 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, during the Canadian assault on the Canal du Nord on 27 September 1918 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits alongside the existing Canal du Nord, inside the town of Marquion, which the Battalion captured during the battle." Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath
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From the British Whig, a Kingston, Ontario newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 499 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Sains-les-Marquion is a village about 12 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and 2 kilometres south of the D939, Arras to Cambrai road. SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY lies at the junction of the D15 and D16 roads, about 1.5 kilometres from the centre of the village.
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