Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Grave: | Dozinghem Military Cemetery | ||
| 2. Book: | De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour | Vol III. | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
2nd son of Herbert Shepherd-Cross, of Hamels Park, Buntingford, co. Herts, M.P. for Bolton for over 20 years, by his wife, Lucy Mary, dau. of the Rev. T. Shepherd Birley; b.Breightmet, co. Lancaster, 17 Dec, 1877.He married at the Church of the Annunciation, St. Marylebone, London W., 26 Nov. 1903, Meta (Hopton House, Wirkswoth, co. Derby),l dau. of Lieut.-Col. Frederick Leigh Grundy, late Warwickshire Regt., and had four children: Michael Herbert, b. 20 Jan, 1911; Peter Cecil, b. 22 Nov. 1913; Elizabeth, b. 15 April, 1906, and Daphne, b. 29 Aug. 1907."
Education & Career :
Educated at Temple Grove; Eton, and University College, Oxford, where he was when the South African War broke out.
He was called to the Bar in 1904, subsequently practicing for two years, but then entered into business and interested himself largely in agriculture.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, South Africa.
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry |
| Action : France & Flanders |
France & Flanders covers all the dates and corresponding locations which are outside the official battle nomenclature dates on the Western Front. Therefore the actions in which these men died could be considered 'normal' trench duty - the daily attrition losses which were an everyday fact of duty on the Western Front.
Break-in service from 1904 to 1914.
He volunteered his services on the outbreak of the European War; obtained a Captaincy in the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry (T.F.) 22 Sept. 1914; but wishing to take a more active part in the war transferred to Hodson's Horse in April, 1915;
Served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from that month; became attached to the Machine Gun Corps in June, 1916, being promoted Major 7 April, 1917, first commanding a company, and later becoming Divisional Machine Gun Officer to the 9th Division.
Detail :
Major Cecil Herbert Shepherd Shepherd-Cross, Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry. Attached Machine Gun Corps. Died 15th October, 1917.
He died near Ypres 15 Oct. following, from wounds received in action.
Buried in Dozingham British Cemetery.
Buries Dozingham Cemetery
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Apollo University No. 357 E.C. | Oxfordshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
8th February 1898 | 15th March 1898 | 26th April 1898 |
Initiated as an undergraduate, aged 20 in 1898. Resigned 1902
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley