STUART-SHEPHERD Denys Lane Paschal

  • First Name(s):
    Denys 
    Lane 
    Paschal 
  • Surname:
    STUART-SHEPHERD
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Captain

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    East Lancashire Regiment
  • Unit:
    Attached Royal Air Force
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    Unknown
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Unknown
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

STUART-SHEPHERD Denys Lane Paschal Is Named On These Memorials

Alfrick War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Listed on the memorial as D.I.P.S. Stuart-Shepherd

Further Information About STUART-SHEPHERD Denys Lane Paschal

Served in the Great War.

The names of those who served in the Great War are listed on three panels of the war memorial, the inscription above each panel reads:

WE HAVE COME THROUGH THE (Panel 1)
VALLEY OF SHADOWS AND WE HAVE (Panel 2)
WON TO THE LIGHT AGAIN (Panel3)

Denys Stuart-Shepherd was born on 31st May 1893.  Prior to enlisting he had been a student from May 1912 to August 1914 at The College, Kelham, Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire.  He served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Worcestershire Regiment before transferring with the same rank to the 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment with attachment to the Royal Air Force.  Denys was appointed Acting Captain on 1st April 1918, retaining the rank on 27th November 1918.  His next of kin was his father, Reverend C.S. Stuart-Shepherd, The Vicarage, Alfrick, Worcester.  Denys was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal which were to be issued by the air ministry.  His contact address on his medal index card was given as 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, Newcastle, Jamaica, British West Indies.

A photograph of Lieutenant D.L.P.S, Stuart Shepherd of Alfrick, can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 22nd June 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

The following information has been researched by and is courtesy of Joe Gleeson:
Denys Stuart-Shepherd would appear to have lived in Ireland for a while:
1911 Census
1 Aughnavallog, Ballybrick, Co Down
Isaac Harte, Head, aged 43, Church of Ireland
Alice Jane Harte, wife, aged 49, Church of Ireland
Alice Nicholina Harte, daughter, aged 10, Church of Ireland
Wm Clark Alex Harte, son, aged 8, Church of Ireland
Stuart Shepherd D L P S, Tutor, aged 18, Church of England
Susan Smith, servant, aged 26, Roman Catholic

It is unclear from the census whether he is a tutor for the children or whether he is a boarder working as a tutor for an institution.

Denys Stuart-Shepherd Casualty Form.
Photo courtesy of Joe Gleeson


Denys Stuart-Shepherd Casualty Form 1.
Photo courtesy of Joe Gleeson


Denys Stuart-Shepherd Casualty Form 2.
Photo courtesy of Joe Gleeson

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