THERE’S a moving piece in The Guardian by the military historian Richard Holmes about his hero, Ernest Shephard from Lyme Regis, who served as a company sergeant major with the 1st Dorsets during World War One.
Shephard was born in Lyme in 1892, the son of a photographer. He kept a wartime diary in which he recorded his interest in food – “We made a grand stew in a washing bucket” - and, more seriously, his experience of being gassed - ”Men were caught by fumes and in dreadful agony.” Shephard did not make it through to the end of the war. He is buried on the Somme, where, writes Holmes, “I go to see him as often as I can.”
Holmes’ tribute in the paper’s “My hero” section can be read by clicking on this link. It’s highly recommended.
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