| Shephard | Charles Sinclair | | Captain | SHEPHARD, CHARLES SINCLAIR, Captain, was born at Mount Clare, Roehampton, 9 March 1848; youngest son of John Shephard, Proctor, Doctors' Commons, and Harriet Strachey Harper. He was educated at Eton; Brasenose College, Oxford; Sandhurst, and Dresden. He entered the 4th King's Own Regiment, 11 September 1872. He married (1st), in 1875, Ada Katharine (died in 1909), daughter of Bransby William Powys, of the Vandreys, Cheshire; and (secondly) Bertha Joan, daughter Of Reginald Bosworth Smith. He served in the South African Expedition, Zulu Campaign, 1886-87 (Despatches and Medal); ADC to Sir James Fergusson, Governor of Bombay, and to Sir Arthur Hardinge, Commander-in-Chief, Bombay, 1880-86; served as Brigade Major in Burma, 1880-87; was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 2 September 1887]; Military Secretary to Governor at Gibraltar, 1887; served as Brigade Major, Burma, 1886—87; and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 20 November 1887]: "Charles Sinclair Shephard, Captain, King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment; Assistant Military Secretary and ADC to the Governor and C-in-C, Gibraltar". His DSO was awarded for operations in Burma. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 2 September 1887]. He became Major, 7th Fusiliers, 9 July 1890; retired 8 July 1891. Was Lieutenant Colonel, 4th Somerset Light Infantry, and was Brigade Major to the Western Counties Volunteer Brigade. He joined the 6th Wiltshire Regiment November 1914; served in France July to December 1915; commanded 7th Royal Lancaster Regiment 21 September to 19 December 1915, in France; commanded No 2 Group, Machine Gun Corps, Grantham, February to May 1916; commanded 13th Devons Works Battalion June 1916.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | (King's Own) Royal Lancaster Regiment |
