Mexborough and Swinton Times September 21, 1918

Private Charles Sheppard
West Yorkshire Regiment

Private Sheppard, 11 Wath Rd, Swinton, who has been missing since July 31, 12 days after he landed in France, is ascertained to be a prisoner in Germany and wounded.

He is aged 18, and before enlistment last October was employed on the Great Central Railway at Mexborough