Military History

Theatre

Action/Battle/Other

Attack on Hulloch (Battle of Loos)

Place of Death

near Hulloch

 

Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Enlisted Date/Place

5 Aug 1914 or before at Warwick

Other Information/Previous Regiments/Units

Arrived in France on 13 Aug 1914

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

In precis of the war diary the battalion had formed in an old German trench called Posen Street and were to be in support of an attack by 1st Brigade on the SW end of Hulloch. However the attack was held up by heavy artillery and machine gun fire and the enemy also sent down a very heavy bombardment onto the Posen Street trench system which caused casualties and when the Battalion's time to move into Hulloch they were immediately held up by heavy gun fire and forced to take positions in the original 1st Brigade front line trenches. It is not known in which of these two events Robert was killed.

Hulloch area map	Loos Memorial

Birth Date & Place

Baptism Date & Place

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Parents

John Shepherd - step-father
Elizabeth Shepherd - nee Johns - mother
Both laterly of Chesterton

Wife & Marriage

Children

Robert Denzey b1913

 

 

Occupation(s)

• 1901 - Carter on farm
• 1911 - Farm Labourer
• 1912 - Groom

Schools & Colleges

 

Address History

• 1891 - 49 Pillars, Bishops Tachbrook
• 1901 - The Green, Chesterton
• 1911 - The Green, Chesterton
• 1912 - Chesterton (Marriage record)
• 1914 - Mollington, Banbury (Pension record)

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