Herbert and Gladys Shephard --and Winifred Churchill-- at Timberscombe from February 1911 to June 1914

Herbert and Gladys Shephard --and Winifred Churchill-- at Timberscombe from February 1911 to June 1914

The period of time when Herbert Shephard and Gladys Ethel Shephard, were respectively Head Teacher and Assistant Teacher at Timberscombe School, was not that long-- only from the 6th of February 1911 to 26 June 1914. Winifred May Churchill, the younger sister of Mrs. Shephard, worked with them as a "Supplementary" (the person often taking care of the Infants, also sometimes titled as "Monitress"), arriving with Herbert and Gladys at the age of 15 and staying until March 1914, when she accepted a new position (1). Yet these three made a real impact on the children of Timberscombe and its parishioners, made evident on the astounding last day of Herbert and Gladys Shephard's tenure.

In 2019 a cropped photograph, dated 1914, of schoolchildren was discovered at Timberscombe School, that can be seen at SP-246. On its reverse, in very light pencil, some of the students were identified, as well as a young woman standing to the left. She was their teacher, Gladys Shephard. What else has survived is a School Log Book, where Head Teachers from 1910 to 1947 wrote almost daily entries of what was occurring. Those of Herbert Shephard are especially vivid, writing about the students--good and bad-- with a sense that was personal and involved, more so than most during these final days of the Edwardian era. On the cropped right side of the re-found photograph, just a sliver of a face is visible, obviously of a man and probably where the Head Teacher would stand. As no other photograph of Herbert Shephard could be found, it would have been nice to know whoever this person was---especially if it could have been Mr. Shephard.

In 2022, the St. Petrock's History Group made the 1914 photograph public and it was seen in August by Andrea Jackson, the grand-daughter of Winifred Churchill. Ms. Jackson contacted her cousin, Jan Harrower, the grand-daughter of Herbert and Gladys Shephard. Ms. Jackson never knew her grandmother personally nor did Ms. Harrower know her grandfather--both Winifred and Herbert died before the births of their respective grand-daughters (2). Nevertheless Ms. Jackson and Ms. Harrower quickly contacted the St. Petrock's History Group, wondering if they could help in any way. Our quick reply was that it would be wonderful if a photograph of Mr. Shephard existed and a bonus would be having one of Miss Churchill as well, ideally taken not too far past the years they were in Timberscombe.

They did even better. Jan Harrower sent the top photograph of both Mr. and Mrs. Shephard but was not sure which school they were at--indeed it is Timberscombe School. The red sandstone corner with the window above still survives as part of the second schoolroom added between 1875 and 1876 (3), amazingly a section not now covered by later alterations. Andrea Jackson supplied the second photograph of a young Winifred, likely taken shortly after she left Timberscombe and on her way to her own career as a teacher.

Neither Gladys or Herbert Shephard were born into families of educators and it was not Herbert's first career. Born in Coventry, Warwickshire on the 23rd of December 1875, Herbert was the son of Joseph Frederick and Martha (nee Spencer) Shephard (4). His father was "Watch Case Springer" and the family lived at 85 Craven Street (5)--at the centre of what was a watchmaking phenomenon. In 1881 there were over 12,000 watchmakers in England, with Coventry housing 3,701 of them. Indeed most of the houses from Nos. 22 to 91 Craven Street housed watchmakers. All of the Heads of the Households at these houses on Craven Street (and on other streets as well) were identified with such titles as "Watch Finisher", " Watch Case Enameler," "Watch Jeweller" or "Watch Motion Makers"--just to name a few (6). It is hardly a surprise on the 1891 Census that 15-year-old Herbert was listed, like his father, as a "Watch Case Springer". However it should also be noted Herbert's older brother, 17-year-old Frederick Henry Shephard was a "School Pupil Teacher" in Conventry and by 1901 was a "School Master" at Leicestershire (7).

Herbert Shephard had a first wife, Edna Brears, that he married in 1899 at Kiddington in Oxfordshire. They had a son, Eric, who was baptised at Arley, Warwickshire in October 1903. At his marriage and the baptism of his son, Herbert's profession remained "Watchmaker" (8). However before her marriage, Edna had been a School Mistress for at least two decades, as had Edna's three older sisters, Clara, Angelina and Laura. So was Edna's mother, Jane, and at the time of her marriage to Herbert, Edna's father, William Brears, had retired, from a distinguished career as a longtime Head Teacher-- a position that Angelina Brears was elevated to by 1901 (9). Edna died, aged 38 at Honiton, Devonshire in 1907 (10). By then , Herbert had changed his profession and in 1906 had become an Assistant Head Master at Sidbury Church of England School in Devon. Now as a widower, with a four-year-old child, the influence of his in-laws and possibly his older brother (three Head Teachers at that point--William Brears was still alive and living with Angelina), it might be safe to say that Herbert's dice was cast. He was now an educator and remained at Sidbury School into 1908 (11)

By October 1908, Herbert Shephard married Gladys Ethel Churchill at Tiverton (12). Gladys was born at Exmouth, Devon on 31 March 1885 to James, a Rate Collector and Insurance Agent and Elizabeth (nee Wilcocks) Churchill. She was the second of their seven children, with the youngest being Winifred May Churchill, born 5 March 1896 (13). By the age of 15, Gladys was staying with her 79-year-old grandmother, Maria Wilcocks, at Ivy Cottage in Crediton, Devon and was already employed as an "Elementary School Teacher" (14).

It is not recorded when the paths of Herbert Shephard and Gladys Churchill crossed, nor is it known how long Gladys remained at Credition--which is just a little over 12 miles from Tiverton. What does seem clear is that once Herbert began his educational career and especially after he married Gladys, they moved quickly. Their daughter, Gladys Sue Shephard, was born 20 June 1909 at Rumney, Monmouthshire, Wales. Sue (as Gladys Sue was called) was not baptised until 13 October 1910 at Countisbury, near Lynmouth in Devon (15)--where in 1909 Herbert Shephard had achieved the position of Head Teacher, alongside Gladys as "Assistant Mistress" at the Countisbury Church of England School (16).

Seven days after Herbert and Gladys baptised their daughter in Countisbury, at Timberscombe Mr. Henry Griffin and Mrs. Elizabeth Griffin resigned as HeadTeacher and Assistant Teacher at Timberscombe School-- which was already looking for replacements. With their resignation, Mr. and Mrs. Griffin were not able to give much notice and were hoping to leave on 30 November 1910 (17). By the 10th of November, a Temporary Head teacher, Mr. Thomas Ayres agreed to step in at the end the month, but rather amazingly there were already over 38 applications for the positions and the School Managers had already made a list of the top five applicants that they favoured-- of which No. 1 was "Mr. and Mrs. Shephard "(18). Offers were made with an opening annum salary of £63 for Herbert as Head Teacher and £35 for Gladys as Assistant Teacher. With the offers came possession of School House, a residence semi-detached to the original Timberscombe schoolroom, built in 1805 to house the Head Teacher and family (19). With seven-year-old Eric and one-year-old Sue, this would certainly have been welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Shephard accepted. Their last day at Countisbury was slated to be 5 March 1911 but arrangements must have been made because the Shephard family--including 15-year-old Winifred Churchill--moved into School House by the 6th of February (20). Two days later classes resumed, although the school was very cold because of repairs being made to the main floor. Therefore the students, the infants and their new teachers all had to "manage as well as we could in the small room"--a first entry of many by Mr. Herbert Shephard in the Timberscombe School Log Book (21).

It is clear throughout the Log Book that Herbert and Gladys Shephard were conscientious and dedicated educators. In a rural and somewhat poor village, such as Timberscombe, boys were needed to work, usually on a farm and most girls were expected to become domestic servants as quickly as they could--yet the Head Teacher was expected to keep as many students as possible attending school, not only to educate them but to keep being funded by the church. There was an ongoing struggle between teachers and parents, with many of the latter trying to take their children out of school before the required age of fourteen and certainly very few students were encouraged to continue with any further education. Of course these confrontations occurred with Mr. and Mrs. Shephard as well but they seem to have been less fraught. Fittingly Herbert Shephard's last entry in the Log Book expressed his pleasure that 13-year-old William Thorne had been successful in an examination recently held in Dunster (22). A newspaper entry, under the headline "EXAMINATION SUCCESS", reported this "Timberscombe scholar" was "to be congratulated on his success", not only because he would continue with his education, receiving at least £20 a year for two years but also because he was "the first candidate sent up from that village in some years" (23).

In March 1914, Herbert wrote in the Log Book that his sister-in-law had been "hired to do the same job in another county", meaning that Winifred Churchill had been offered a position, apparently as a Supplementary Teacher- which she had been doing successfully in Timberscombe for over three years. Elizabeth Churchill, the mother of Gladys and Winifred had died when Gladys was 15 (24) and had left home for her first teaching position, staying with Mrs. Churchill's mother. At the time of their mother's death, Winifred had been only 5-years-old. Ten years later, when Gladys brought Winifred with her and Herbert to Timberscombe, Winifred began her teaching career at the same age as her sister had done.

Likely by March, there had been some family discussions that Herbert and Gladys might be leaving Timberscombe and Winifred was given a letter of reference, written by Rev. Henry Herbert Bell, the Vicar of Timberscombe. The school where Winifred was accepted was Winterbourne St. Martin, called Martinstown by the locals, in Dorset, seven miles from the coast at Weymouth. At Martinstown, Winifred lived at 1 Hope Terrace and besides employment she soon had a local sweetheart, George Edwin Dunford (25). While serving during World War I, Dunford sent postcards to Winifred (still saved in 2023 by her grand-daughter, Andrea Jackson). However on the 10th of June 1918 Mr. Dunford married another upon his return to Martinstown (26).

As it happened, Winifred Churchill had moved on. In January 1917 she had drafted a letter of application to Ashmore School, situated in the small village of Ashmore on Cranbourne Chase, about five miles southeast of Shaftesbury (27). In the letter, Winifred cited her three years experience as a Supplementary at Martinstown and her previous experience as a "Monitress in a Somerset School"--presumably Timberscombe. The result was a contract from the Dorset County Council, giving her a starting date of the 5th of February 1917 at £40 annum. Like her older sister, Winifred was now an Assistant Teacher (28).

At Ashmore, Winifred lodged at Mullins on North Street, owned by a Mrs. Taylor, a relative of a local farming family, headed by Mr. Harry Taylor at Church Farm on High Street, near the entrance of St. Nicholas Church (29). On the 5th of July 1919, 23-year-old Winifred Churchill married Mr. Taylor's 26-year-old son, Bernard Arthur Taylor (30). Winifred gave up teaching to be a farmer's wife at Church Farm and raise their three daughters, Winifred Margaret, Gertrude Mary and Gladys--named after her Aunt (31). Winifred Taylor died 21 February 1962 and Bernard Taylor died in August 1972. They are buried at St. Nicholas (32).

On 30th of March 1914 Herbert and Gladys Shephard gave in their notice at Timberscombe School. He wrote in the Log Book that they had accepted "an appointment in another county" (33), which was Oxfordshire (34). The photograph of Gladys and Timberscombe schoolchildren at SP-246 can be dated as being taken after the 21st of April 1914 (35). Mrs. Shephard does looks sad in that photograph, as she perhaps does (a bit) in the upper photograph seen on this page. Comparing both photographs, Gladys certainly appears to be wearing the same lacey blouse and dark skirt. Also the backdrop of both photographs is the red sandstone wall of the 1875/ 1876 Timberscombe schoolroom addition. Finally, looking more closely at SP-246, atop of the aforementioned "sliver" of a man's face, barely visible on the cropped right corner of the photograph, a swatch of lightly coloured hair is combed to the left--just as Herbert Shephard's hair is combed on this entry. Likely both photographs are taken on the same day and both Mr. and Mrs. Shephard knew they were in their final weeks at Timberscombe.

An article concerning their last afternoon was in an unidentified newspaper published soon after the Shephards' final day, saved by the family and in August 2023, donated by their future grand-daughter, Jan Harrower. The unknown reporter noted that for the last three and a half years, "Mr. and Mrs. Shephard have been in charge of Timberscombe School" and "having taken an interest in the various activities of the place, have made many, many friends".

On the last day of school, Friday, June 26th 1914, "just before the close of the afternoon session", Mr. and Mrs. Shephard were met by a number of those friends. Acting as the group's "spokesman for the children and all others" (in her own words) was Maud Farwell, the eldest daughter of Sir George Farwell, the Lord Justice of Appeal for the English High Courts and Lady Mary Farwell (36). Since 1905, the Farwell family had been dividing their time between London and Knowle House in Timberscombe (37) where both Judge Farwell and Maud became Foundation Managers for the Governors of Timberscombe School (38). As Managers, not only were they among those that hired the Shephards but certainly would have come to know them well.

Miss Farwell wanted to say three things to Herbert and Gladys, beginning with how sorry they all were to lose them. Secondly, was to wish them "happiness in their new life" and lastly was to ask the Shephards "to accept tokens of gratitude and esteem".

Which were considerable, beginning with a twelve piece dining-service and a silver Queen Anne cake-basket. This was followed by a gold brooch with pearls for Gladys and a gold tie pen for Herbert. Perhaps most valuable was an accompanying message "from the managers, children, parents and friends of this school", saying the gifts were to "express keen appreciation for all you have done for the welfare of the school and parish", signed by over 80 residents of Timberscombe who had "subscribed to the beautiful gifts".

Herbert replied that the afternoon was one of the "proudest and saddest moments of his life" and while appreciating the crowd's kindness toward him and Mrs. Shephard, it would be followed by the sadness of saying good-bye to the place "where so many happy hours had been spent " and that they hoped to return to Timberscombe where Herbert knew they "would never need to go seeking friends, but would meet them at every turn" (39).

Herbert, Gladys, Eric and Sue moved on to Stanton Harcourt School, in the village of Stanton Harcourt about six miles from the city of Oxford, where Herbert served as "Head Master" for the next six years. The school still exists in modern times (40). By the 1st of May 1918, Gladys cut back on teaching duties with the birth of their second daughter, Celia Mary --who would be known as "Mary" (41). Sadly Eric died, aged 14, at Stanton Harcourt on the following 22nd of June (42). More than 105 years later, Jan Harrower, who would have been Eric's half niece if he had lived, still struggled to write that the family's understanding was that he had died after being hit on the head by a cricket ball (43).

In 1920 the Shephard family relocated to northern Oxfordshire when Herbert was appointed as Head Master at Hornton Council School (44) in the village of Hornton, close to the border of Warwickshire and about three miles northwest of Banbury. Herbert Shephard arrived at a relatively new school. It was originally founded in 1833 as a National School, became Church of England in 1882 and burned completely down in 1912, only reopening as a Council School in 1914. In modern times, it continues as Hornton Primary School (45).

Within two years Herbert became Head Master of the Wigginton Church of England School at Wigginton, adjacent to Tring, a small market town at Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire (46). While making the move Gladys was likely pregnant, as their son, Harry Raymond Shephard, was born at Berkhampstead in July 1922 (47). This area is where Herbert and Gladys stayed, doing what they had always done--raising their family and teaching. Their last child, Sylvia Joan Shephard (known as "Joan"), was born here in April 1924 (48). In 1933, Sue Shephard married Leon John Gower Baker, a grocer who opened a shop at Tring. On the 1939 Register, Mr. Baker listed himself as a "Grocer Master" on Western Road in Tring, also where Sue had her "Home Duties" (49). Here, as well, is where Mary married Kenneth Luck in 1939 (50). In later years, Wigginton School became known as St. Bartholomew's CE Primary School (51) but on the 1939 Register, Herbert and Gladys were listed as still living at the Wigginton School House. His profession remained "School Master of the Public Elementary". At the outbreak of World War II, Kenneth Luck left to serve, while his wife, Mary and her brother-in-law, Leon Baker (exempt from joining up so as keep the grocery supplies running) joined the fire brigade as wartime volunteers (52).

Herbert Shephard retired from Wigginton School in 1940 (53). After leaving, he and Gladys moved into a bungalow addressed as St. Annes Bulbourne-road at New Mill, a small village adjacent to Tring, along with 16-year-old Joan. They were joined by Mary, while her husband was at war.

The third photograph depicts Gladys and Herbert Shephard at the 8th of May 1944 wedding of Joan and Clifford Charles Robinson at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul at Tring. Joan Shephard had planned to follow in the footsteps of her parents and teach but with the war she joined the Royal Air Force--where she met Mr. Robinson. The young bridesmaid in the foreground of the wedding photograph is Hilary Baker, the daughter of Sue and Leon Baker, born in 1937. The photograph was shared by Jan Harrower, born to Joan and Cliff (as he was called) in 1945, followed by her brother, Jon, in 1950. Gladys and Herbert's other grandchildren were Howard Raymond born in 1946 and Helen Mary, born in 1951, the children of Mary and Kenneth Lock (54).

While pregnant with her daughter, Jan, Joan Robinson fondly remembered walks with her father, Herbert in the early summer of 1945 at the bungalow, St. Annes Bulbourne-road, where Herbert Shephard died 29 June 1945, aged 65. Head Master Shephard was buried in the churchyard of St. Bartholomew's at Wigginton, opposite the school and the School House where he and Gladys had lived from 1922 to 1940 (55).

Another family death occurred in the following months. In 1939, 17-year-old Harry Raymond Shephard, known to his family as "Bim", was trying to decide if he would attend Oxford or Cambridge--having been accepted to both. However with the outbreak of World War II, Harry joined the RAF, with a place being held at both universities once the war ended (56). Harry Shephard entered the military on the 20th of August 1941, as part of the Royal Air Force Reserve (57). Tragically, with the war ended, on the 30th of January 1946, Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) H. R. Shephard, age 23, was piloting a DakotaN500, returning from a training mission. His was one of two planes transporting RAF personnel back to the UK. Both planes touched down in southern France to refuel. News came through warning of pending storms but unfortunately Bim and his plane was already back in the air. The second plane did receive the "delay flight" message and stayed grounded. Harry Shephard's plane lost control in a cloud and he and all eleven men on board perished, crashing near Les Mans, France (58).

Harry's official address was still St. Annes Bulbourne-road. (59). War intervened before he had his own. His effects were officially returned there, addressed to "Gladys Ethel Shephard, widow" (60). How difficult this must have been for Gladys under any circumstances but surely were accentuated by the recent loss of her husband and her son's father. Around this same time, she moved to 99 High Street in Tring.

Harry Raymond Shephard was buried at Le Grand-Luce War Cemetery, at Ruaudin, France, seven miles south of Les Mans. Sixty-two years after the death of Harry, in 2008, a permanent monument was erected and a memorial service was given by the villagers of Ruaudin and Les Mans (61). Jan Harrower, with her husband, Rob and her brother, Jon, drove to France to attend the ceremony, taking Jan and Jon's father and mother. Joan had been the sibling nearest in age to her brother and they were very close (62). The two next-to-last images depicts the gravestone of Flight Lieutenant H. R. Shephard and his photograph, presented as part of the memorial by Jan for the Shephard family. In October 2023, she recalled how impressed and moved the family had been by the ceremony, yet how unfortunate that Harry's older sisters could not attend. Sue had died in 1988 at Hoe Battle, East Sussex and Mary in 1999 at Aylesbury, Buckingham. Jan's mum, Joan, passed away in 2014 at Cromer, Norfolk (63).

And of course, there was sadness that neither parent could attend. Gladys Shephard died in October 1965. She was cremated and her ashes were laid to rest at Garston Crematorium at Watford. Up to her death, Gladys remained in close contact with Wigginton School and she continued occasional teaching into the 1950's. She also initiated a baby health clinic, which included a check on pre-school children by a visiting nurse. Whether in Wigginton, New Mill or Tring, she actively participated in Jumble sales, bazaars, and all sorts of outings for children. Gladys Shephard also created costumes for school concerts and could whip up fancy dress for parties, remembered as "there was nothing she could not mould out of material, cardboard and crepe paper" (64). Eighty-year-old Gladys Shephard sounds little different from the young Assistant Teacher celebrated by the people of Timberscombe on a long-ago Friday afternoon.

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(1) Timberscombe School LOG BOOK, 4 April 1910- 25 March 1947, pages 16-95 and Timberscombe School MINUTES BOOK, 15 July 1903-3 April 1930, page 70 (2) as recalled by Andrea Jackson, the grand-daughter of Winifred Churchill and Jan Harrower, the grand-daughter of Herbert and Gladys, in August 2023 (3) Victoria County History.ac.uk and Timberscombe School LOG BOOK, 8 March 1872-31 August 1892, page 97 (4) 1939 England & Wales Register and 1901 and 1911 England Censuses (5) 1881 England Census (6) Warwickshire Industrial Archaeology Society, warwickshire. as.org>watchingmaking-industry, The History of Watchmaking in Coventry, First Class Watches, firstclasswatches.co.uk and 1881-article-part-1.pdf-inbeat publications, inbeat.org (7) 1891 and 1901 England Censuses (8) Oxfordshire, Church of England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 and Warwickshire, England, Church of England, Baptisms, 1818-1910 and England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 (9) 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 England Censuses (10) England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 (11) as listed on TEACHERS REGISTRATION COUNCIL document, dated 1st March 1921, listing of where Herbert Shephard had taught and been "Heard Master" from 1906 to 1940, as shared in October 2023 by Jan Harrower (12) England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 (13) 1939 England and Wales Register and 1891, 1901 and 1911 England Censuses (14) 1901 England Census (15) 1911 England Census, England & Wales Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 and Devon, England, Church of England, Baptisms, 1818-1920 (16) Timberscombe School MINUTES BOOK, 15 July 1903-3 April 1930, page 72 and TEACHERS REGISTRATION COUNCIL DOCUMENT, dated 1st March 1921 (17) Timberscombe School LOG BOOK, 4 April 1910-25 March 1947, pages 63 and 72 and Timberscombe School MINUTES BOOK, 15 July 1903- 3 April 1930, page 72 (18) Timberscombe School MINUTES BOOK, 15 July 1903- 3 April 1930, page 70 (19) Timberscombe School MINUTES BOOK, 15 July 1903-3 April 1930, pages 72 and 73 and Victoria County History. ac.uk (20) Timberscombe School MINUTES BOOK, 15 July 1903- 3 April 1930, page 70, Timberscombe School LOG BOOK, 4 April 1910- 25 March 1947, page 16 and 1911 England Census (21) Timberscombe School LOG BOOK, 4 April 1910-25 March 1947, page 16 (22) Timberscombe School LOG BOOK, 4 April 1910-25 March 1947, page 95 (23) Newspaper clipping, donated in August 2023 by Jan Harrower, from unidentified newspaper that would have been published shortly after Friday, 26 June 1940, concerning the last day at Timberscombe School by Herbert and Gladys Shephard, under the headlines, "TIMBERSCOMBE" and "FAREWELL PRESENTATIONS". A copy is archived with the St. Petrock's History Group. (24) England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 (25) as recalled on the 10th of September by Andrea Jackson, the grand-daughter of Winifred Churchill (26) Dorset, England, Church of England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921 (27) Dorset Life.co.uk /2012/07 and Family Search, familysearch .org>wiki>Ashmore_Dorset (28) England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 (29) England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 (30) England, Select Church of England Parrish Registers, 1538-1999 and Dorset, England, Church of England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921 (31) 1939 England and Wales Register and England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 (32) Dorset, England, Church of England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-2010 and England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 (33) Timberscombe School LOG BOOK, 4 April 1910- 25 March 1947, page 86 (34) newspaper clipping , donated in August 2023 by Jan Horrower, concerning the last day at Timberscombe School of Herbert and Gladys Shephard, published shortly after 26 March 1914 (35) as seen at SP-246, where students, Victor Gooding and Richard Norrish, were not admitted to Timberscombe School until the 20th of April and the 21st of April 1914 but are visible in the photograph and the Timberscombe School ADMISSION REGISTER, 1892-1944, Nos. 309 and 310 (36) National Portrait Gallery, npg.org.uk and as published in The Graphic, June 1906 (37) Sir George Farwell was at Knowle House in 1905 when he was nominated to be a Churchwarden at St. Petrock's Church by its Vicar, the Rev. Henry Herbert Bell, SHC Churchwardens Accounts, 1808-1943 reTRO D/PT/Tim/4/1/2 (38) Timberscombe School MINUTES BOOK, 15 July 1903- 3 April, 1930 (39) newspaper clipping donated by Jan Harrower in August 2023, concerning the last day at Timberscombe School of Herbert and Gladys Shephard, published shortly after 26 March 1914 (40) en. wikipedia>wiki>stanton harcourt and TEACHERS REGISTRATION COUNCIL, dated 1st March 1921 (which has Mr. Shephard serving as Head Master of Stanton Harcourt School from 1914 to 1920 (41) England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 (42) England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 (43) as recalled in October 2023 by Jan Horrower (44) TEACHERS REGISTRATION COUNCIL, dated 1st March 1921 (which has Mr. Shephard serving as Head Master of Hornton Council School from 1920 to 1922 (45) en. wikipedia.org>wiki>hornton (46) TEACHERS REGISTRATION COUNCIL, dated 1st March 1921 (which has Mr. Shephard serving as Head Master at Wigginton C.E. School beginning in 1922 --with his retirement handwritten in as "1940" ) (47) England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 (48) England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 (49) Geneanet Community Tree Index, Ancestry.com and 1939 England and Wales Register (50) England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 (51) st.barts.hert.sch.uk (52) as recalled in August 2023 by Jan Harrower (53) TEACHERS REGISTRATION COUNCIL, dated 1st March 1921 (where Mr. Shephard's retirement is handwritten in as "1940") and as recalled in August 2023 by Jan Harrower (54) as recalled in August and October 2023 by Jan Harrower and England & Wales Civil Registration Birth Indexes, 1916-2007 (55) as recalled in October 2023 by Jan Harrower and England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1858-1995 (56) as recalled in October 2023 by Jan Harrower and "In memory by Pierre Vander Velden, LE GRAND LUCE War Cemetary (Sarthe France), in memories.com (57) UK. London Gazette, World War II Military Notices, 1939-1945 (58) UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 and Global Find A Grave Index at Sea and Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current (59) England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1858-1995 (60) UK, World War II Draft Registration Cards (61) "In memory by Pierre Vander Velden, LE GRAND LUCE War Cemetary (Sarthe France), in memories.com (62) as recalled in October 2023 by Jan Harrower (63) England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Indexes, 1916-2007 and England & Wales. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1995 (64) as recalled in October 2023 by Jan Harrower

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