JOHN GEORGE JEPSON |
Private 116572
10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby) Regt.
Died Sunday 20th October 1918 aged 22.
Grave ref. A 27 Amerval Communal Cemetery extension, Solemes, Nord, France.

Private Jepson enlisted at Eastwood, Notts, attesting at
Derby on 12th December 1915 aged 19 years and 4 months. Being in a reserved
occupation, he was transferred to the reserve and was not called up for service
until 25th April 1918. He was medically examined on 13th April 1918 and the
records note that he was of fresh complexion with brown hair and blue eyes.
After a brief period of training, in August 1918 he was posted to France.
He served in France for only for only 68 days before his untimely death on the Sunday 20th
October 1918, aged 22 years, just three weeks before the Armistice. The
Sherwood Forester's Roll states he was killed
when attacking the German Lines, near the River Selle, France. So his parents
George and Elizabeth lost their only surviving child in the great conflict. On
9th January 1922 the British War and Victory Medals were posted to his father at
Pye Hill.
John George Jepson is
listed on the plaque inside St Mary’s Church, Westwood and also on the Jacksdale Memorial as
‘CJ Jepson’ but as ‘GJ Jepson’ on the original Unveiling Ceremony’s
‘Roll of Honour’.
Buried at Amerval Communal Cemetery Extension, Solesmes,
France, Grave ref A27. It was on the 20th October 1918 that the 51st Brigade
(17th Division) captured Amerval. There are 150, 1914-18 war casualties
commemorated on this site. Private 116093 Arthur Keeling of Selston also of the
10th Btn Sherwood Foresters was killed on the same day, during the
same attack, Private Keeling is buried alongside Private Jepson in grave A28.
The 1915 Electoral Roll also records a William Jepson of
Sedgwick Street and we would be interested to learn if they were related
Last Updated 4th March 2009