JOHN GEORGE JEPSON

Private 116572

10^th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby) Regt.

Died Sunday 20^th October 1918 aged 22.

Grave ref. A 27 Amerval Communal Cemetery extension, Solemes, Nord, France.
John George Jepson was born in Ironville, son of George & Elizabeth Jepson. The 1901 Census informs us that his father, George was a coal miner and that he was aged 36 years in 1901, his mother was then aged 29 years and young John George, their only child at that time, was only 4 years old. In 1901 the family were living at New Row, Pye Hill but later moved to Top Row. The 1915 Electoral Roll also records a William Jepson of Sedgwick Street and we would be interested to learn if they were related.

Private Jepson enlisted at Eastwood, Notts. He was killed when attacking the German Lines, near the River Selle, France on the Sunday 20th October 1918, aged 22 years, just three weeks before the Armistice. He is listed on the plaque in St Mary’s Church and 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 10^th Btn Sherwood Foresters was killed on the same day, during the same attack, Private Keeling is buried alongside Private Jepson in grave A28.

Sherwood Foresters World War One Casualties – 11,298

Source: R. Capewell ‘Discovering Military Badges.’

Last Updated 6^th August 2002

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