John Hardy says that he was the son of Mrs. Annie Tait (formerly Heppell) and the late William Heppell of 19 Linhope Terrace, Chevington Drift.
Soldiers Died in the Great War gives his name as Hepple, and says that he was born in Blyth and enlisted in Chevington.
"By the Green of the Spring" A tribute to the men of Chevington and Broomhill who served in the First World War:; J.H. Hardy; 2004; Amble Social History Group.
He is remembered as John Hepple in Chevington on C27.01 and C27.02 and in the Battalion History
