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A Great War 'Western Front' M.C. group of six awarded to Captain J. W. Shephard, No. 8...
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of six awarded to Captain J. W. Shephard, No. 8 Motor Ambulance Convoy, Royal Army Service Corps, late Volunteer Driver with the British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jersusalem
Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star (J. W. Shephard. B.R.C.S. & O. St. J. J.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. J. W. Shephard.); Defence Medal; France, Third Empire, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-16, with bronze star upon riband, mounted on card for display, together with bronze Great War Tribute Medal, winged Pegasus on obverse, reverse embossed ‘The Inner Temple To Members Of The Inn Who Fought For Their Country 1914 1918’, contained within a fitted wooden circular case the inner lid of which has been inscribed ‘J. W. Shepherd’ on a label, nearly extremely fine (6) £800-£1,000
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M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916.
M.I.D. London Gazette 31 December 1915.
France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 2 June 1917.
John Wigram Shephard was born in Madras, India in September 1887. He was the son of Sir Horatio Hale Shephard (Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency, and later Chief Justice of the Madras High Court) of 58 Montagu Square, London, and younger brother of Brigadier General B. S. Shephard, D.S.O., M.C. (see Lot 17). He initially served during the Great War as a Volunteer Driver with the British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, on the Western Front from October 1914. Shephard was subsequently commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps in February 1915, and served with 326 Company, No. 8 Motor Ambulance Convoy (entitled Silver War Badge). He advanced to Lieutenant in August 1915, and to Captain in April 1916. Shephard advanced to the command of No. 21 Motor Ambulance Convoy. He relinquished his commission in 1919 ‘on account of ill-health contracted on active service.’
In later life Shephard resided at Glovers Farm, Charlwood. His son, Lieutenant Philip Le Roy Shephard, served with the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War and was killed in action in North Africa, 27 April 1943. Captain Shephard died in December 1967.
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Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star (J. W. Shephard. B.R.C.S. & O. St. J. J.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. J. W. Shephard.); Defence Medal; France, Third Empire, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-16, with bronze star upon riband, mounted on card for display, together with bronze Great War Tribute Medal, winged Pegasus on obverse, reverse embossed ‘The Inner Temple To Members Of The Inn Who Fought For Their Country 1914 1918’, contained within a fitted wooden circular case the inner lid of which has been inscribed ‘J. W. Shepherd’ on a label, nearly extremely fine (6) £800-£1,000
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M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916.
M.I.D. London Gazette 31 December 1915.
France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 2 June 1917.
John Wigram Shephard was born in Madras, India in September 1887. He was the son of Sir Horatio Hale Shephard (Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency, and later Chief Justice of the Madras High Court) of 58 Montagu Square, London, and younger brother of Brigadier General B. S. Shephard, D.S.O., M.C. (see Lot 17). He initially served during the Great War as a Volunteer Driver with the British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, on the Western Front from October 1914. Shephard was subsequently commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps in February 1915, and served with 326 Company, No. 8 Motor Ambulance Convoy (entitled Silver War Badge). He advanced to Lieutenant in August 1915, and to Captain in April 1916. Shephard advanced to the command of No. 21 Motor Ambulance Convoy. He relinquished his commission in 1919 ‘on account of ill-health contracted on active service.’
In later life Shephard resided at Glovers Farm, Charlwood. His son, Lieutenant Philip Le Roy Shephard, served with the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War and was killed in action in North Africa, 27 April 1943. Captain Shephard died in December 1967.
Sold with copied service papers.
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of six awarded to Captain J. W. Shephard, No. 8 Motor Ambulance Convoy, Royal Army Service Corps, late Volunteer Driver with the British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jersusalem
Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star (J. W. Shephard. B.R.C.S. & O. St. J. J.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. J. W. Shephard.); Defence Medal; France, Third Empire, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-16, with bronze star upon riband, mounted on card for display, together with bronze Great War Tribute Medal, winged Pegasus on obverse, reverse embossed ‘The Inner Temple To Members Of The Inn Who Fought For Their Country 1914 1918’, contained within a fitted wooden circular case the inner lid of which has been inscribed ‘J. W. Shepherd’ on a label, nearly extremely fine (6) £800-£1,000
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M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916.
M.I.D. London Gazette 31 December 1915.
France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 2 June 1917.
John Wigram Shephard was born in Madras, India in September 1887. He was the son of Sir Horatio Hale Shephard (Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency, and later Chief Justice of the Madras High Court) of 58 Montagu Square, London, and younger brother of Brigadier General B. S. Shephard, D.S.O., M.C. (see Lot 17). He initially served during the Great War as a Volunteer Driver with the British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, on the Western Front from October 1914. Shephard was subsequently commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps in February 1915, and served with 326 Company, No. 8 Motor Ambulance Convoy (entitled Silver War Badge). He advanced to Lieutenant in August 1915, and to Captain in April 1916. Shephard advanced to the command of No. 21 Motor Ambulance Convoy. He relinquished his commission in 1919 ‘on account of ill-health contracted on active service.’
In later life Shephard resided at Glovers Farm, Charlwood. His son, Lieutenant Philip Le Roy Shephard, served with the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War and was killed in action in North Africa, 27 April 1943. Captain Shephard died in December 1967.
Sold with copied service papers.
Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star (J. W. Shephard. B.R.C.S. & O. St. J. J.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. J. W. Shephard.); Defence Medal; France, Third Empire, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-16, with bronze star upon riband, mounted on card for display, together with bronze Great War Tribute Medal, winged Pegasus on obverse, reverse embossed ‘The Inner Temple To Members Of The Inn Who Fought For Their Country 1914 1918’, contained within a fitted wooden circular case the inner lid of which has been inscribed ‘J. W. Shepherd’ on a label, nearly extremely fine (6) £800-£1,000
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M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916.
M.I.D. London Gazette 31 December 1915.
France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 2 June 1917.
John Wigram Shephard was born in Madras, India in September 1887. He was the son of Sir Horatio Hale Shephard (Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency, and later Chief Justice of the Madras High Court) of 58 Montagu Square, London, and younger brother of Brigadier General B. S. Shephard, D.S.O., M.C. (see Lot 17). He initially served during the Great War as a Volunteer Driver with the British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, on the Western Front from October 1914. Shephard was subsequently commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps in February 1915, and served with 326 Company, No. 8 Motor Ambulance Convoy (entitled Silver War Badge). He advanced to Lieutenant in August 1915, and to Captain in April 1916. Shephard advanced to the command of No. 21 Motor Ambulance Convoy. He relinquished his commission in 1919 ‘on account of ill-health contracted on active service.’
In later life Shephard resided at Glovers Farm, Charlwood. His son, Lieutenant Philip Le Roy Shephard, served with the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War and was killed in action in North Africa, 27 April 1943. Captain Shephard died in December 1967.
Sold with copied service papers.
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