Three: Engineer Sub Lieutenant H. A. Sheppard, Royal Naval Reserve

1914-15 Star (Eng. S. Lt. H. L. Sheppard. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. S. Lt. H. A. Sheppard. R.N.) mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (3) £60-£80

Provenance: DNW, September 2003.

Henry Alexander Sheppard was commissioned Temporary Engineer Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve in August 1914, and served during the Great War with the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Marmora. He survived her sinking by the German submarine U-64 off the south coast of Ireland, 23 July 1918, and was discharged after a period at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport in July 1919.