A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private J. Shepherdson, York and Lancaster Regiment, who was subsequently awarded a Second Award Bar attached Trench Mortar Battery

Military Medal, G.V.R. (203504 Pte. J. Shepherdson. 1/4 York & Lanc: R.) minor edge bruise, very fine £260-£300

M.M. London Gazette 13 September 1918.

M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 23 July 1919.

Joseph Shepherdson, a native of Hull, attested for the Yorkshire Regiment at Hull, and served initially with the 1/5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, before transferring to the 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. He appears on the wounded list of 4 September 1917. Awarded both the Military Medal and a Second Award Bar, his Bar is documented on page 137 of the history of the 1/4th Hallamshire Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment by Captain D. P. Grant.