Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lance-Corporal R. Shepherd, 19th Hussars, who was wounded by a sword cut at El-Teb

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 5 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (2115 Pte., 19th Hussars); Khedive’s Star, 1882, the first with re-pinned suspension claw, edge bruising and minor contact marks, very fine (2) £600-800

Richard (William) Shepherd was born near Portadown, Co. Armagh and enlisted in the 19th Hussars in April 1881, aged 18 years. Embarked for Egypt in August of the following year, he remained employed in the same theatre of war until June 1886, and qualified for the above described Medal and clasps. His service record further confirms that he received a ‘sword cut, left ear, at El-Teb, 29 February 1884’. Shepherd was transferred to the Army Reserve in the rank of Lance-Corporal in April 1889 and was finally discharged at Canterbury in April 1893.