Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1031

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5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£120

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (J. Sheppard, Stkr., H.M.S. Penelope) contact marks, better than very fine £130-150

John Sheppard was born in Southampton in June 1856 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in October 1872. A Stoker by the time of his service in H.M.S. Penelope (March 1881 to November 1882), he appears to have been pensioned ashore as a Leading Stoker in the mid-1890s

Sold with file of research, including copied service record.