Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A rare ‘Guernsey’ Efficiency Medal to Bandsman W. A. Shepherd, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, who originally joined the Regiment with the scarce rank of ‘Boy’, aged just 14

Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Guernsey (324. Bandsman W. A. Shepherd.) minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine and rare, especially to someone who attested as a ‘Boy’ £260-300

William Arthur Shepherd was born in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, on 14 May 1903 and attested for the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry as a Boy Bugler in October 1917, aged 14. He died in Guernsey on 6 March 1974.

Sold with a Royal Guernsey Militia cap badge, and a photographic image of the recipient.