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India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4464 Pte. W. Shepperd. 2d. Bn. Oxf. Lt. Infy.) surname partially officially corrected, nearly extremely fine £120-£160

William Shepperd (also recorded as Shepherd) was born in Islip, Oxfordshire, in 1872 and attested for the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 4 January 1890. He transferred to the Regular Army on 19 June 1892, and served with the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry in India during the Tirah campaign 1897-98. He died of disease at Landi Kotal in 1898, and is commemorated on the Tirah Memorial in Oxford.

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