PA-A.20:14-2013
Parts
Object number
PA-A.20:14-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
CDV portrait, S.G.Sheppard
Description
CDV portrait, S.G.Sheppard: 1879 - 1882
Description
Content (description)
CDV portrait, S.G.Sheppard: 1879 - 1882
LT.-COL. S. G. SHEPPARD, D.S.O., OF THe HAM, WANTAGE.
Gurney Sheppard was at Mr. Dalton's House from 1879 to 1882. After leaving Eton, he joined the Hertfordshire Yeomanry and served in that force as Second Lieut. through the S. African War, gaining the D.S.O. and a Hon. Lieutenancy in the Army. On the outbreak of the present war he was given the command of his Yeomanry, with which he went in due course to Gallipoli, where he was killed in action on August 22. He had an extraordinary influence over his men. As another officer writes: " He always seemed to appeal to the best in every one, a great deal, I believe, because such a thorough good sort,' he could never believe that others were not the same." A noted rider in the hunting-field and in cross-country races, he knew no fear, and his last words, as he lay dying, were: "Go on, the Herts, go on, the Herts.'
LT.-COL. S. G. SHEPPARD, D.S.O., OF THe HAM, WANTAGE.
Gurney Sheppard was at Mr. Dalton's House from 1879 to 1882. After leaving Eton, he joined the Hertfordshire Yeomanry and served in that force as Second Lieut. through the S. African War, gaining the D.S.O. and a Hon. Lieutenancy in the Army. On the outbreak of the present war he was given the command of his Yeomanry, with which he went in due course to Gallipoli, where he was killed in action on August 22. He had an extraordinary influence over his men. As another officer writes: " He always seemed to appeal to the best in every one, a great deal, I believe, because such a thorough good sort,' he could never believe that others were not the same." A noted rider in the hunting-field and in cross-country races, he knew no fear, and his last words, as he lay dying, were: "Go on, the Herts, go on, the Herts.'
Physical description
Sepia toned photographic print
Production
Person
Dalton, T (House master of sitter(s))
Date
1870 - 1897
History and association
Associated object
PA-A.20-2013 (parent object)
Object history note
CDV album by Rev T. Dalton. Boys in his House, 1870-1897.
