Leslie Gaius John Sheppard (6 August 1915 – 26 February 2015) was the first British soldier in World War II to destroy a German tank. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.[1][2][3]
Sheppard served in the Leicestershire Regiment.
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- ↑ "John Sheppard - obituary". Telegraph.co.uk. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11552551/John-Sheppard-obituary.html. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ↑ "Have you a Tiger in your family? | Royal Leicestershire Regiment Online Archive | RLR". Royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk. http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/have-you-a-tiger/record/52546/. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ↑ "Tiger John Sheppard, the first British soldier to destroy a German tank during the war, dies aged 99". Leicestermercury.co.uk. 2015-03-03. http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Tiger-John-Sheppard-British-soldier-destroy/story-26110450-detail/story.html. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
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