Background
HEPPER, Albert James was born on October 24, 1839 in Gibraltar. 2nd son of late Richard Lawless Hepper, Gibraltar.
HEPPER, Albert James was born on October 24, 1839 in Gibraltar. 2nd son of late Richard Lawless Hepper, Gibraltar.
Edtic.: private school. King’s College London. Royal Marine Artillery, Woolwich.
Royal Engineers, 1859.
Employed on peace duties of the corps in Great Britain and the Cape until 1885, when ordered to Egypt. Commanding Royal Engineers lines of communication, Nile Expedition, 1884-1885.
C.R.E. Nile Frontier Field Force, 1885-1887. (Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
3rd class Medjidie, Egyptian medal, Khedive’s bronze star).
Commandant Royal Engineers, Guernsey, 188S-90. Assistant commandant School of Military Engineering, Chatham, 1890-1892. Member of Ordnance Committee, 1892-1896.
Retired 1896.
Present at the Battle of Ginniss (despatches). Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, 1886. Engineering Inspector Local Government Board, 1897-1907.