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Object description
384 ms letters written to his wife, mother, and brothers, while serving with 339 Battery, 104th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) (1st Cavalry Division) in Palestine, February - September 1940, and Egypt, September - December 1940, then with 414 Battery, 104th (EY) Regiment RHA, (13th Corps) fighting in the desert, January - December 1941, and in Burma and India (now part of 7th Armoured Brigade Group), January - August 1942, then with 525 Battery, 14th Regiment, RHA, (7th Armoured Brigade) in Paiforce, August 1942 - August 1943, with 511 Battery, 147th (EY) Field Regiment, RA in England, June 1944, and in Normandy, June - July 1944, and finally with 413 Battery, 147 (EY) Field Regiment, RA, (30 Corps) in North West Europe, July - April 1945, including Operation Market Garden, in which he briefly describes the fighting in North Africa, Burma, and France, but mainly talks about his and his wife's health, recreation, local scenery and civilian conditions, and family matters (he was Airey Neave's brother-in-law); as well as 9 letters from his brother, Major R B Sheppard, 7th Hussars (4th Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division) May 1940 - January 1942, talking about him but also describing the fighting around Tobruk, January 1941, and 2 letters from his wife, September 1940, briefly describing conditions on the Home Front; together with ts (13pp) diary kept by Major R N J Shorter, 414 Battery, 104 (EY) Regiment RHA briefly describing the fighting in Burma and the retreat into India, February - May 1942, and photocopy of published article (6pp) by Captain Sheppard covering this campaign.
Content description
384 ms letters written to his wife, mother, and brothers, while serving with 339 Battery, 104th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) (1st Cavalry Division) in Palestine, February - September 1940, and Egypt, September - December 1940, then with 414 Battery, 104th (EY) Regiment RHA, (13th Corps) fighting in the desert, January - December 1941, and in Burma and India (now part of 7th Armoured Brigade Group), January - August 1942, then with 525 Battery, 14th Regiment, RHA, (7th Armoured Brigade) in Paiforce, August 1942 - August 1943, with 511 Battery, 147th (EY) Field Regiment, RA in England, June 1944, and in Normandy, June - July 1944, and finally with 413 Battery, 147 (EY) Field Regiment, RA, (30 Corps) in North West Europe, July - April 1945, including Operation Market Garden, in which he briefly describes the fighting in North Africa, Burma, and France, but mainly talks about his and his wife's health, recreation, local scenery and civilian conditions, and family matters (he was Airey Neave's brother-in-law); as well as 9 letters from his brother, Major R B Sheppard, 7th Hussars (4th Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division) May 1940 - January 1942, talking about him but also describing the fighting around Tobruk, January 1941, and 2 letters from his wife, September 1940, briefly describing conditions on the Home Front; together with ts (13pp) diary kept by Major R N J Shorter, 414 Battery, 104 (EY) Regiment RHA briefly describing the fighting in Burma and the retreat into India, February - May 1942, and photocopy of published article (6pp) by Captain Sheppard covering this campaign.
History note
Cataloguer PJT
History note
Catalogue date 1988-02