| Description | First edition?
A regimental record written and illustrated by Artillerymen while serving in the line during the Great War
Extracts from a letter of Shepard's and his drawings appear in the book on the following pages, 188, 282, 125, 137, 140, 148, 185, 213, 218, 229, 244, 258, 268: he is thanked in the introductory note. Opposite p.188 there is a piece of dried grass next to the colour illustration drawn by Shepard entitled Zillebeke 1917.
Inside front cover and front flyleaf contain a précis of the service of the 105 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [which Shepard commanded] in ink in Shepard's handwriting, from formation in 1916 to disbandment in 1918. Shepard has also annotated other parts of the text of the book.
Published by G.Bell & Sons, London
Library catalogue number 7803752. |