Shrapnel to Newcastle

The Memorial of Henry Needham Scrope Shrapnel late of Her
Majesty's 3rd Regt of Dragoon Guards, and now Barrackmaster of
Dundalk District Humbly Sheweth

That he is the Son and representative of the late General
Shrapnel Royal Artillery, who rendered important Service to the State
by the great perfection to which he brought the British Artillery and
by the introduction of the "Shrapnel Shell," a Weapon of War which
from 1804 to the present time has been of national service to Great
Britain and the Colonies.

That the late Lord Raglan duly appreciating the great benefit
this country has, for so long a time, derived from the Services of
your memorialists Father and your memorialist having stated his
anxious desire to settle with his family in British North America,
His Lordship without delay, appointed your memorialist to a
Barrackmastership in Canada, where your memorialist proceeded with
his family after having sold, at a sacrifice, what little property
and effects he possessed in England.

That the recent changes, decided upon by the War Department,
have rendered all the Stations in Canada vacant, in consequence of
which your Memorialist was removed to Bermuda and ultimately to his
present Station—Dundalk. That your memorialist had to undergo
severe losses in consequence of such changes and having had to move
a wife and nine children so great a distance.

That your memorialist most earnestly desires to return to Canada
or British Columbia where he has a better chance of providing for a
large family.

Your memorialist therefore most humbly prays Your Grace will be
pleased to note your memorialists name for employment in any capacity
in which he may be of service to the Crown. Your memorialist can
speak the French language and is fully conversant with the Laws of
the Country and Engineering in all its branches.

Your Memorialist can confidently rely upon the good opinion of
the Secretary of State for War as to his conduct and zeal, in the hope
your memorialists fathers services to the Crown may be considered
worthy [of] Your Grace's kind consideration in forwarding the earnest
desire of your memorialist for Colonial employment.