David Shepherd was able to travel extensively across the Middle East, and further afield, due to his connections with the RAF
During the early part of his carrer, he painted many aviation scenes for the RAF
There are a series of signed limited editions that were published in this era, and location.
The term "British Malaya" loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore
that were brought under British hegemony or control between the late 18th to the mid-20th century.
Unlike the term "British India", which includes the Indian princely states,
British Malaya is often used to refer to the Federated and Unfederated Malay States, which were British protectorates with their own local rulers,
as well as the Straits Settlements, which were under the sovereignty and direct rule of the British Crown, after a period of control by the East India Company.