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Waters, D. D: The Chinese labour Corps in the First World War : Labourers buried in France : Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society: Vol. 35 : 1995
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission,
2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7DX
United Kingdom
Tel: 44-1628 634221 Fax: 44-1628 771208
Imperial War Museum
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Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ Tel. 020 7416 5000
Liang Shiyi (1869-1933). Chinese government official and financier. Under the Qing government, amongst his financial dealings, he helped found the Bank of Communications (1907). He was President of the Board of Communications (1912), Chief Secretary in the Presidential Office and General Manager of the Bank of Communications, acting Finance Minister (1913-1915); Director-General of the National Revenue Administration and Director-General of the Domestic Loans Office. He was linked with Yuan Shikai and in 1916 fled to Hong Kong. He formed the Wei Min Corporation for the recruitment of Chinese labourers to serve in France, as a proponent of China's entry into the war. Returning to Beijing in 1918, he was made Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Communications; Speaker of the National Assembly; Director of the Domestic Loan Bureau (1920); and Prime Minister (1921-1922). After exile (1922-1925) he again served in the Beijing Government under both Duan Jirui and Zhang Zuolin. He retired to Hong Kong in 1928 after the Northern Expedition reached Beijing.
This was usually referred to by “real” soldiers as the Crosse and Blackwells, as this British provision company had a very similar crest.
Lt Col. Bryan Charles Fairfax, a Yorkshireman, was born on 12th September 1873, the second son of Col. T.F. (or L?) Fairfax of the Grenadier Guards and passed through the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, being commissioned on 8th March 1893 into the Durham Light Infantry (DLI). He was posted to the 2nd Battalion, then serving in India. In 1898 he volunteered for service with the newly raised 1 Battalion, The Chinese Regiment of Infantry, stationed in Weihai
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Waters, D. D: The Chinese labour Corps in the First World War : Labourers buried in France : Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society: Vol. 35 : 1995
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission,
2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7DX
United Kingdom
Tel: 44 - 1628 634221 Fax: 44-1628 771208
Imperial War Museum
NOTES
1
3
Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ Tel. 020 7416 5000
Liang Shiyi (1869-1933]. Chinese government official and financier. Under the Qing government, amongst his financial dealings, he helped found the Bank of Communications [1907]. He was President of the Board of Communications [1912], Chief Secretary in the Presidential Office and General Manager of the Bank of Communications, acting Finance Minister [1913-1915]; Director- General of the National Revenue Administration and Director-General of the
Domestic Loans Office. He was linked with Yuan Shikai and in 1916 fled to
Hong Kong. He formed the Wei Min Corporation for the recruitment of Chinese labourers to serve in France, as a proponent of China's entry into the war. Returning to Beijing in 1918, he was made Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Communications: Speaker of the National Assembly; Director of the Domestic Loan Bureau [1920]; and Prime Minister [ 1921-1922]. After exile (1922-1925] he again served in the Beijing Government under both Duan Jirui and Zhang Zuolin. He retired to Hong Kong in 1928 after the Northern Expedition reached Beijing.
This was usually referred to by “real” soldiers as the Crosse and Blackwells, as this British provision company had a very similar crest.
Lt Col. Bryan Charles Fairfax, a Yorkshireman, was born on 12th September 1873, the second son of Col. T.F. [or L ?] Fairfax of the Grenadier Guards and passed through the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, being commissioned on 8th March 1893 into the Durham Light Infantry [DLI] He was posted to the 2nd Battalion, then serving in India. In 1898 he volunteered for service with the newly raised 1 Battalion, The Chinese Regiment of Infantry, stationed in Weihai
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