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London [3]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Axminster, Devon [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Battersea [1]

Bedminster [1]

Bilbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Chelsea [1]

Ching Chew Fu [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

East Farleigh, Kent [1]

Eastleigh, Hampshire [1]

Glasgow [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Hampshire [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leith near Edinburgh [1]

Malvern Link [1]

Manchester [1]

Newchwang now known as Yingkou [1]

Nottingham [1]

Perth, Scotland [1]

Plumstead, Kent [1]

Portland Dorset [1]

Singapore Straits Settlements [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Tokyo [1]

Tredegar, Monmouthshire [1]

Willington, Durham [1]

Witney, Oxfordshire [1]

Yeovil, Somerset [1]

Rank

Labourer [456]

Second Lieutenant [318]

Lieutenant [156]

Private [116]

Captain [97]

Serjeant [64]

Corporal [40]

Lance Corporal [20]

Acting Captain [17]

Major [13]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Sapper [7]

Gunner [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Temporary Major [5]

Temporary Captain [4]

Trooper [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Cooly [3]

Driver [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Sergeant [3]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

1st Class Ganger [2]

Acting Captain Lieutenant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Coolie [2]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [2]

Lt [2]

Pioneer [2]

/Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Corporal [1]

/Acting Company Serjeant Major Serjeant [1]

2Lt (Temp Captain) [1]

2nd Captain [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Officer [1]

Unit

Chinese Labour Corps [995]

Labour Corps [88]

London Regiment [23]

Scots Guards [19]

Royal Engineers [18]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Army Service Corps [14]

General List [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Chinese Company Labour Corps [7]

Chinese Labour Corps 195th Company [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Chine Labour Corps [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Labour Corps attached Chinese Labour Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Chinese Labour Company [2]

Chinese Labour Corps (France) [2]

Chinese Labour Corps* [2]

Chinese Labour Depot Labour Corps [2]

Service

British Army [922]

Other Empire Force [161]

Royal Navy [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [164]

H [118]

S [95]

W [85]

T [77]

M [70]

L [56]

P [54]

B [45]

Y [45]

R [43]

F [42]

K [42]

D [34]

J [34]

A [26]

G [19]

E [12]

N [8]

I [7]

O [5]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [620]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

China [2]

India [2]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

Jamaica [1]

Singapore [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [1083] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London [3] Maidstone, Kent [2] Axminster, Devon [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Battersea [1] Bedminster [1] Bilbrough, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Chelsea [1] Ching Chew Fu [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] East Farleigh, Kent [1] Eastleigh, Hampshire [1] Glasgow [1] Gloucestershire [1] Hampshire [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Kensington, London [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leith near Edinburgh [1] Malvern Link [1] Manchester [1] Newchwang now known as Yingkou [1] Nottingham [1] Perth, Scotland [1] Plumstead, Kent [1] Portland Dorset [1] Singapore Straits Settlements [1] Sunderland, Durham [1] Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Tokyo [1] Tredegar, Monmouthshire [1] Willington, Durham [1] Witney, Oxfordshire [1] Yeovil, Somerset [1]

Rank

Labourer [456] Second Lieutenant [318] Lieutenant [156] Private [116] Captain [97] Serjeant [64] Corporal [40] Lance Corporal [20] Acting Captain [17] Major [13] Acting Serjeant [10] Lieutenant Acting Captain [9] Acting Corporal [8] Company Serjeant Major [8] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Sapper [7] Gunner [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Temporary Major [5] Temporary Captain [4] Trooper [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Cooly [3] Driver [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Sergeant [3] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] 1st Class Ganger [2] Acting Captain Lieutenant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Coolie [2] Honorary Second Lieutenant [2] Lt [2] Pioneer [2] /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Corporal [1] /Acting Company Serjeant Major Serjeant [1] 2Lt (Temp Captain) [1] 2nd Captain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Officer [1]

Unit

Chinese Labour Corps [995] Labour Corps [88] London Regiment [23] Scots Guards [19] Royal Engineers [18] Royal Fusiliers [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Army Service Corps [14] General List [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Royal Field Artillery [8] Chinese Company Labour Corps [7] Chinese Labour Corps 195th Company [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Chine Labour Corps [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Royal Highlanders [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Scots [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Cameron Highlanders [3] Coldstream Guards [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Labour Corps attached Chinese Labour Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal West Surrey Regiment [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Chinese Labour Company [2] Chinese Labour Corps (France) [2] Chinese Labour Corps* [2] Chinese Labour Depot Labour Corps [2]

Service

British Army [922] Other Empire Force [161] Royal Navy [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [164] H [118] S [95] W [85] T [77] M [70] L [56] P [54] B [45] Y [45] R [43] F [42] K [42] D [34] J [34] A [26] G [19] E [12] N [8] I [7] O [5] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [620]

Country

United Kingdom [17] China [2] India [2] France [1] Ireland [1] Jamaica [1] Singapore [1] Turkey [1]

Eric Breadalbane Annesley

Born 1883

Died 1944

British Army 2599 Serjeant Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Chinese Labour Corps

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Richard Ireland Purdon

Born 1876

Died 1965

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Chinese Labour Corps

British Army Temporary Major Chinese Labour Corps

British Army Colour Sergeant 1st (Weihaiwei) Chinese Regiment

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Richard Breaks

Born 1881

Died 1954

British Army 49628 Private 13th Battalion Royal Defence Corps

British Army 6966 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

British Army 6966 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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William Marriott

Born 1873

Died 1919

British Army 10503 Sergeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 519837 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Chinese Labour Corps

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George Victor Coo, Msm

Born 1879

Died 1951

British Army Battery Sergeant-Major 94th Chinese Company Labour Corps

British Army 1361 Battery Sergeant Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1361 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery

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Richard Ireland Purdon

Born 1876

Died 1964

British Army Temporary Major General List

British Army Major Chinese Labour Corps (France) Second in Command

British Army Lt Col Chinese Labour Corps (France) GHQ Assistant Adviser Chinese Labour

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Wang Feng Chu

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 20012 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Shih Chin Shan

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 1414 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Chou Ming Shan

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 39038 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Yao Kuang T'ao

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army 131034 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Chang Yu Ts'ang

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 76539 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Chao Fu Ch'ung

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 20854 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Ch'en A Mao

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 11123 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Chang Hsueh P'u

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 51100 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Ch'u I Kung

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 14057 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Chang Yu

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 9604 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps 11th Labour Battalion

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Fan Mao Chih

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 100495 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Huang I Chun

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 32121 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Kao Chuan

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 75902 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Li Ch'ing Chiang

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 17395 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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