Exactly one hundred years ago today thirteen members of the Chinese Labour Corps were killed when their camp received a direct hit during an air raid. Quite some gunfire at night. At the Poeper a Chinese camp is hit by shellfire. Several yellow men are killed. From the diary of local priest, Father van Walleghem …
Category Archives: In Memoriam
In Memoriam 13 August
Today we remember three men of the Chinese Labour Corps who died in service. LI FU CHEN (56237) 1919. LU HSUEH SHU Labourer 106238, died 1919. TSENG CH’IEN SHENG Labourer 25109, died 1918. YANG CHIH FU Labourer 99855, died 1919. We Remember Them.
In Memoriam 12 August
The following four members of the Chinese Labour Corps died on the 12th August: CH’ANG CHIH HAI (100234) 1919 KAO HUA CH’I (7740) 1919 LI LAI FU (76400) 1919 LIU FENG I (54908) 1919 If you are wondering why 12th August 1919 when hostilities ended on 11th November 1918, it’s because the Chinese Labour Corps were …
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In Memoriam, 4 November
Eight men of the Chinese Labour Corps died on this day: CHANG HSUEH WEN ‘68017’ 1918 LI SHAO HUA ‘1772’ 1918 LIU HSIN T’IEN ‘133447’ 1918 WAN LAN T’IEN ‘52963’ 1918 CHANG CH’ING P’O ‘130931’ 1919 CHAO TSENG MEI ‘67686’ 1919 I P’EI LIN ‘92203’ 1919 LI CHIN CHING ‘102581’ 1919 We Remember Them
In Memoriam, 3 November
The men of the Chinese Labour Corps who died on this day were: CHANG WEN FENG ‘108832’ 1918 KUO YU KANG ‘27530’ 1918 We Remember Them
In Memoriam, 2 November
The men of the Chinese Labour Corps who died on this day were: LI WEN SHAN ‘107238’ 1918 P’AN SHU YUAN ‘6827’ 1918 SUNG HSI K’UNG ‘93017’ 1918 YANG SHOU FA ‘35124’ 1918 YU PAO T’AI ‘73708’ 1918 LI WEN KUANG ‘6766’ 1919 LIU MAO SHAN ‘96395’ 1919 We Remember Them
In Memoriam, 1 November
Five deaths occurred among the men of the Chinese Labour Corps on this day. CHIN TAI TUNG ‘61725’ 1917 CHIANG SHOU P’ING ‘40547’ 1918 HU LIEN TSENG ‘24683’ 1918 SU HAN KUANG ‘90274’ 1918 WANG WEN P’AN ‘98490’ 1918 We remember them.
In Memoriam, 31 October
Just one death occurred among the men of the Chinese Labour Corps on this day. That of Mr Li Nai Ch’un (101021) who died this day, 1918.
In Memoriam, 30 October
Four deaths among the men of the Chinese Labour Corps occurred this day. WU CH’ING PAO ‘6249’ 1917 CHANG HUAI SHUN ‘96581’ 1918 T’IEN WEI LI ‘1936’ 1918 WANG HAUI CH’ING ‘2224’ 1919 We Remember Them.
In Memoriam, 29 October
These four men of the Chinese Labour Corps all died this day, 1918. HSU HSIEN KUEI ‘100630’ KAO HSUEH MING ‘70506’ KAO LU YIN ‘100276’ SUN K’AI SHENG ‘106771’ We Remember Them
In Memoriam, 28 October
Mr Hao K’ai Ju (9783) of the Chinese Labour Corps died this day, 1917.
In Memoriam, 27 October
The following men of the Chinese Labour Corp died this day. CHANG HSUAN I ‘52107’ 1917 CHANG HO ‘31427’ 1919 SUN WEN PIN ‘49623’ 1919 We remember them.
In Memoriam, 26 October
These men of the Chinese Labour Corps died this day. SUNG KUANG TE ‘16891’ 1917 HOU CHIA T’IEN ‘93518’ 1919 WU TE CH’I ‘42706’ 1919 We Remember Them
In Memoriam, 24 October
The following nine men of the CLC died this day CH’EN T’UNG CHU ‘54964’ 1918 CHANG TE CHUNG ‘26677’ 1918 LIU CH’UAN CH’UN ‘55471’ 1918 LIU HSI KUEI ‘105204’ 1918 WANG HUAI YU ‘21076’ 1918 YANG TZU CHING ‘36892’ 1918 YU CH’ENG KUEI ‘75014’ 1918 HU CH’ENG I ‘108304’ 1919 SUN LIU ‘98844’ 1919 We …
In Memoriam, 23 October
We Remember the following men of the Chinese Labour Corps who died this day: SUN HSI KUEI ‘19069’ 1917 CH’EN FENG CHIANG ‘96592’ 1919 CH’IN CH’I CHIEN ‘13657’ 1919
In Memoriam, 22 October
The following men of the Chinese Labour Corps died this day CHANG KAN LIN ‘49460’ 1918 I TS’AN HAI ‘103376’ 1918 TUNG PAO SHAN ‘13614’ 1918 We Remember Them
In Memoriam, 21 October
We Remember Mr Liu Hung Chun (2963) who died this day, 1918.
In Memoriam, 18 October
Mr CHANG TIEN CH’I (21334) of the Chinese Labour Corps died this day, 1918. We Remember Him.
In Memoriam, 17 October
These men of the Chinese Labour Corps died this day. HAN HAI ‘108576’ 1918 LIU YU K’UEI ‘38755’ 1919 SHAO TE MING ‘22633’ 1919 We Remember Them
In Memoriam, 16 Ocotber
The following members of the Chinese Labour Corps died this day CHAO CH’ING LIANG ‘101016’ 1919 CHAO TSENG YUEH ‘93923’ 1919 WANG CH’IN LIN ‘104016’ 1919 WANG LAI SHUN ‘13042’ 1918 WANG SHOU SHAN ‘104214’ 1919 We Remember Them.
In Memoriam 15 October
The fallen men of the Chinese Labour Corps this day were CHAO HSING CH’UN ‘104676’ 1918 CHOU YU SHENG ‘107055’ 1918 NIU HSI MENG ‘20508’ 1919 NIU TE MING ‘21152’ 1918 WU CH’UN HSI ‘46878’ 1919 We RememberThem.
In Memoriam, 14 October
Three men of the Chinese Lbour Corps died on this day HEI CH’I SHUN ‘34069’ 1919 WANG CHIN LUNG ‘25091’ 1919 YANG HSUEH SHIH ‘48305’ 1918 We Remember Them
In Memoriam 13 October
Four men died this day PAO MING SHAN ‘76376’ 1918 SUN TUNG SHEN ‘54300’ 1917 TS’AO MING KE ‘97594’ 1919 WU YU KAO ‘26010’ 1919 We Remember Them
In Memoriam 11 October
The following men of the Chinese Labour Corps died this day. CH’IN TUNG ‘811 1918 LI I TIEN ‘3096’ 1917 LI P’EI YUAN ‘54509’ 1917 T’ANG CHI TE ‘90660’ 1918 We Remember Them
In Memoriam 9 Ocotober
Mr LI JEN KUEI ‘90120’ died this day, 1918. We remember him.
In Memoriam 8 October
The men of the Chinese Labour Corps who died this day were LAN FENG CH’UN ‘18634’ 1918 LIU WAN CH’ING ‘67966 ‘918 SUNG YUNG AN ‘93264’ 1918 TU SHU TSU ‘12842’ 1919 WU TSAN YUAN ‘101377’ 1918 We Remember them
No In Memoriam
Today, 6th October, is the first day since the 13th August when we started to commemorate the anniversaries of deaths among the men of the Chinese Labour Corps, that that there are no men to remember. It is one of a handful of days in the year when no deaths occurred among the men of the Chinese Labour …
In Memoriam 5 October
Today we remember CHANG HSUEH CHOU ‘2520’ 1919 CHANG SHANG HSIEN ‘100340’ 1918 CHAO HE HSUAN ‘100798’ 1918 We Remember Them
In Memoriam 4 October
Four deaths among the Chinese Labour Corps this day, CHANG CHUNG FENG ‘20624’ 1919 CHANG HSUEH ‘57123’ 1918 SUN YU ‘73507’ 1918 WANG CHIH HSU ‘98826’ 1918 We Remember Them
In Memoriam 3 October
Seven CLC men died on the 3rd October CHANG SHUN LAI ‘9769’ 1919 CHENG LI HSIN ‘68356’ 1918 HO HUNG FU ‘49692’ 1919 HOU EN TS’AI ‘31191’ 1917 HSIEH KENG YIN ‘16969’ 1917 MA CHIN SHUN ‘34324’ 1919 WANG CHI JUNG ‘4323’ 1918 We Remember Them
In Memoriam 2 October
Today the following two men of the Chinese Labour Corps died. LI KUANG TSENG ‘103828’ 1918 WANG TIEN WU ‘11111’1919 We Remember Them
In Memoriam 29 September
In memory of the following men who died this day: CHANG CH’ING YUN ‘106464’ 1918 YANG CH’ING CH’UN ‘44271’ 1918 We Remember Them
In Memoriam 27 September
Nine men of the Chinese Labour Corps died this day: CH’AI CHIH T’IEN ‘97203’ 1919 CHU WEN LIANG ‘70084’ 1919 HOU YUAN CH’ANG ‘57714’ 1919 HSIN YU SHENG ‘23714’ 1918 HUANG TZU CH’UN ‘97250’ 1919 KAO CHI LUNG ‘55770’ 1918 LI HUNG YU ‘102952’ 1919 PI TS’UI TE ‘97237’ 1919 WANG CHAO HSIANG ‘97319’ 1919 …
In Memoriam 26 September
Two men of the CLC died today: TENG T’UNG HSIANG ‘98438’ 1919 YANG MING CH’I ‘56083’ 1918 We RememberThem
In Memoriam 24 September
In Memory of the following men who died this day FAN WEN PIN ‘71543’ 1918 HSIN LING SHAN ‘95580’ 1918 HSU TIEN FU ‘25716’ 1919 LIEN TE CH’ENG ‘34776’ 1917 SUN HUNG ‘36537’ 1919 TO TIEN SHUN ‘43208’ 1918 We Remember Them
In Memoriam 23 September
Dedicated to the following men of the Chinese Labour Corps who died this day. LU HSIEN T’ING ‘95016’ 1918 YANG CH’ING TE ‘8358’ 1919 We Remember Them
In Memoriam 22 September
Died this day, the following six men of the Chinese Labour Corps. CH’EN CHIU SHAN ‘91178’ 1918 LI CH’ANG HO ‘17610’ 1918 TS’UI CH’ANG SHENG ‘21342’ 1918 WANG HSUEH SSU ‘29936’ 1919 YEN TS’UN CHUNG ‘98493’ 1919 TO TIEN SHUN ‘43208’ 1919 We Remember Them
In Memoriam 21 September
Men who died this day CHANG LI SHENG ‘62255’ 1919 LAI KUEI ‘47596’ 1918 We Remember Them
In Memoriam 20 September
Died on this day CHAO HSIAO TSEN ‘3890’ 1917 SHIH KUAN T’ING ‘68370’ 1918 SUN YU TS’UI ‘76272’ 1918 YANG SHOU ‘7859’ 1918 We Remember Them
In Memoriam 18 September
The following members of the Chinese Labour Corps died today. HUANG LU TE (65779) 1918 LI SHU CH’I (98198) 1918 TUNG HSI CH’ENG (55723) 1918 We Remember Them.
In Memoriam 17 September
On the 17th September the following Chinese Labour Corps men died: WANG CH’ING MING (24107) 1918 LI CH’ING KUNG (25310) 1918 LIU HSI CHAO (104640) 1918 LU WAN SHAN (100827) 1919 SUN SHIH LIN (53345) 1919 We Remember Them
In Memoriam 14 September
Chinese Labour Corps members who died on the 14th September are HAN I CHANG (11388) LIU WEI HE (54779) TUNG CHUN CHAO (2331) WANG CH’ING HAI (14399) WU YU CHEN (7254) We Remember Them
In Memoriam 13 September
The 13th September saw the following eight men of the Chinese Labour Corps die: CHOU SSU HSIN (2370) YU MAO TZU (20438) HSU CH’ANG FA (95604) LIU AN HE (106242) WANG HSI CHEN (23943) CHANG WEN MING (37914) MA YU LIN (70284) WANG CH’I SHUN (71932) We Remember Them
In Memoriam 12 September
Two men from the Chinese Labour Corpsdied on the 12th of September, both in 1918. HUI I HE (42476) 112th Company, 1918 WEI FENG LIN (45458) 1918 We Remember Them.
In Memoriam 11 September
Three men from the Chinese Labour Corps lost their lives on this day, 11th September CHANG KUEI CH’EN (32706) K’UEI YU HOU (28422) WANG K’UEI SHENG (50140) We Remember Them
In Memoriam 10 September
TS’UI FA CH’I (30823) CHENG JUI CH’ANG (109203) The men of the Chinese Labour Corps named above died on the 10th September. We Remember Them
In Memoriam 9 September
Deaths among the Chinese Labour Corps that fell on the 9th September: CHOU TUN TE (73581) 1918 FU FA CHOU (16075) 1918 WANG HSIEN TE (48297) 1918 HUANG CHIN PIAO (90265) 1919 YU CH’ING HAI (98999) 1919 We Remember Them.
In Memoriam 8 September
On the eighth day of September the following men of the Chinese Labour Corps died. CHANG HSIANG CH’ENG (27781) 1917 LI CH’ENG HSIANG (32694) 1917 SUI SHEN CHU (132081) 1918 WANG YUN TS’AI (8444) 1918 We remember them.
In Memoriam 7 September
On the seventh day of September three deaths occurred among members of the Chinese Labour Corps. WU CHIN TSUNG (7722) 1917 YANG TE TSENG (58353) 1918 KAO KEN TZU (29504) 47th Company, 1919 We remember them.
In Memoriam 6 September
The sixth day of September saw four deaths among members of the Chinese Labour Corps. SHIH KUANG HSIEN (29644) 47th Company, 1917 HSING TSAO YING (7310) 1918 CHANG SHAO T’UNG (67015) 1919 WANG HSI (33996) 78th Company, 1919 We remember them
In Memoriam 5 September
Seven members of the Chinese Labour Corps are remembered on this the anniversary of their death. SUN CHIA PIN (3345) 1917 LIU FU YUAN (46314) 1918 LU CHAO HE (64522) 1918 WANG CHIN SHAN (36653) 1918 CHU YU CH’IH (76645) 178th Company, 1919 TU HSI SHEN (24902) 1919 WANG TE SHENG (98061) 146th Company, 1919 …
In Memoriam 3 September
The 3rd September saw seven deaths among the members of the Chinese Labour Corps. FU P’EI CH’EN (9436) 56th Company, 1917 SUN CHEN SHENG (34559) 1917 TS’AO KUEI (18363) 35th Company, 1917 YANG K’OU CHEN (15593) 35th Company, 1918 SUI CHUNG WEN (52031) 63rd Company, 1918 WANG FU LUNG (97199) 1919 WANG CH’I FA (36334) 1919 …
In Memoriam
The 2nd September saw the deaths of another nine members the Chinese Labour Corps whilst serving. TS’UI FU SHENG (2825) 1917 WANG WEI LO (2593) 23rd Company, 1917 CHIAO HSING (12052) 12th Company, 1918 HSU WEN HUA (100485) 1918 SU WEN AI (25632) 88th Company, 1918 WANG HSING FENG (29244) 39th Company, 1918 WANG K’AI …
In Memoriam 1 September
Nine Chinese Labour Corps members died on the first of September: CHANG FENG LING (20894) 31st Company, 1917 CHANG YUAN CH’ING (20656) 31st Company, 1917 HAN LI HSIEN (20546) 31st Company, 1917 KAO CH’ENG CHIH (20888) 31st Company, 1917 KU KUANG MING (3002) 23rd Company, 1917 SUN YEH TE (20520) 31st Company, 1917 YEN CHUNG FA …
In Memoriam 31 August
Three members of the Chinese Labour Corps died on the 31st August: LIU CH’ANG HSIANG (7422) 1917 TUNG FANG CH’ENG (75099) 1919 LIU SHOU WAN (58667) 1919 We remember them.
In Memoriam 30 August
We remember the following three members of the Chinese Labour Corps who died On the 30th August CH’EN TE HSUAN (11916) 1917 CHANG HSIANG YUN (50919) 1919 LI CHING JUNG (40661) 169th Company, 1919 We remember them.
In Memoriam 29 August
We remember the following five members of the Chinese Labour Corps who died on the 29th August LIU K’O P’ING (9032) 1917 YANG HUI KUNG (2049) 1917 LIU PANG HSING (983251) 53rd Company, 1918 CHAO CHIN T’ANG (92408) 1919 HAO YUN LUNG (73681) 1919 We remember them.
In Memoriam 27 August
On this day, 27th August, the following five members of the Chinese Labour Corps died. HOU ERH (10051) 1917 CHENG YEH LUNG (62142) 1918 HU CH’EN K’UEI (34946) 1918 CHAO HUNG P’ING (47632) 1918 WANG FENG WEN (22466) 1919 We remember them.
In Memoriam 26 August
On this day, 26th August, the following two members of the Chinese Labour Corps died. KAO SAN TUNG (96403) 145th Company TU CHUNG I6105 We remember them both.
In Memoriam 25 August
On this day, 25th August, the following members of the Chinese Labour Corps died. CHANG HSIAO LIEN (15295) 47th Company, 1918 SHAN I CH’UAN (5863) 1918 T’ENG CHI KUANG (1015540) 158th Company , 1918 We remember them.
In Memoriam 24 August
On this day, 24th August, the following members of the Chinese Labour Corps died. CHANG K’UEI P’IN (506) 2nd Company, 1918 SHIH JUI AN (45341) 112th Company, 1918 We remember them both.
In Memoriam 23 August
Today four men of the Chinese Labour Corps who died on this day are remembered. T’AN CHI CH’I (53608) 1917 CHAO YU HSIANG (9195) 19th Company, 1918 HSIA CHING HSIU (41428) 1919 SUN HAO LI (55496) 1919 We remember them.
In Memoriam 22 August
Today we remember the following seven members of the Chinese Labour Corps who died on 22nd August: SUN YU CH’EN (25693) 1917 WEI SHENG FU (27171) 1917 CHOU CH’ING YUAN (7993) 1918 SUN HO LING (70) 1918 YANG YU CH’UN (33392) 74th Company, 1918 HSU LAO HAN (132642) 3rd Company, 1919 KAO CHIN CH’AI (51095) …
In Memoriam 21 August
Today we remember the following five members of the Chinese Labour Corps who died on 21st August: FANG P’EI HE (100363) 1918 HE SHENG LIANG (102054) 1918 WANG CHIN SHAN (7145) 8th Company, 1918 YANG CHIN CHIH (7006) 1918 LIU WEN HSING (30301) 1919 We remember them.
In Memoriam 20 August
Today we remember the following five members of the Chinese Labour Corps who died on 20th August: CHANG PEN I (52206) 1918 KUO T’UNG FA (64309) 102nd Company, 1918 TUNG WAN SHUN (30279) 1918 WEI HUNG K’O (21085) 1918 LIU TSENG PIN (99164) 1919 We remember them.
In Memoriam 19 August
Today we remember the following four members of the Chinese Labour Corps who died on 19th August: SUNG YU T’IEN (1369) 3rd Company, 1918 FANG LAO (49977), 1919 KUNG TS’UN KUEI (133923) 1919 KUO CHEN HAN (27323), 1919 Three of the four men died after the armistice. We remember them.
In Memoriam 18 August
We remember the following five members of the Chinese Labour Corps who died on this day. LIU CHIA SHUN (5253) 1917 T’IEN FENG T’IEN (66516) 110th Company, 1918 YANG SHIH YUEH (98364) 1918 LI KUO HSIU (65474) 120th Company, 1919 P’ENG CHI SHAN (98487) 146th Company, 1919 We remember them.
In Memoriam 17 August
We remember the following four members of the Chinese Labour Corps who died on this day. LI HSIEN MING (74059) 1919 SUN T’ENG CHIANG (99389) 1919 WANG CH’ING HU (48909) 1919 WU FENG TSAO (40277) 1919 We note that all four died after the armistice. We remember them.
In Memoriam 16 August
We remember the following nine member of the Chinese Labour Corps who died on this day. YIN K’O I (28801) 42nd Company 1917 CHANG TE SHENG (11167) 30th Company 1918 CHAO SHAO WU (47628) 125th Company 1919 HAN YU CHO (106644) 1919 HSU YEN CH’UN (13080) 1919 KAO LAO HEI (48979) 1919 KAO TIEN PAO …
In Memoriam 15 August
We remember the following six member of the Chinese Labour Corps who died on this day. FENG CHIH CH’UAN (104496) 1918 TENG KOU (72459) 1919 CH’I YU LUNG (49857) 1919 HSU HSING TAO (107278) 1919 KAO FU TS’UNG (103686) 1919 LI MING T’ING (101629) 1919 Please note that five of the six died after the …
In Memoriam 14 August
The following members of the Chinese Labour Corps died on the 14th August: CHANG YUN KAO (59115) 1918 CHU HSING MING (96878) 1919 LIU CH’ING HAI (16651) 1919 If you are wondering why 14th August 1919 when hostilities ended on 11th November 1918, it’s because the Chinese Labour Corps were kept on after the armistice to repair …
Countdown to China’s Great War centenary
Today’s our second anniversary. We launched the Ensuring We Remember Campaign on the 14th August 2014. It wasn’t a random date, it marked the 97th anniversary of China formally joining the allies as a belligerent in the Great War. From today, 14th August 2016 through to 13th August 2017 we will be remembering the men …
Source of war dead records
Each day we publish an In Memoriam, detailing the names of those men of the Chinese Labour Corps who died on that day. Currently we are using the lists of names and their dates of deaths provided by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is generally believed that a significant number who died have not …
In Memoriam
On the 19th September the following men of the CLC died. CHAO HSUEH CH’EN (50022) 1918 LIU LIEN TSENG (54956) 1917 T’IEN LI PEN (24169) 1919 TING T’UNG I (133283) 1919 WANG YU LIN (42902) 1918 We Remember Them
164 lives remembered in our first month
On the 14th August we began to remember the anniversaries of individual men of the Chinese Labour Corps who died in service. One month on we have commemorated 164 men.
In Memoriam
Deaths among members of the Chinese Labour Corps on this day were: YANG WEN PIN(45961) 1917 TSO LIEN CHI (1554) 1917 WANG KUANG HSUEH (55705) 1918 YANG NIU (48721) 1918 HUNG YUAN (6335) 1918 CHIANG CHUNG CHING (6527) 1918 HO HSI K’UEI (6062) 1918 HSU CH’UANG TE (6448) 1918 HSU YUN CH’ENG (95690) 1918 HSUEH …
What we mean when we say, “We Remember Them”.
Each day we record the names of those members of the Chinese Labour Corps whose anniversary of their death falls on that day. Numbers vary, and so far its been as low as two and as high as eleven – though you must bear in mind that these deaths fall over a period of three …
Today, deaths reach double figures
For the first time since we began recording daily death tolls on 14th September we reach double digits. On this day, between 1916 and 1919 eleven men of the Chinese Labour Corps died. CHAI LIEN SHENG (23700) 1917 CHANG HUI LIN (22778) 1917 CHANG LI HAI (23764) 1917 CHANG TA YUNG (23322) 1917 KUNG HSING TAO …