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.
Daily Archives: August 25, 2016
Burial Detail
For the men on burial detail, exhuming and burying their former comrades was an extremely difficult and traumatic task. Those who volunteered for the job were paid an extra 2s 6d per day (worth around £24.10 today). ‘For the first week or two I could scarcely endure the experiences we met with, but I gradually …