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==Chinese Labour Corps== | ==Chinese Labour Corps== | ||
The Chinese Labour Corps was recruited from 1916 to assist with Britain’s desire for an ever-growing requirement for manpower to carry out labouring tasks on the [[Western Front]]. By the end of the conflict nearly 100,000 Chinamen had enlisted and served in France and Flanders, and continued to serve well into 1920 helping to clear up the old battlefields and recover the dead.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141101222306/http://ww1centenary.net/2013/12/05/ww1-books-the-chinese-labour-corps-1916-20/ ''The Chinese Labour Corps 1916-1920'' by Gregory James] ww1centenary.net, now archived.</ref> | The Chinese Labour Corps was recruited from 1916 to assist with Britain’s desire for an ever-growing requirement for manpower to carry out labouring tasks on the [[Western Front]]. By the end of the conflict nearly 100,000 Chinamen had enlisted and served in France and Flanders, and continued to serve well into 1920 helping to clear up the old battlefields and recover the dead.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141101222306/http://ww1centenary.net/2013/12/05/ww1-books-the-chinese-labour-corps-1916-20/ ''The Chinese Labour Corps 1916-1920'' by Gregory James] ww1centenary.net, now archived.</ref> | ||
==Shanghai Contingent== | |||
In Shanghai, the War Office accepted an offer of 110 men who had previous military training, for service at the front. The British community paid for the passages of the men. (Details<ref>ianjonesncl .[https://www.greatwarforum.org/blogs/entry/2807-shanghai-contingent-gunners/ Shanghai Contingent Gunners] ''Great War Forum'' blog 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.</ref>) | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||