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A naval depot serviced the Royal Navy's China Squadron,<ref> ''Great War Forum'' thread [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/96396-wei-hai-wei-and-liu-kung-tao-then-and-now/ Wei-hai-wei and Liu Kung Tao, then and now] by Bushfighter 15 April 2008. (retrieved 7 July 2018). Log-in to the Great War Forum is required if you cannot see the images, see [[Mailing lists]].</ref> whose main base was at [[Hong Kong]]. Wei-hai-wei was the summer port for the Submarine Flotilla.<ref>[https://gwulo.com/atom/19483 1926 Submarines and HMS Titania], comment at the bottom by Nashie on 2013-11-07. gwulo.com</ref>
Following the fall of the Manchu dynasty China was plunged into civil war and Japanese intervention, and international forces were sent to preserve foreign interests. The [[30th Regiment of Foot|30th]], [[34th Regiment of Foot|34th]], [[47th Regiment of Foot|47th]], [[55th Regiment of Foot|55th]], [[59th Regiment of Foot|59th]], and [[81st Regiment of Foot|81st]], all served there in the 1920s and 30s, guarding the legations in Peking and defending international settlements at Tientsin, Canton, and most importantly Shanghai.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080911/https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Regimental_History.pdf The Regimental History of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment] army.mod.uk, now an archived webpage.</ref>The Shanghai Defence Force was established by the British Government during a period of tension in 1927, see [[Shanghai]] for more details. An additional regiment known to have been in China in the 1920s is the [[2nd Regiment of Foot |Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment]] - there may be others.
Also see "Historical Books online", below for information about Wei-hai-wei, and the fictional account, based on personal experience, ''Yangtze Skipper''. The author served on HMS "Scarab" (river gunboat) in 1919-1920.
