Boxer Uprising memorial, 1st Chinese Regiment, Weihaiwei
Collection
Identifier
BL04-73
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: BL04-73. In pencil on the back of the photograph: "Memorial Boxer Rebellion". The inscription on the monument is: "ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS 1ST CHINESE REGT. IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS N.C.O.s AND MEN OF THE REGIMENT WHO WERE KILLED WHEN SERVING WITH THE BRITISH CONTINGENT CHINA FIELD FORCE BETWEEN JUNE AND NOVEMBER 1900 / CAPTN. A.J. HILL / CAPTN. L.A.E. OLLIVANT / 21 N.C.O.s AND MEN". The memorial was on the road leading to the new barracks at Matou, Wei-hai-wei. See blogs by Andrew Hillier: ‘Weihaiwei and the 1st Chinese Regiment – 1. Relieving Tianjin’ and ‘Weihaiwei and the 1st Chinese Regiment – 2. Peking and After’. See Ru01-003 and NA08-096.
Caption in album or on mount
BOXER REBELLION MEMORIAL
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