Guy Hillier's car, with bullet holes sustained during the Manchu restoration attempt, Beijing

Guy Hillier's car, with bullet holes sustained during the Manchu restoration attempt, Beijing

Collection

Richard Family

Identifier

EH01-243

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: EH01-243. Car (registration no 183) with flat tyres, broken windscreen, broken windows, and bullet holes (see EH01-242). This is Guy Hillier's Buick "riddled with bullet holes" sustained in Beijing during the Manchu restoration attempt. Guy Hillier was not in the car at the time – his chauffeur and mafoo were, along with R.C. Allen (see EH-s63), the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation’s accountant. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchu_Restoration.

Location

Beijing

Date

July 1917

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph