Peking Fire Brigade, at the British Legation, Beijing, 1878

Peking Fire Brigade, at the British Legation, Beijing, 1878

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: PF01-76. Photograph by Charles Frederick Moore. See the negative held at the Royal BC Museum, British Columbia, Canada (ref J-00435). From captioning with another print, in an album held at the Royal BC Musum, British Columbia, Canada (ref MS3171), the following firefighters can be named, from left to right: Bruce, Brady, Everard, Posnett, Pirkis, Crack, Bourne, Ford, Herring, Nicolson, Brenan, Jordan, Hosie, Wilkins. These men are, front row, left to right: Constable Bruce / H.F. Brady (Student) / C.W. Everard / Constable Posnett / Sergeant John Crack (Legation Escort) / Chief Constable R.D. Herring / B. Brannan (Acting Secretarey) / J.N Jordan (Student) / A. Hosie (Student) / Constable Wilkin. Top row, left to right: A.E. Pirkis (British Legation Accountant) (resting on his arm) / F.S. Bourne (Student) (standing) / A. Nicolson (2nd Secretary) (holding a bugle). In the middle, with his arms crossed: Ford. The man behind Hosie is not named. Note the sedan chair in the backgound on the left.

Location

Beijing

Date

1878

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph