British Chinese Armed Forces Heritage Double Lecture on Chinese Labour Corps

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London

Please register on eventbrite for this lecture https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-contribution-of-the-chinese-labour-corps-in-the-first-world-war-tickets-46229269991 John De Lucy (6pm) and Frances Wood (7.15pm) will each speak on the Chinese Labour Corps: 1. SPEAKER: John de Lucy (Grandson of WW1 CLC Officer W.J. Hawkings) TALK ABSTRACT: During the First World War Britian hired over 100,000 men from China to fill the labour shortage. In…