It. Col. George Fleming who assumes command of the Shanghai Area in January with the rank of Brigadier has been succeeded in command of the ist Welch Regiment by It. Col. Frederick Linton.
It-Gen. Sir Alexander Wardrop who commanded in North China from 1927 to 1929 has been made] a Colonel-Commandant of the Royall Artillery. He is one of the staff of the fresh Commander-in-
Chief at New Delhi, being Quartermaster-General.
Colonel W. A. Blal manded the 13th Infantry Brigade] in the Shaforce has vacated command of the brigade and is being] promoted major general in 1931.
Captain S. H. Simpson, who was senior Naval Officer in the Upper Yangtze has retired after 31 years]
Major Norman Bray who is wel. known in the East as a soldier and Political Officer was to-day appointed secretary of the Junior Ganton Club in Pall Mall in place of Lt.- Col. Langford, resigned.
Another of the old Brigade of China has died in Colonel William S. Birdwood of the Mahvatta Light) Infantry and the State Army of Baroda. His regiment was associated with China service and at tone end of his service he spent three years at Kowloon on special duty. He was the son of Sir George Birdwood who for many years was a special commissioner at the world's exhibitions in both hemispheres and was an authority on oriental and Far Eastern products and arts, late Colonel Birdwood was uncle of Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood.
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