Shanghailanders will have many an opportunity during future months of listening to the genuine Cockney dialect for, with the arrival of the 2nd. Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment, in the city tomorrow, there comes also a large complement of military Londoners who are serving in the unit.
The East Surreys, whose depot is at Kingston-on-Thames were scheduled to relieve the 1st.
Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry following the latter's departure for Tientsin. They were, however, disembarked from the troopship Lancashire at Singapore during the height of the European crisis.
Later the Battalion proceeded to Hongkong from where they disembarked for Shanghai to take up regular duties in their normal station. They will relieve the Seaforth Highlanders of many of their present guard duties along the perimeter and will occupy the former Durham's billets on Great Western Road and at Jessfield Park, Commanded by Lieut. Col. ELL. Acton the East Surreys, were stationed at Colchester, Essex, prior to their departure from Southampton for the Far East, Like the Middlesex complexion is soft and lovely because use Regiment, whose depot is at Hounslow, and the Royal Fusiliers, the Regiment attracts most of its re-fruits from the Metropolitan areas, the majority hailing from the real Cockney centres such as Bow, Stepney, Lambeth and areas around.
It is expected that the advance party from the Battalion will disembark tomorrow morning and the rest of the Battalion will march to their billets on Wednesday morning.
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