Expected to Take Over On April 16
Tientsin, Apr. 12.
Brigadier Sir John Laurie, Bart, the new commander of the British troops in the Tientsin area. arrived here from England last night. His appointment will formally take effect from April 16.
The Brigadier, who is 46 years of age, commanded the 2nd Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders from 1934 to 1938. He served with distinction in the Great War, in which he was mentioned in dispatches five times. and was awarded the D.S.O. with bar.
Married in 1922 to Evelyn Clare oldest daughter of the late Lieut Colonel L. J. Richardson-Gardner, of the 14th Hussars, he has one son and two doughters.
Sir John Laurie succeeded to the baronetcy in 1036 on de father, the fifth holder o! which was created in 1834.
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