the new commander of the British troops in the Tientsin. are arrived here from England. last appointment will formally from April 16.
The Brixadier. who is 46 years of azo. commanded the 2nd Batiation of the Seaforth Highlanders from 1934 to 1938. He served with distin in the Great War. in which he was mentioned in dispatches five times, and was awarded the DS.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 datighters.
Sir John Laurie succeeded to the baronetcy in" 1936 on death of his father. the fifth holder of the title: which was created in 1834.—Reuter.
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