Shanghai, Sept. 4.
On August 29, the death occurred in England, of appendicitis, Colonel. George Campbell Wheeler, ¥en elder son of the late Dr, and Mrs. Wheeler of Yokoham:
George Wheeler was in the 9th Gurkhas and he was with his regiment in Mesopotamia when he won the Victoria Cross in February 1917, Later, he commanded his regiment Jand when his command was over, retired to Barton-on-Sea, Hants.
Colonel Wheeler was a most. popular and gifted man, Besides having a delightful baritone voice, jhe was an accomplished amateur ctor, and was also endowed with a tare and prompt wit. He was most outstanding however, in the world of sport; a brilliant footballer, he excelled in any game which he played, George Wheeler married Beatrice Kynvett, elder sister of Mrs. F, W. Clifton," and has left three sons, two of whom are in the RAP. whilst the youngest i still at school. His ily' brother, Sydney Wheeler, was Well known in Shanghai before the War where he was with the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.
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