The death of Major A. A. S. Barnes, Wiltshire Regiment (ret following an operation, occurred in Worthing on May 3. "Maj. Barnes can to Shanghai in the latter part 1908, succeeding Colonal W. M, Watson as Commandant of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, and served in that eapacity until his retirement in: 1913. was not his frst experience of mills tary duty in Chita, as he was previously a Major in the Weihaiwei Regiment.
Major Barnes, while in Shanghai, married a daughter of the Into. Urs, John Prentice, who is now residing in Worthing. "He also leaves a son, a member of the staff of the Yangtze Insurance Association in London.
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