The Archive · 1938

At Hongkong

After being stationed in Hongkong fcr less than two years, the Ist Bu., The Seaforth' Highlanders will proreed to Shanghai at the end of this month to relieve the Royal Welch Fusiliers, who have been transferred to the Soudan.

The Seaforths will depart on th troopship Dunera, which is due in Hongkong on January 28, When the Dunera arrives at Bombay on January 13 she will embark the 2nd Bu., The Royal Scots for Hongkong. this Battalion replacing the Royal Welch Fusiliers in China.

The Royal Scots, it is inter: ting to note, is a machine-gun battalion, and is the first such to be sent to the China Command. Previous battalion: stationed in Hongkong have been in fantry units.

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