Major-General Frank Keith Simmons, M.VO, OBE, Me, the new Commander of the British Military Forces, is expected to arrive in Shanghai tomorrow.
Under present arrangements he wil! make an official landing at the Customs Jetty at $15 a.m. on that day. His arrival will be confined to a military function. Guards of Honour from the 2nd Bu., The East Surrey Regiment and 1st Bu. The Seafortn Highlanders will be drawn up on the Customs Jetty and will receive the new Commander with the general salute. Commanding Officers and the staffs of British regular units will greet the General on his arrival at the Customs Jetty (Major-General F. K. Simmons proposes to carry out a comprehensive programme of official calls during the early days after his arrival when he hopes to meet all officials and the other Defence Force Commanders.
The son of Mr. Edward Simmons of Crowthorne, Berkshire, where he was born in 1888, Major-General Simmons comes to Shanghai fresh from active service in Palestine where he was Commander of the Southern Brigade from 1936 until his present appointment was announced, After being educated at Cranbrook School Major-General Simmons jointd the Cameron Highlanders and served throughout the Great War being awarded the M.V.O. in 1915 and later the ME. and Croix de Guerre. From 1928 until 1981 he was British Military Attache in Madrid and in 1937 he was awarded the OBE.
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