Atter rifles and kit had been stowed away on board the vessel, the soldiers entered the troopship, from the rails of which they said farewell to many friends they had met during their tour of duty in Shanghai. Also embarking on the Lancashire were a few officers of other corps and families of officers.
The Durhams, upon their arrival in Tientsin, will relieve the 1st. Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers, who will be conveyed to India aboard the Lancashire on her homeward journey to England. The 2nd. Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment, who were di embarked from the Lancashire at Singapore while on -their way to Shanghai to relieve the Durhams, are now in Hongkong, following the Japanese invasion of South China, and it is expected that they will complete their interrupted journey very shortly.
Durhams Leave Shanghai "N.C.D.N." Photos.
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