Tientsin, Feb. 11.
A former Shanghai boy, J.S.D. Wade, has assumed command of the: Tientsin British Municipal Emerg-éhcy, Corps (volunteer corps) in succession to Major W. Ridley, who has relinquished "his dozen-year old command to join the Reserves.
mown as Tommy Wade, the new ig one of the best-liked in the port. During the first World. War he saw active service in "France. with the Yorkshire Regiment, was thrice wounded, and was awarded the Military "Medal on the Somme in August 1916.
There is a curious similarity in Capt. Wade's service during the War. and with the Tientsin Volunteer Corps. In both instances he joined up as a private and went right through all the ranks. In the World War he advanced up to Regimental Sergeant Major before being commissioned, and in the Tientsin Volunteer Corps, which he joined in 1923, he progressed in precisely the same manner.
He is the son of Mr. H. T. Wade, an old Shanghai resident, well known as the author of "With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley."
Capt. Wade is a keen soccer player, and while in Shanghai played for the Shanghai Recreation Club and also represented that port against Hongkong.
His son, HTA. Wade, was recent ly admitted into the Officers"
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