There are many people in China today, including members of many races of people, who are proud to recall their associations with Capt. E. F. Fuller whose fine record of forty-seven and a half years' continuous service as a Yangize pilot came to end in 1924 when he sailed for England to enjoy a well and truly earned retirement. Yesterday the "North-China Daily News" was informed that Capt. Fuller, in his rctirement at home, has earned the distinction of becoming the possess. of even a finer record still. Today, with England fighting a war which may be long and bitter, he is proud in the knowledge that his three sons are doing their bit towards the final victory by serving in His Majesty's Army. This is not the first time that Capt. Fuller's family have served their country in time of war for hi: eldest son, Capt. Dunstan Fuller, of 11 Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers, was killed in action in 1917. His record is, indeed, one to be proud of.
His three sons, who are now serving iheir country with thousands of other young men from all ce i Great Britain, the British Empire and other parts of the world, were born in Shanghai. They are Major Frank Fuller, who is in the Ro; Rifleman William Fuller who is in th Queen's Westminster and Civil Service Rifles (16th. London Regiment), and Pat Fuller, who holds the rank of an under-officer in the Honourable Artillery Company.
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When Capt. Fuller fi China' waters in 1880 entice on be clipper. when hund-mes of two river steamer fires. ority-three years he was with the F as a river pilot and finally he became a member of the Woosung-Hankow Pilots' Association whom he served until 1934 when he left for England At the time of his first visit to China in the te clipper Lothair he was just a youn, ing his training in out here again and at this time the war between China and France was in progress. At the conclusion of his apprenticeship he joined the New Zealand wool sailing ships which carried as many as a hundred passengers. Later he was second mate on a small vessel trading between London and the Mediterranean for fruit cargoes.
The next time he came to China was in 1886 when he was in the Beuledi, which was subsequently lost on the Lammocks. In July 1886 he joined Messrs. Butterfield & Swire as a second mate and the followi year signed a three years' apprentice ship pilot's contract with the same firm,
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