The Archive · 1940

Their Bit in Colony

Valuable work is being done by members of the British community in Shanghai who have joined the Hongkong volunteer Reserve. congratulate members of the Hongkong Naval Volunteer Reserve, under the command of Cmdr, J. Petrie, on the valuable work they are carrying out in the defence of the Colony, following an inspection of the unit recently.

Among the Divisions inspected by Sir Percy were: Europ-can Seamen Ratings, under the charge of Sub-Lieut. L.D.M. Beattie; Chinese Seamen Ratings, under the charge of Sub-Lieut, F.R.L. Carey; and Communications Ratings, under the charge of Sub-Lieut, H. C. Eardley.

All three -officers are well-known in Shanghai.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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