CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS.

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War: 1914-1918. Record of Services Given and Honours Attained by Members. First edition, first printing, of this informative tribute to the 66 employees of the custom service who served during the First World War, as well as the 23 men killed during the conflict. Copies are recorded in just four institutional libraries (British Library, Leeds, Cornell, and the University of Hong Kong).For each member of staff, sections give their record of service, ranks, the countries and battles in which they fought, honours and wounds received, and "other particulars of interest". The majority served on the Western and Eastern Fronts, and several were seconded to the Chinese Labour Corps on account of their linguistic skills. The final entry concerns G. R. G. Worcester (1890-1969), whose works on Chinese craft and navigation remain definitive.

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