The following photos depicting action photos of a detachment of the 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers and the part they took with the 12 allied powers in the Boxer rebellion 1900 and subsequently made close friends with the U S Marine Corps
Lt Henry Ward
China medal roll 1
China medal roll 2
“G”Company football team.
Tug of war team
Inside the British legation
Main entrance to the British legation
Government house Tientsin
Tientsin railway station
Tientsin railway station in the winter
Weston caught in the act (bogus robbery)
A corner of the Pekin wall.
Cole Hill outside Pekin
Pekin wall breach which troops
entered to relieve Pekin
Monument in front of the main
entrance to commemorate the siege
Hatta main gate
1st gate to the forbidden city
Pekin in winter
Showing a clearer view of upper portion
Summer palace Pekin.
Sir Ernest Tatou and staff British
Ministry Pekin
Repairing the Chein Mien gate ready
for the Dowager Empress of China
Out side Pekin after the war
Montage showing members of the
Allied forces.
One of several gateways that bar
entrance to the forbidden city
Lotus lake winter palace
Scene outside Pekin
The Chinese city Pekin
Another gate leading into the
forbidden city
Summer palace Pekin.
Bronze cow Pekin.
Temple just behind the summer palace Pekin
Lt Henry Gerald Weston Corporals room British Legation Pekin.
Note the unusual bearskin head wear worn by the R.W.F men in photo
Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi
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