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11
April
1917

Chinese Labour Corps workers arrive in Plymouth

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📅 11 April 1917 📍 China, Reino Uni

The first British-recruited Chinese laborers reached Plymouth after a dangerous journey across the Pacific and Canada. Their arrival marked a largely hidden contribution to Allied logistics. Workers were kept in controlled camps and separated from local communities, and after the armistice many stayed to clear battlefields and bury the dead.

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Chinese Labour Corps workers

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Chinese Labour Corps

British Army