Image of Soldier of the 55th Company, Chinese Labour Corps, posing with by Unknown photographer, (20th century)

Soldier of the 55th Company, Chinese Labour Corps, posing with a bicycle in France, 1918...

IMAGE number: NAM5923328
Image title: Soldier of the 55th Company, Chinese Labour Corps, posing with a bicycle in France, 1918 circa (b/w photo)
Artist: Unknown photographer, (20th century)
Location: National Army Museum, London
Medium: black and white photograph
Date: 1918 AD (C20th AD)

Image description: A soldier of the 55th Company, Chinese Labour Corps, posing with a bicycle in France, 1918 circa. Photograph, World War One, Western Front, 1918 circa. The shortage of manpower for labouring work on the Western Front was filled by importing men from China, India, South Africa, Egypt and other places within the British Empire. By the end of the war around 194,000 men were engaged in France and Flanders as labourers. The preferential use of black and Asian troops for these jobs was based on the prevailing racist view that some of the Empire's peoples were not aggressive or martial enough to fight. One of nine postcard portrait photographs relating to the service of CQMS George Godbolt with the Chinese Labour Corps during World War One.
Photo credit: © National Army Museum / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: portrait / soldier / bicycle / vehicle / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto

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