1st Inniskillings depart Malta for China
Event
Thu, 09/30/1909 - Mon, 11/04/1912
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On 30 September 1909, the 1st Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers left Malta for North China where the disturbed state of the country compelled various European powers to maintain garrisons in protection of their political and commercial interests.
As soon as the Inniskillings arrived at the port of Chin-Wang-Tao on 4 November, a detachment was sent to Peking to guard the British quarter while the Headquarters remained stationed in Tientsin for three years. Occasionally the Battalion went to Shan-Hai-Knal where, under the shadow of the Great Wall of China, it carried out musketry and field firing.
