The Shanghai Defence Force was a tri-service military formation established by the British Government to protect European nationals and their property...
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1927, the defences at Shanghai were augmented by a permanent battalion of the British Army, which was referred to as the Shanghai Defence Force (SDF or...
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Commander British Troops in Northern China Jan–Dec 1927 Major-General John Duncan (also Shanghai Defence Force) 1927–1929 Major-General Alexander Wardrop...
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to establish its first air defence force. In May 1949, the Third Field Army of the PLA, led by Chen Yi, captured Shanghai, the economic hub of China....
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17 September 1948) was a British Army officer who commanded the Shanghai Defence Force. Duncan was educated at the Royal Military College, and joined the...
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Welch Regiment (section Territorial Force)
moved to Waziristan. The 2nd Battalion moved to Shanghai in 1927 for service with the Shanghai Defence Force and then on to India in 1935. The 6th (Glamorgan)...
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a Eurasian political, economic, international security and defence organization established by China, Kazakhstan...
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1928 Birthday Honours (section Air Force Cross (AFC))
George Ritchie Rice, Financial Adviser and Local Auditor with the Shanghai Defence Force Edward Salmon, Editor of the Journal of the Royal Colonial Institute...
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promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel. He was in the service of the Shanghai Defence Force from 1927 to 1928. Promoted to brigadier, he served as commander...
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The Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP; Chinese: 上海公共租界工部局警務處) was the police force of the Shanghai Municipal Council which governed the Shanghai International...
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1931, he served in the Shanghai Defence Force. By 1933, he was serving with the Green Howards and was seconded to the Auxiliary Force in India in January...
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Shanghai Construction (Group) Corporation (SCG) is a Chinese construction and engineering company, ranked as the 16th largest construction company in the...
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British used the school as the quarters and hospital for the British Shanghai Defence Force soon after it opened. In 1928, it was reverted to a school but was...
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List of Old Bedfordians (section Air Force)
Commanding, 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, 1925–1930, Commandant, Shanghai Defence Force, 1927–1928, Major General, Southern Command, 1930–1934, Lieutenant...
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The Shanghai Volunteer Corps (SVC) (1853−1942) was a multinational, mostly volunteer force controlled by the Shanghai Municipal Council which governed...
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camp-cum-hospital for the British Shanghai Defence Force dispatched to protect British subjects in the British Section of the Shanghai Treaty Port. In 1928, the...
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Wang Chaoqun (category People's Liberation Army generals from Shanghai)
Shanghai. He enlisted in the PLAAF in July 1959, and was trained at the PLAAF No. 5 Aviator School. He later graduated from the PLA National Defence University...
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People's Liberation Army (redirect from Chinese Defence Force)
services—Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force—and four arms—Aerospace Force, Cyberspace Force, Information Support Force, and Joint Logistics...
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Staff College in 1925. He served as a GSO3 (Staff Officer) with the Shanghai Defence Force from 24 January 1927 to 17 December 1927. He was brigade major of...
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organised, trained and commanded a special anti-riot squad for the Shanghai police force. He also developed numerous firearms training courses and items...
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Force (RHKAAF) was a Hong Kong Government department based in Hong Kong. It was formed as an air force in 1949 as part of the Hong Kong Defence Force...
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1929 New Year Honours (section Air Force Cross)
Overseas List Albert William Burkill. For services in connection with Shanghai Defence Force (to be dated 14 December 1928). David Patrick Hall, Director of...
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Defense of Sihang Warehouse (redirect from Defence of Sihang Warehouse)
unlikely to have joined the battle. Shanghai Special Naval Landing Force: Rear Admiral Okochi Denshichi Shanghai SNLF 10th Battalion: Lieutenant-Commander...
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tension precipitated by the threat to British concessions at Shanghai (see Shanghai Defence Force). Organization, October 1930: 8th Destroyer Flotilla (China...
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the Timor Leste Defence Force's Naval Component. The boats were built in China to the Type 062 class gunboat (also known as the Shanghai II class) design...
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military exercise of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in 2010. People's Republic of China People's Liberation Army Ground Force: 300 units as of 2022...
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Balfour Hutchison (category Sudan Defence Force officers)
Scottish Command, before being sent to Northern China, joining the Shanghai Defence Force as a staff captain, later being made Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General...
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colonel, became assistant adjutant and quartermaster general for the Shanghai Defence Force in China in 1927. He was placed in charge of Administration for...
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Air Force Fairey IIID aircraft to support the Shanghai Defence Force against rebel Chinese forces. The aircraft fly as landplanes from the Shanghai racecourse...
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in the Battle of Shanghai, during the opening stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War. National Revolutionary Army Wusung – Shanghai Siege Area (Aug. 7...
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