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Chinese Awards and Decorations
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The following Chinese award was made to a soldier of the Worcestershire
Regiment for meritorious service. It is recorded in the
London Gazette, indicating the granting of the award or decoration by His
Excellency the
President of the Republic of China, and intimating the British sovereigns permission for
it to be accepted and worn by the recipient.
Order of Wen-Hu (Order of Striped Tiger)
China declared war on Germany on the 14th
May 1917, shortly after the USA entred the war, but they did not take any
significant part in the war. However, a large number of Chinese served with
the Labour Corps or RAMC, and many British officers, particularly in those
two corps, received the Order of the Striped Tiger (Wen-Hu).
The majority of these awards were made in February 1920. The order was
issued in 5 classes and was normally issued as follows:
1st Class for the rank of Field Marshal or General.
2nd Class and 3rd Class for the rank of Colonel and Lieut.-Colonel.
4th Class for the rank of Major and Capatins.
5th Class for the rank of Lieutenant or lower ranks.
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First World War (1918-1920)
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Order of Wen-Hu
(Chinese) |
| Surname |
Forename/s |
Rank |
Number |
Award
Class |
Gazette Date |
| Deakin, O.B.E. |
Charles |
Capt.
(Brevet Major) |
- |
4th Class |
17/02/1920 |
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Charles Deakin joined the 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment at
Aldershot, October, 1907, and proceeded to South Africa with it the following month, spending a year there, returning with it in 1908 to Dover. After four years there, he went with the Battalion to
Tidworth, remaining there till March, 1914, when he was seconded to the Army Signal Service. In August, 1914, he went out with the
headquarters of 9th Brigade (3rd Division) to France, being wounded on the 11th November
1914 at Hooge. After some months in hospital he joined the 13th Division, and proceeded to Gallipoli in June, 1915, but was invalided in October to Malta, returning to England at
Christmas 1915. In April, 1916, he was appointed Chief Signal Officer Eastern Command, till January, 1917, when he went to the War Office for three years as Deputy Assistant Director Movements. In January he rejoined the 3rd Battalion
Worcestershire Regiment at Chaubattia, India, and remained with them until returning to the Depot
at Norton Barracks in 1921.
During the war of 1914, he was awarded the O.B.E., was twice mentioned in
despatches, given the Chinese order of Wen Hu, and brevet rank of Major in 1917.
Owing to the reduction in establishment and the disbandment of the 3rd and 4th Battalions, he left the Depot in 1922, and was posted to the 1st Battalion at
Nasirabad, proceeding to Meerut with them early 1923.
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Charles Deakin, O.B.E.
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From then till April, 1927, he was at Delhi and
Simla, having been appointed a D.A.A.G. at Army Headquarters. In April, 1927, he rejoined the 1st Battalion
Worcestershire at Allahabad, and went with it to North China in 1929, returning to Plymouth in 1931.
In 1932 he took over command of the Depot until November, 1935, when he rejoined the 1st Battalion, then at Aldershot. In 1936 he proceeded to Palestine in connection with martial law, returning in December, 1936.
He commanded the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment from 1937 to 1940.
His total service in the Regiment was 33 years.
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