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Wang Jungzhi
Wang Jungzhi (Wang Ch'un Ch'ih) was one of the last people to be executed by the British Army in World War I. He was killed by firing squad on 8 May 1919, six months after the Armistice after being convicted of murder.
Chinese labourers.
Wang Jungzhi was a member of the 107th Chinese Labour Corps, which maintained trenches and cleared battlefields and their surrounding areas of debris and destruction. It was harrowing work because of the thousands of dead, dismembered and rotting bodies. They worked close
, for Wang Jungzhi's execution.
Burial place.
Wang Jungzhi is buried in plot II.O.54 in the Old Military Cemetery in Poperinge. His headstone, in English and Chinese, includes the inscription "A good reputation endures for ever."
Bibliography.
James, Gregory. The Chinese Labour Corps (1916-1920) (Hong Kong, Bayview Educational, 2013) .