The headstone of Yep Fook
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The headstone of Yep Fook
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 23 Jan 2017
Yep Fook was a Chinese labourer in the Chinese Labour Corps. He died in Colchester Hospital 9th November 1918. The Chinese Labour Corps, nicknamed the Celestials, were Chinese auxiliaries sent to work for French and British troops during the First World War and do the hardest menial jobs. He was presumably injured on the battlefield and brought to Colchester for treatment, where he ultimately died only two days before the end of the war.
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