Shanghai Municipal Police Mounted Unit, c.1905
Posted: July 3rd, 2025 | No Comments »A mounted policeman (with cutlass) in Shanghai c.1905. Photograph by Albert Henry Aiers who served in the SMP from 1902 to 1939. To be honest I’m not sure if this is a member of the SMP’s small mounted unit or a member of The Shanghai Light Horse unit of the Shanghai Volunteers? Any comments from experts most welcome!
And thanks to Robert Bickers at Bristol Uni who tells me: “Walthamstow-born Sidney George Reading (for it is he), once a furniture salesman. Sidney, possibly tiring of China ponies that were too small, left the force after 4 years and was later a tram driver in Brisbane.”
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