The 'CHINA' and Imperial Chinese Dragon motif came from the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot who gained the Battle Honour 'CHINA' for action in the First Opium War (1841). The war started when China said "no" to the British traders profiting from selling opium causing harm to the local population . . .

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