# MEMORIAL TO THE CLC

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1213686
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** June 18, 2025
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1213686


## Contact

- **Address:** THE Q-LORC RESOURCE CENTRE, 99 BRADFORD STREET, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B12 0NS
- **Phone:** 01215327907
- **Email:** info@clcmemorial.org
- **Website:** http://clcmemorial.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO ADVANCE ART AND EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE CREATION, ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A WAR MEMORIAL TO COMMEMORATE THE 20,000 PEOPLE OF THE CHINESE LABOUR CORPS (CLC) WHOM WERE KILLED OR DIED WHILE ASSISTING THE BRITISH FORCES BEHIND THE FRONT LINES IN THE 1ST WORLD WAR, THE MORE THAN 100,000 IN TOTAL WHO WERE IN THE CLC, AND TO EDUCATE AND ENLIGHTEN PEOPLE ABOUT THE ASSISTANCE THAT WAS GIVEN BY THE CHINESE IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. THIS WILL BE DONE BY RESEARCHING THE CLC IN AN ACADEMIC CONTEXT BY PROVIDING WELL WRITTEN, WELL RESEARCHED AND WELL REFERENCED MATERIALS FOR ACADEMICS, STUDENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

**Activities:** Create, erect and maintain a war memorial to commemorate the 20,000 people of the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) whom were killed or died while assisting the British Forces behind the front lines in the 1st World War, the more than 100,000 in total who were in the CLC, and to educate and enlighten people about the assistance that was given by the Chinese in the First World War.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Birmingham City
- Staffordshire




## Trustees

- **William Good** (Chair) — appointed June 18, 2025
- James Beng Ong Ng — appointed June 18, 2025
- Jimmy Ho — appointed June 18, 2025
- Merlene Soo Chin Toh-Emerson — appointed Jan. 11, 2026