Wang Jungzhi

Wang Jungzhi was a member of the 107th Chinese Labour Corps,[2] which maintained trenches and cleared battlefields and their surrounding areas of debris and destruction.

[4][5] The Belgian historian Dr Patrick Loodts said: "They found themselves behind the [front lines] in living conditions they certainly hadn't imagined!

They were lodged in camps which they weren't allowed to leave,[6] subjected to military discipline, carrying out the hard work needed to maintain the immense network of trenches.

[1] Historian Brian C. Fawcett said: "Invariably gambling was rife and, on pay days, some debts could not be honoured.

Records say he was executed in the courtyard of the town hall, but the researchers Piet Chielens and Julian Putkowski say it had been returned to civilian use by then.