Yang Ruifu

Born in 1902 in Jinghai County, Tianjin, he joined the National Revolutionary Army in 1921, assigned the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division.

He rose through the ranks from squad, platoon, company to regimental commander.

One of the leaders of the Defense of Sihang Warehouse, he later escaped from incarceration at the hands of the British[citation needed] and rejoined the Chinese war effort.

In May 1939 he moved with his family to Hechuan, Chongqing to recover, but died of a wound infection in early 1940.

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