70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
Shows diary entries from seventy-one years ago, using today's date in Hong Kong as the starting point. To see pages from earlier dates (they go back to 1 Dec 1941), choose the date below and click the 'Apply' button.
06 May 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2015-05-06 16:36Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 6 May 1945Overcast, squally E wind.
H.Qs. tell us they lost yesterday’s papers.
Buckles for Vs havesack.
Rumours, “General armistice in force” “26 Countries send joint Ultimatum to Japan”. “Landing made in Saigon”
06 May 1945, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2016-05-03 16:42Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 6 May 1945Dow / Martin
06 May 1945, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Thu, 2016-06-30 14:03Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 6 May 1945Wrote talk on films for Wed. club. Worked in afternoon.
To Benediction, there was the Crowning of Mary. Lesley Eager and other children, Antony Witham and Cyril Eager renewed their pledge to Children's Eucharistic Crusade.
