Florence Margaret MARTIN (née FOWLER) [1920-1995] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Florence Margaret MARTIN (née FOWLER) [1920-1995]

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Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2013-03-04 21:10
Names
Given: 
Florence Margaret
Family: 
Martin
Maiden: 
Fowler
Sex: 
Female
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1920-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (country): 
Hong Kong
Death
Date: 
c.1995-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
Connections: 
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Submitted by Sally Laycock on Wed, 2015-11-18 20:21.

Florence Margaret Fowler (Flo), was born and bred in Hong Kong where she lived with her family until after the War.  She was a prisoner in Stanley for the duration.   In 1948 she married our Father, Henry Stuart Martin in Hong Kong and then travelled to Africa and later England.  Our Mother passed away in Australia in 1995.

Submitted by David on Thu, 2015-11-19 12:39.

Hi Sally,

Thanks for the extra information. I've updated the details above. If you can add any information about your mother's time in Hong Kong and Stanley (notes, stories, photos, etc.), I'll be very interested to see them.

I can see a few more people on the camp list with surname Fowler:
http://gwulo.com/list-of-person?title_1=fowler

Were any of them part of your family?

Regards, David

Submitted by Sally Laycock on Thu, 2015-11-19 14:57.

I believe JE and G Fowler were my mother's parents and possibly the other Fowler is the eldest brother. My mother was the youngest of seven.  Two of her brothers, not listed, were shipped off to Japan by the Japanese, one sister was a POW in Singapore and the other was a POW with her family in Shanghai.  Another brother was a pilot who was shot down and killed by the Japanese in Hong Kong harbour and I'm not sure about the other brother.

Submitted by David on Fri, 2015-11-20 13:39.

I think he would be George Herbert Fowler, see: http://gwulo.com/node/29712

Submitted by eurasian_david on Tue, 2022-05-10 07:21.

I can only presume Henry Stuart Martin was her second husband?

Florence Margaret Fowler (with wedding photo), youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs G. Fowler of Hong Kong, married Mr William Garland Long at St John's Cathedral, Hong Kong 20th March 1941

Source: The Hong Kong Telegraph, page 3, 24th March 1941