Louis Rampling WHANT [1898-1979] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Louis Rampling WHANT [1898-1979]

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Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2013-06-02 16:10
Names
Given: 
Louis Rampling
Family: 
Whant
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1898-04-10
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hartmere, Ipswich, Suffolk
Birthplace (country): 
England
Death
Date: 
c.1979-06-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
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Submitted by 1314 on Mon, 2013-06-03 03:20.

Louis Rampling Whant  b 10.4.1898 

Apptd Warder HK 14.3.1921   PC 23.9.1922

D/Sgt 1932   15.6.1933  Sub Insp     1938  Inspector    1.9.1939 Awarded Col Police Long Service Medal    1941  Div Inspector Water Police     Interned(see Wright-Nooth)   1.9.1945 Acting Asst Supt     1949 Director of Criminal Investigation 

Retired 1951, became Civil Defence Organizer,Guildford,Surrey,UK   

Submitted by David on Mon, 2013-06-03 22:14.

Thanks for the extra detail - I've updated his record.

Does your first note "Apptd Warder" mean he started off as a Prison Officer, and then moved across to the Police?

Regards, David

Submitted by 1314 on Tue, 2013-06-04 03:09.

Prisons were then under the Capt Supt of Police and the junior officers (constables) were interchangeable,similarly with the Fire Services.A man usually served for 3 years and then reverted.This practice ceased as the other departments developed in strength and administration and eventually became independant.

Submitted by 1314 on Tue, 2013-06-04 03:35.

Born Hartmere,Ipswich Suffolk.Departed UK along with a large number of other recruits,not by the usual route through the Med but to St John's ,Newfoundland and then presumably by rail to the west coast and on to HK across the Pacific.

As Sgt A 31 he was Commended for his part in the seizure of a large quantity of Dangerous Drugs in Western..Married Miriam Cottle in 1959 and died in the Ipswich area in mid 1959, aged 81.

 

Submitted by David on Tue, 2013-06-04 22:01.

Thanks for the extra information,

Regards, David

Submitted by 1314 on Wed, 2013-06-12 03:07.

Appears in a group photograph taken at his retirement from the Force in 1949,photograph offered for sale on E-Bay, " see Hong Kong Police,Collectables " etc.

Submitted by Tideswell27 on Sun, 2017-06-18 06:39.

The maths do not add up here, 1314. You state that he died in the Ipswich area in mid-1959, aged 81. Yet his d.o.b. is given as 1898, which would make him only 61. Is this a typo regarding either his age at death or the year of his death?

Thank you for clarification.

Submitted by 1314 on Mon, 2017-06-19 01:36.

Typo