Kitty / Kate TUCK (née BURKETT) [????- ]
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Ian McNay writes:
I know that Kitty (married name) Tuck, a close friend of ours and her infant daughter Jennifer were also evacuated to Australia
From memory I believe Kitty Tuck had a sister: first name could have been Maud surname Fox also evacuated in 1940
Barbara Anslow:
I wonder if 'Kitty Fox' was Kate BIRKETT? As a child in Hong Kong I had a friend called Maud Birkett who had an elder sister whose name I think was Kate. They were a Naval Dockyard family. Maud married young, a man named FOX, I think he was a Naval Dockyard employee.
Maud was on the same evacuation ship in 1940 as I was, she had with her a small daughter called Josephine.
As far as I know, she didnt return to Hong Kong after the war.
Ian again:
Yes, mystery cleared up. Kitty Tuck was married to Ernest Tuck who was my Godfather. He was always called Chan after a well known tailor in HK at that time Kitty and Ernest had a daughter Jennifer. Kitty was not Eurasian but she did ship back to England from Australia during the war. Ernest Tuck was in Government service Customs Department and went into SSP Camp He was in HKVDC. The Tuck family came back to HK after the war
What I did not know was that Kitty ( Kate ) Tuck was nee Birkett and her sister Maud Fox was obviously nee Birkett too Thanks for that Barbara . And that the Birketts were a Naval Dockyard family . Hence Maud's marriage to a manager G H R Fox in the Dockyard sounds right The Fox family did not return to HK after the war as far as I know
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Royal Navy buttons made by Chan Tuck hong kong
got 8 Royal navy buttons marked Chan Tuck hong kong on the back, just wonder why they were made in hong kong not Great Britain. As I know most of the navy materials were from GB.
Kate Burkett
Her surname was Burkett in official records
Birth Kate Burkett birth registered Quarter 3 Medway Kent 1911
Marriage registered Quarter 3 1931 Medway Kent Kate Burkett to Ernest Tuck
Death Kate Tuck age 51 registered Chatham Quarter 3 1962