Charles Beatty Allenby Haig THIRLWELL [1918-1985] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Charles Beatty Allenby Haig THIRLWELL [1918-1985]

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Submitted by David on Mon, 2015-03-16 21:15
Names
Given: 
Charles Beatty Allenby Haig
Family: 
Thirlwell
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1918-09-06
Death
Date: 
c.1985-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)

Details from John Black's list, which gives Mr Thirlwell's occupation in 1941 as "Harbour Office".

Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
Lighthouse keeper
Connections: 
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Submitted by Alexander Macdonald on Sun, 2022-02-27 14:37.

Do you where our belated Mr. C B A H Thirlwell's cemetery is in Hong Kong, please? Is there a citation or memorial for the layman to visit?

 

Best regards,

 

Submitted by annpake on Tue, 2022-03-01 01:01.

Charles Beatty Allenby Haig Thirlwell  born 6 Sep 1918 in Hong Kong

Obviously named after military heroes.

(Public Ancestry Tree)

 

Submitted by 1314 on Wed, 2022-03-02 02:36.

" Charles BEATTY  ALLENBY HAIG Thirlwell  "- Now there is a patriotic name for you,,they don`t name them like that anymore !

Submitted by annpake on Sun, 2022-04-10 03:54.

https://industrialhistoryhk.org/hong-kongs-lighthouses-men-manned/

The Industrial History Of Hong Kong 

Hong Kong's Lighthouses and the Men Who Manned Them

"some of the “men who manned them”:
James “Jimmy” Arthur William Deakin
the brothers, Henry and Richard Brown
Charles Beatty Allenby Haig Thirlwell
Lai Tak-wah
Lai Kwok-keung
Sydney Frank Bamsey"

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3168168/... (shows pictures of Charles Beatty Allenby Haig Thirlwell)

"From elevating the neglected Tanka community to bringing their dragon boat races to the masses, Charles Thirlwell’s legacy still resonates in Hong Kong" 

"He was awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1970 for his efforts"

New Years Honours List 1971

  • Charles Beatty Allenby Haig Thirlwell, Officer-in-Charge, Government Gunpowder Depot, Hong Kong.
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"Charles Beatty Allenby Haig Thirlwell was born in Hong Kong on September 6, 1918. His father, Captain James Thirlwell, was a well-known tug master who worked at Taikoo Dockyard. His mother, Elizabeth Dora Wilkinson, was a Macanese of Portuguese heritage and the devoutly Catholic family lived near the docks."

"in 1953 Thirlwell married Mary Leung Wai-chung, a nurse at St Francis Hospital, in Wan Chai"

 

There is  a reference to a Grant File Charles Beatty Allenby Haig Thirlwell (Deceased) dated 1986 in Government Records

Also known by his given Chinese name, Fah Wai Lo

Study Buddy (Explorer): ‘Father of the fishermen’

"He was fluent in Cantonese and Tanka dialect, and he penned a dragon boating anthem. The song was first performed in 1985, the year of his passing away, as a tribute. Years later, at the opening of dragon boat races, Hong Kong is still singing it."