Margaret Louisa DAVIES (née WHITLEY, aka Peggy) [c.1907-1945]

Principal India Births and Baptisms 1786 - 1947

Margaret Louise Martha Whitley born 2 October 1907 christened 7 November 1907 Bombay Father Charles Whitley Mother Mary Hannah Agnes

1935 Margaret L Whitley travelled Hong Kong to UK then returned to Hong Kong age 27 instructress and gave same UK address as Norman Beardmore McQueen Whitley

1946 Probate records Margaret Louisa Davies of the Stanley Internment camp wife of Geraint George Davies..

Sergeant Geraint George Davies listed in Prisoners of War, Far East: Hiroshima POW Camp, Japan; Name List, as of 15 August 1945. He was born 2 May 1913 in Llandovery Wales. He died at Glottenham Manor Nursing Home Robertsbridge East Sussex 4 October 1995

Margaret Louisa Whitley Hong Kong Daily Press page 8 9th August 1941.png, by eurasian_david

Of note, her mother (and presumably her younger sister Sheila too) was already evacuated to Australia so she was not at daughter's wedding. She was given away by her brother Thomas Sydney Douglas Whitley.

The bride was a former pupil of Central British School (later became the King George V School) and was a headmistress of Kowloon Junior School at the time of her wedding. I note Rev Upsdell officiated the ceremony who later gave his name to one of the four houses in KGV.  It's safe to say the other Whitley siblings probably attended the Central British School as well. The groom, Geraint George Davies, was Assistant Master at Diocesan Boys' School.

Source: Hong Kong Daily Press, page 8, 9th August 1941