19 May 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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Submitted by brian edgar on Fri, 2012-12-07 17:58
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Date(s) of events described:
Wed, 19 May 1943
Lady Mary Grayburn, Mr. and Mrs Compton, Mrs Eva Pearce, Mrs Eileen Hyde and her son Michael (4) are sent to Stanley from the Sun Wah or the French Hospital. They are all billetted in Bungalow D.
Source:
David Tett, Captives of Cathay, 2007, 297
Note:
According to Emily Hahn (China To Me, 1986 ed., 390) this was a voluntary move consequent on her husband's arrest:
Lady Grayburn went out at once to Stanley, at her own request. From there she pelted the Foreign Affairs people with letters, her own and the Colonial Secretary's.
However, Sir Vandeleur was arrested on March 17 (see that day's entry) and the two month gap casts doubt on Hahn's account, although I don't doubt the frequent letters (the Colonial Secretary was Franklin Gimson).
