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Frederick Charles Coleman

The only thing I can tell you about this photo is that my Grandfather Frederick C Coleman is standing 6th from the left. I  imagine that is is a Co group photo. F.C was the forman electrician for Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co Ltd. Photo taken sometime between 1922 & 1928.  Happy for any help that may be given. 

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Submitted by Susamartin51 on Sat, 2017-09-23 03:28.

In the newspaper report about my grandfathers funeral it states that it will pass the monument. What, please is the momument? Sorry to keep asking all thes questions. 

Submitted by David on Mon, 2017-09-25 14:01.

There were a couple of well-known monuments along the road that funeral processions took to the protestant cemetery in Happy Valley, the Kuhlan monument and the HMS Vestal monument, so it was likely one of those.

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2017-09-27 12:47.

Henry Ching thinks it was most likely the HMS Vestal monument. He remembers that area in the 1940s and 50s, and writes:

Funerals usually  started near Tin Lok Lane because, I think, of the concentration of coffin shops and  grave stone manufacturers in that vicinity. The time of passing the H.M.S.Vestal Monument was usually given so that mourners could wait there and join the procession as it passed. 

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2017-09-27 19:41.

Concurred. That is my impression as well. On one of the photos of the Vestal, 'The Monument' is indicated. See here

Submitted by Susamartin51 on Sat, 2017-09-30 13:48.

Thanks for that information. I will include it in my grandfathers story.

 

Submitted by Susamartin51 on Fri, 2017-10-20 23:05.

I am trying to establish when Frederick Charles Coleman arrived in HK and when he started working for the Whampoa Dock Company. Unfortunately to date I have had no luck. Can you help please. Thank you. Susan in Gran Canaria. 

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2021-02-03 05:40.

At a quick glance, F. C. Coleman's name first appears in the jury list for 1911 as an electrician for Kowloon Docks. So his arrival would have been before that. He left Hong Kong to serve in WW1 and subsequently returned. 

Submitted by Susamartin51 on Sat, 2017-10-21 15:20.

Thank you for that. I didnt know how to look at the juty list. I will keep digging and see if I can find his army number. Another avenue to look at!

Submitted by Susamartin51 on Sat, 2017-10-21 16:18.

Is there any way I can access the duty lists?  Thanks.

 

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 2017-10-21 17:40.

Search for HKGRO on Gwulo

for the jury lists.

Submitted by David on Sat, 2017-10-21 17:48.

Here's a list of the pages that mention FC Coleman (and a few that mention people named Coleman, but you'll quickly see which is which):

https://gwulo.com/search/node/coleman%20%22frederick%20charles%22%20juro...

Submitted by Jasper Cook on Wed, 2019-10-02 22:54.

Hello Susamartin51. My names is Jasper, and I work for the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. 

I found this website whilst researching the history of CILT, and if it is the same F.C. Coleman (sometime editor of Modern Transport) then your grandfather is considered one of the primary forces behind the founding of our Institute and we would like to honour him at our upcoming Centenary celebrations, later this year.

To that end, and if we are talking about the same man, we are trying to acquire an image of him, preferably a larger photograph that we can digitise.

If you can in anyway help, I would be very appreciative. Should you be interested I can also provide a little information on the work of your grandfather around 1919.

You can reach me at jasper.cook@ciltinternational.org

Thanks, Jasper.