Raymond Walter SMITH [1896-1976] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Raymond Walter SMITH [1896-1976]

Names
Given: 
Raymond Walter
Family: 
Smith
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1896-08-11
Death
Date: 
1976-08-25
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As a child, walking with my parents, Raymond and Pixie Smith, on the hillsides of Hong Kong in 1939, I remember seeing Chinese burial urns each placed in a favourable spot with a view. On one occasion I climbed up the hillside and took the lid off an urn to look inside. I was frightened to see a skull and pile of bones and fled back to my parents seeking reassurance.

 

1935 Passenger List London to Hong Kong

Raymond W Smith 39 engineer [Raymond Walter Smith born 22 July 1896 Hampton Wick Middlesex son of Joseph John Smith and Grace Rosa Smith nee Belcher. He died 1976 in Cheltenham ] 

Gertrude Smith 35 [born as Gertrude Anne Anton 16 April 1894 Nottinghamshire]  died in Cheltenham 1975] aka Pixie?

John Anton Smith  7 months

 

Marriage 1931 Quarter 3 Cheltenham

Raymond W Smith to Gertrude A Anton