Percival Douglas WILSON (aka Percy) [1877-1962] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Percival Douglas WILSON (aka Percy) [1877-1962]

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Submitted by Ron Abbott on Sun, 2019-10-13 20:05
Names
Given: 
Percival Douglas
Family: 
Wilson
Alias / nickname: 
Percy
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1877-07-10
Birthplace (town, state): 
Swansea
Birthplace (country): 
Wales
Death
Date: 
1962-07-12
Cause of death: 
Heart Failure

Son of Alexander Wilson (Irishman born in 1860) a master shoe-maker and Elzabeth Wilson (nee Cook).  Became a civil engineer and worked in the Public Works Department in Hong Kong for some thirty years. 

Married at St John's Cathedral on 1913-11-19 to Hilda Wilson and had at last two sons, namely Farquhar and Ronald.

Was a member of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps and took over as Pipe-Major (Serjeant-Piper) of the 2nd Scottish Company from Pipe-Major Robert G McEwan in 1924 and he then remained Pipe-Major until 1929-05-23 when Pipe-Major William Keith Craigie Mackie was appointed.

Percival Douglas Wilson then moved to Edinburgh where he was a Fellow of the  Society of Antiquities in Scotland and during the 1930s also became Honorary Secretary of the (Royal) Scottish Pipers' Society in Edinburgh.  There were three bagpipe tunes composed in his honour, all called 'P Douglas Wilson' by Pipe-Major Alexander Rose MacLeod (Royal Scots Fusiliers). 

Percival passed away at Glenlockart Road, Edinburgh in 1962.

(The Pipe-Majors of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps were 1921 to 1924 - John Ross Black, 1924 to 1924 - Robert Gardiner McEwan, 1924 to 1929 - Percival Douglas Wilson, 1929 to 1941 - William Keith Craigie Mackie) 

 

 

Tags: 
Pipe-Major
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps
Public Works Department
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Submitted by David on Mon, 2019-10-14 21:27.

The following report appeared on page 4 of The Hong Kong Telegraph, 1913-11-20:

HONGKONG WEDDING.

Wilson-Gibbon.

The wedding took place at St. John's Cathedral yesterday afternoon of Mr. Percival Douglas Wilson, of the Public Works Department of Hongkong, to Miss Hilda Gibbon, of Warrington. The bride, who was given away by Mr. P. H. Holyoak, wore a cream satin dress trimmed with tulle lace and chiffon, with veil and wreath of orange blossoms. The little Misses Dorothy and Joyce Holyoak attended as bridesmaids. The bridegroom wore Highland dress, and was attended by Mr. C. H. Blason as “best man.” The ceremony was performed by the Rev. V. H. Copley-Moyle.

A reception was afterwards held at “Capsuimun ” Barker Road, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Holyoak when the usual toasts were honoured. The newly married couple subsequently left for Canton and Macao on their honeymoon.