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Brian FINCH (aka BRIAN) [1941- ]

Submitted by Brian Finch on Sat, 2018-03-24 18:50
Status: 
Living
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Finch
Given: 
Brian
Alias / nickname: 
BRIAN
Birth
Date: 
1941-01-01
Birthplace (town, state): 
Crewe, Cheshire

Maj (Ret'd Brian Finch MCIL served in The Middlesex Regiment with one of the survivors of the Lisbon Maru Incident.  He later learned Chinese and during his time in Hong Kong had close links with The Lisbn Maru Association of Hong Kong.  He translated their account of the incident seen through the eyes of the Chinese fishermen who rescued hundreds of British prisoners of war under fire from Japanese soldiers on 2 October 1942. The translation was published in November 2017 by Proverse Hong Kong.    

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom

Frederick William PERRY [1914-1988]

Submitted by philk on Wed, 2018-02-28 20:27
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Perry
Given: 
Frederick William
Birth
Date: 
1914-06-11
Death
Date: 
1988-01-16

I note with interest that HK actor, Anthony Wong Chau-sang (黃秋生), is still searching for his information regarding his British father, Frederick William Perry. It seems not much is known other than he worked for the Colonial Govt and left when Anthony was still a toddler.

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom

Thomas Neil DAVIS [1895-1978]

Submitted by Anthony Davis on Sun, 2017-01-29 22:51
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Davis
Given: 
Thomas Neil
Birth
Date: 
1895-05-18
Birthplace (town, state): 
Liverpool, Lancs.
Death
Date: 
1978-10-18

Thomas Neil Davis joined the Royal Navy and was awarded an Albert Medal for helping to sail a burning ammunition barge out of Halifax Harbour in 1917.

After WW1 in the 1920's he joined the Chinese Customs Service.

more to follow...

 

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
Tags: 
Chinese Maritime Customs

Cecil CARR (aka Sammy) [1912-1996]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2016-12-10 00:26
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Carr
Given: 
Cecil
Alias / nickname: 
Sammy
Birth
Date: 
1912-08-14
Birthplace (town, state): 
Buxton, Derbyshire
Death
Date: 
c.1996-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Cecil Carr came to Hong Kong in 1936 as an assistant for Lane Crawford. He left in 1949 by which time he'd become manager of the Food Department. 

More information: https://brianedgar.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/cecil-sammy-carr/

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

James LEGGE [1815-1897]

Submitted by Herostratus on Tue, 2016-05-24 14:50
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Legge
Given: 
James
Birth
Date: 
c.1815-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1897-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

James Legge graduated from Aberdeen University in 1836 and joined the London Missionary Society two years after. He was sent to Malacca in 1840 where he assumed the post of principal of the Anglo-Chinese college founded by Robert Morrison. When the school moved to Hong Kong in1843, Legge remained as Principal. He was a great Sinologue and was famous for his translation and annotation of the Chinese classics. He was a prominent resident of Hong Kong as he was an all round man: Scholar, missionary, minister, chaplain and Educationist.

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
Tags: 
Legge
London Missionary Society
church

Charles David BOTTOMLEY [1839-1893]

Submitted by annelisec on Sun, 2016-05-08 04:41
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Bottomley
Given: 
Charles David
Birth
Date: 
1839-12-30
Birthplace (town, state): 
London, Middlesex
Death
Date: 
1893-07-10

Link to family tree on Geni.com https://www.geni.com/people/Charles-David-Bottomley/6000000013497883144

 

Attorney

Legal documents from Deacons available here

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom

John William RUSSELL [????-????]

Submitted by jill on Tue, 2016-02-09 19:49
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Russell
Given: 
John William
Birthplace (town, state): 
Glasgow

John William Russell, engineer, is given in the Jurors List of 1937 as working for CE Warren & Co. Ltd. This is the only Jurors List in which he is named and I haven't found him in earlier staff lists of CE Warren & Co. Ltd., not that I've been able to check them all. His address in 1937 is 11 Bayview Mansions, Causeway Bay. His will is recorded by Carl Smith. I don't know if this is the same John Russell whose grave is listed as 12A/04/17 in Patricia Lim's data base as having died aged 77 in 1959 and who is buried with his wife Helen. Her 1937 grave bears the CEW & Co.

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom

John BOWRING [1792-1872]

Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2014-08-26 20:53
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Bowring
Given: 
John
Birth
Date: 
1792-10-17
Birthplace (town, state): 
Exeter, Devon
Death
Date: 
1872-11-23

Sir John Bowring was the fourth Governor of Hong Kong (1854-1859).

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
Tags: 
governor

Douglas Roland BLAND (aka 白連) [1923-1975]

Submitted by Douglas on Thu, 2014-07-24 17:51
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Bland
Given: 
Douglas Roland
Alias / nickname: 
白連
Birth
Date: 
1923-04-07
Birthplace (town, state): 
Ecclesall, Sheffield
Death
Date: 
1975-05-16

Husband of Veronica Bland née Walker, father of Siobhan, Diarmuid, and Clodagh

1941 Art student at the Ruskin School, Oxford

1941-46 War service with the Royal Navy; demobilised with the rank of Lieutenant

1946 Lived in Bali

1946-48 Service with the Chinese Maritime Customs

1948 Settled in Hong Kong, and joined the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company

1949 Married Veronica Walker of Hong Kong

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom

Geoffrey Studholme WILSON [1913-2003]

Submitted by brian edgar on Mon, 2014-07-14 16:36
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Wilson
Given: 
Geoffrey Studholme
Birth
Date: 
1913-06-13
Death
Date: 
2003-04-21

Geoffrey Wilson joined the Hong Kong Police in 1933. In 1936 he married Joy Noel Harris-Walker.

He was chosen to be part of 'Z' Force, a special operations unit which would work behind Japanese lines after an attack, but had to withdraw after it became clear this was incompatible with police duties during an invasion.

He was interned in Stanley, and in 1943 was involved with communicating with the British Army Aid Group in the organisation of an escape which never took place.

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
police

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