These appeared in the local newspapers in the months following the Japanese surrender, advising people when a ship was available to take them overseas. <Read more ...>
"Light Airs" in seven volumes was the journal of the 4th Submarine Flotilla. The submarines seem to have each taken it in turns to compile a volume of the journal. Printed by Kelly & Walsh Ltd., Hong Kong, Vol. VI was compiled by members of the crew of HM Submarine L3. The editor was R.G. Liveing and the pages I shall be uploading is from the copy kept by the commanding officer, Lt.-Cdr. W. R. Fell. The journal gives a flavour of life on a submarine and is a nice example of 1920s humour - submariner humour.
The following information has been extracted from David Twynham's dissertation for an MSc in the Study of Security Management. The dissertation was completed in October 1996, and titled:
A failure to exercise foresight
Case study analysis of available historical information relating to the Fire Disaster at Happy Valley Racecourse, Hong Kong on 26th February 1918.
Many thanks to David for making these extracts available to us. <Read more ...>
The following excerpts come from this six-page typed report made by "F. W. Wright, Customs Officer" after he escaped from Stanley Camp. The excerpts have kindly been transcribed by Amelia Allsop of the Hong Kong Heritage Project (HKHP).
