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Fred WOODHEAD [1913-????]

Submitted by susanleech on Fri, 2019-05-24 22:35

Status:

Deceased

Sex:

Male

Names

Family:

Woodhead

Given:

Fred

Birth

Date:

1913-09-14

Birthplace (town, state):

Sheffield

On 26 August 1939 Fred Woodhead set sail from Southampton to Hong Kong on the Viceroy of India together with a number of other "Crown Agents" who were members of the Hong Kong Police. After the fall of Hong Kong in December 1941 he was imprisoned in Sham Shui Po POW Camp. He was on the Lisbon Maru on 1 October 1942 when it was torpedoed and sunk by US submarine Grouper. Fred survived and was then transferred to Osaka Camp #1, where he remained for the duration of the war. He returned to the UK after his release and married his finacee, Miss Jeannie Smith, 3 weeks lat <Read more ...>

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Frederick James Duncan CLEMO (aka Freddie) [1922-1999]

Submitted by David on Sun, 2019-05-19 12:23

Status:

Deceased

Sex:

Male

Names

Family:

Clemo

Given:

Frederick James Duncan

Alias / nickname:

Freddie

Birth

Date:

1922-08-22

Death

Date:

1999-03-23

Extracts from his obituary:

Born in HK
Educated in Britain
In 1941, fought with the HKVDC, then imprisoned as a POW
Postwar, worked in China
Moved to Manila in 1950 where he later founded several companies including Acquila and Pandiman

Birthplace (country):

Hong Kong

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HKVDC

POW

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Thomas Sydney Douglas WHITLEY [1909-1985]

Submitted by David on Thu, 2019-05-02 15:44

Status:

Deceased

Sex:

Male

Names

Family:

Whitley

Given:

Thomas Sydney Douglas

Birth

Date:

1909-03-15

Birthplace (town, state):

Sailkot

Death

Date:

1985-03-20

Mr Whitley is mentioned on Tony Banham's list of members of the HKVDC:

Whitley, Tomas Sydney Signalman 1321 (XD5)

Birthplace (country):

India

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POW

HKVDC

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Douglas Thomas SMITH [1915-1981]

Submitted by David on Thu, 2019-05-02 15:42

Status:

Deceased

Sex:

Male

Names

Family:

Smith

Given:

Douglas Thomas

Birth

Date:

c.1915-12-01 (Day is approximate)

Birthplace (town, state):

Leytonstone, Essex

Death

Date:

c.1981-06-30 (Day is approximate)

Mr Smith is mentioned on Tony Banham's list of members of the HKVDC:

Smith, Douglas Thomas Corporal V1982 (XD5)

Birthplace (country):

England

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POW

HKVDC

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John Hubert BOTTOMLEY (aka Jack) [1899-1964]

Submitted by Robbot27 on Sun, 2019-04-28 10:10

Status:

Deceased

Sex:

Male

Names

Family:

Bottomley

Given:

John Hubert

Alias / nickname:

Jack

Birth

Date:

1899-02-22

Birthplace (town, state):

Baildon, Yorkshire

Death

Date:

1964-07-31

Cause of death:

Heart Attack

John Hubert Bottomley (Jack) was born in Baildon, West Yorkshire in 1899, the oldest of four children of Fred Bottomley and Elizabeth Tyson. As a young man Jack served in World War I and was gassed as well as receiving serious shrapnel wounds in Flanders. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.

After the Great War he studied engineering at Bradford Technical College (now Bradford University). He passed the Oxbridge exams but the family could not afford to send him to Oxford or Cambridge. <Read more ...>

Birthplace (country):

England

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HKVDC

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Andrew SALMON (aka Jack) [1919-2000]

Submitted by kensalmon on Fri, 2019-02-01 19:53

Status:

Deceased

Sex:

Male

Names

Family:

SALMON

Given:

Andrew

Alias / nickname:

Jack

Birth

Date:

1919-07-29

Birthplace (town, state):

London

Death

Date:

2000-10-09

Andrew Salmon first came to Hong Kong in 1937 as a junior member (trumpeter) of the Royal Artillery. He fought the Japanese and was taken prisoner at Stanley in December 1941. He was in Shamshuipo camp and then was sent to Japan on the ill-fated ‘Lisbon Maru’. <Read more ...>

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