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Hazel Florence SUGARS (née SMITH) [1912-1999]

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2014-01-03 22:14
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Sugars
Given: 
Hazel Florence
Maiden: 
Smith
Birth
Date: 
1912-08-12
Birthplace (town, state): 
Southall, Middlesex
Death
Date: 
1999-09-22
Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
Evacuated to Australia in 1940

Bertram Ewart SUGARS [1899-1968]

Submitted by gjks on Fri, 2014-01-03 22:14
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Sugars
Given: 
Bertram Ewart
Birth
Date: 
1899-08-07
Birthplace (town, state): 
Walthamstow, Essex
Death
Date: 
c.1968-03-01 (Day is approximate)
Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

William Richard CHESTER-WOODS [c.1896-1946]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2013-12-30 16:46
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Chester-Woods
Given: 
William Richard
Birth
Date: 
c.1896-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hounslow
Death
Date: 
1946-11-19

John Black's list notes he was a Policeman, born in 1896.

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

Ernest TUCK (aka Chan) [1899-1971]

Submitted by brian edgar on Wed, 2013-12-18 18:34
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Tuck
Given: 
Ernest
Alias / nickname: 
Chan
Birth
Date: 
1899-09-15
Birthplace (town, state): 
Somerset
Death
Date: 
1971-09-23

Ernest Tuck was in the ASC division of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. During the December 1941 hostilities he was assigned to the Army Field Bakery at Deepwater Bay, where he worked with Staff-Sergeant Patrick Sheridan, who paid tribute to the value of his contribution.

After the surrender he was held at the camp in North Point, and then sent to Shamshuipo.

Sources:

http://gwulo.com/node/17612

Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
POW
HKVDC

Horace William BONNER (aka Tom) [1901-1941]

Submitted by brian edgar on Wed, 2013-12-18 16:29
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Bonner
Given: 
Horace William
Alias / nickname: 
Tom
Birth
Date: 
1901-10-15
Birthplace (town, state): 
Woolwich, London
Death
Date: 
1941-12-22

Horace William Bonner was a corporal in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps.

During the December 1941 hostilities he worked with the army master baker Patrick Sheridan at the Field Bakery at Deep Water Bay. He was killed at Overbays on December 23, 1941 (in fact December 22nd - see comments below).

Staff-Sergeant Sheridan says he spoke Chinese and pays tribute to his work on more than one occasion.

He was aged 40 at death.

Sources:

Birthplace (country): 
England

Mavis Ena LEE (née BUSBRIDGE) [1896-1959]

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2013-12-13 17:18
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Lee
Given: 
Mavis Ena
Maiden: 
Busbridge
Birth
Date: 
c.1896-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Kent
Death
Date: 
c.1959-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Her husband was C R Lee.

She accompanied the Japanese when they made their first "Peace Mission" from Kowloon to Hong Kong on the 13th Dec 1941, requesting the British surrender.

Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Gwen PRIESTWOOD / NELSON (née FULLBROOK) [1917-2000]

Submitted by brian edgar on Fri, 2013-12-06 16:28
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Priestwood / Nelson
Given: 
Gwen
Maiden: 
Fullbrook
Birth
Date: 
c.1917-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
London
Death
Date: 
c.2000-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Gwen Priestwood was supposed to be a nurse during the Japanese attack, but volunteered to drive a food supply lorry instead.

Soon after the surrender, she tried to escape with others but the plan came to nothing. She was interned in Stanley Camp with the rest of the Allied civilians, but on March 18, 1942 she began an escape with policeman W. P. Thompson. She carried with her to Chungking a complete list of British internees.

In 1944 she published an account of her experiences: Through Japanese Barbed-wire.

Source:

Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
escaped from camp

Ronald HOLMES [1913-1981]

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2013-11-12 18:41
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Holmes
Given: 
Ronald
Birth
Date: 
1913-12-26
Birthplace (town, state): 
Halifax, Yorkshire
Death
Date: 
1981-06-14
Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
BAAG

Constance ROSEN (née LEADBEATER, aka Connie) [1915-1993]

Submitted by raemshaw on Thu, 2013-10-31 19:42
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Rosen
Given: 
Constance
Maiden: 
Leadbeater
Alias / nickname: 
Connie
Birth
Date: 
1915-07-30
Birthplace (town, state): 
London
Death
Date: 
1993-09-10
Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
Evacuated to Australia in 1940

Yvonne Joyce Spencer CHARTER [1921- ]

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2013-10-08 18:32
Status: 
Unknown
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Charter
Given: 
Yvonne Joyce Spencer
Birth
Date: 
1921-08-06
Birthplace (town, state): 
Plymouth, Devon
Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

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