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HKP Sen. Supt. FONG Yik Fai

Submitted by Chinarail on Sat, 2014-03-15 12:32
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1965
Places shown in this photo: 
Police Training School, Wong Chuk Hang [1948- ]

HKP Sen. Supt. FONG Yik Fai

Osmund Frederick BOWER (aka Jock / Ossie) [1905-1973]

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2014-03-02 01:03
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Bower
Given: 
Osmund Frederick
Alias / nickname: 
Jock / Ossie
Birth
Date: 
c.1905-05-13 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1973-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Tags: 
police
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

James HILL [1905-1984]

Submitted by alhill on Fri, 2014-02-28 03:54
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Hill
Given: 
James
Birth
Date: 
1905-04-04
Birthplace (town, state): 
Dundee
Death
Date: 
1984-02-14

James Hill, A93. He was one of three Japanese language translators used by Franklin Gimson during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. He could speak Cantonese (3 certificates), Hakka (2 certificates), Hoklo (1 certificate) and Japanese (4 certificates).
Born 4th April 1905 in Dundee, Scotland.

Died 14th February 1984 at Harefield Hospital Middlesex. His ashes were placed on the grave of his deceased wife, Nora Hill (nee Jack) on her grave at Barnhill Cemetery, Broughty Ferry, Scotland.

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

Police Tactical Unit (PTU), Fanling [????- ]

Submitted by David on Sun, 2014-02-16 21:53
Previous place(s) at this location: 
Volunteer Slope Camp [????- ]
Tags: 
police

MacPherson-Brooks Wedding 1943, Stanley Prison Camp, police

Submitted by Suziepie on Sat, 2014-02-08 14:44
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1943
Places shown in this photo: 
Stanley Civilian Internment Camp [1942-1945]

The Wedding of Doris Brooks and Duncan MacPherson (Sgt in HK Police) in Stanley Internment Camp, Hong Kong, on 9th June 1943 during WWII.  The mother of Doris, Emily Brooks, and her brother, Roland (Ron) Brooks, were also interned in the camp. It was also the birthday of Ron Brooks.

Police Quarters / Faculty of Law of HKU, 150-6 Caine Road [1922-c.1976]

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2014-01-19 15:45
Date Place completed: 
1922-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
c.1976-12-31 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

The Police "Offbeat" site says these were Inspectors' Quarters, and has a photo of them: 

http://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/775/eng/f03.htm

Tags: 
police

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

Walter Philip THOMPSON (aka Tommy) [1909-1978]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2013-12-21 17:49
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Thompson
Given: 
Walter Philip
Alias / nickname: 
Tommy
Birth
Date: 
1909-06-07
Birthplace (town, state): 
Tac Chow, Chekiang
Death
Date: 
1978-10-24

Walter Thompson was a Superintedent in the Hong Kong police when the Japanese attacked in December 1941.

He was wounded by shell fragments during the hostilities and interned in Stanley after the surrender. On the night of March 18, 1942 he began an escape with Gwen Priestwood. On their way to Chungking, they were helped by Chinese guerrillas, and Thompson decided to operate with them behind Japanese lines. He ended the war as a Lieutenant-Colonel.

 

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

Robert Basil LEVKOVICH (aka Boris Vasili) [1915-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2013-12-05 19:28
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Levkovich
Given: 
Robert Basil
Alias / nickname: 
Boris Vasili
Birth
Date: 
1915-06-29
Birthplace (town, state): 
Kiev

Robin Basil Levkovich was a policeman of Russian origin who had become a naturalized Briton in the years preceding the war.

During the hostilities he worked for Food Control and was captured by the Japanese while on a mission to Kowloon. He was held in the Kowloon Hotel for a number of months after the surrender on the grounds that he'd worked for the British Government, but was released in March 1942 due to the intervention of his family dentist, who was in fact a Japanese officer.

Birthplace (country): 
Ukraine
Tags: 
police
E contingent

Kenneth Farmer BODIE (aka Ken) [1916-1969]

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2013-11-20 16:08
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Bodie
Given: 
Kenneth Farmer
Alias / nickname: 
Ken
Birth
Date: 
c.1916-10-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Dundee
Death
Date: 
c.1969-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Ian Bodie writes:

My father was born in 1916 in Dundee and joined the Hong Kong Police in 1938.  He was interned in Stanley between 1942 and 1945.

Like many who went through the ordeal at the hands of the Japanese, he refused to speak about his experiences in the Camp to his family. I am now trying to find out if anyone in the group has any recollection of him in Stanley.

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

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