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Ralph James SHRIGLEY [1898-1944]

Submitted by Joan on Mon, 2020-02-10 12:36
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Shrigley
Given: 
Ralph James
Birth
Date: 
c.1898-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1944-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)

Lieutenant Ralph James Shrigley - Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. Born Scotland. Buried Hong Kong 1944.

Birthplace (country): 
Scotland
Tags: 
HKVDC
POW

CLARK [????-????]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2019-10-23 20:58
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Clark
Tags: 
POW
HKVDC

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
Tags: 
HKVDC
POW

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
Tags: 
POW
HKVDC

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
Tags: 
POW
HKVDC

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.

Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
HKVDC
POW

George Stephen WINCH [1912-1974]

Submitted by George Winch on Mon, 2019-01-28 16:42
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Winch
Given: 
George Stephen
Birth
Date: 
1912-06-16
Death
Date: 
c.1974-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (country): 
Hong Kong
Tags: 
HKVDC

Henry Jemson TEBBUTT [1893-????]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2018-12-11 17:12
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Tebbutt
Given: 
Henry Jemson
Birth
Date: 
1893-07-04
Birthplace (town, state): 
Buenos Aires

He was added to the list of authorised architect in Hong Kong in 1930. See item 692 in the Government Gazette, Nov 21, 1930.

Here's his entry in the 1941 Jurors List:

Birthplace (country): 
Argentina
Tags: 
Authorised Architect
POW
HKVDC

George Gwinnett Noble TINSON [1886-1941]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2018-11-13 15:45
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Tinson
Given: 
George Gwinnett Noble
Birth
Date: 
1886-02-17
Birthplace (town, state): 
Kensington, London
Death
Date: 
c.1941-12-19 (Day is approximate)
Cause of death: 
Killed while fighting the Japanese
Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
HKVDC

James Milne THOMSON [c.1921-1941]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2018-10-05 20:23
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Thomson
Given: 
James Milne
Birth
Date: 
c.1921-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1941-12-24

Buried in Stanley Cemetery;

THOMSON, Private, JAMES MILNE, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. 24th December 1941. Age 20. Son of James Downie Thomson and Georgina Milne Thomson, of Aberdeen. 5. E. Coll. grave 3-7.

From: http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/Cemeteries/Stanley_Military_Cemetery/ht...

Tags: 
HKVDC

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