James Kynoch was Senior Inspector of Works at the time of his death and had been with the PWD for 18 years. He had worked on the construction of the Panama Canal. He was one of the original promoters of the Kowloon Golf Club, a member of the Kowloon Cricket Club and a member of the Committee of the Union Church, Kowloon. He seems to have been a long standing friend and PWD contact of my grandfather, Charles Warren and a Kowloon neighbour. He is one of the twenty or so people listed in the SCMP as attending Charles Warren's funeral at St Michael's Cemetery in June 1923. <Read more ...>
In 1904, aged 29, Forsyth became a partner of Drs. Jordan and and Gibson. Originally from Edinburgh, he married about 1908 and lived in Chater's Bungalow off Nathan Road. Latterly lived At Magazine Gap, having bought the old bungalow that had belonged to Duncan Clark, partner in Lane, Crawford and Co.. Keen cricketer and President of Kowloon Cricket Club for a number of years. After WW2 his firm name changed to Drs. Anderson and Partners. Owned several race ponies in partnership with Dr Jordan. (Information from Carl Smith cards) <Read more ...>
