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Battle for Hong Kong: A Wedding Occasion in August 1936
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Battle for Hong Kong. Tuesday, 11 February 2014. A Wedding Occasion in August 1936. I was sent this wedding photograph by Judy Bercene a relative of Sheila Haynes who was one of the bridesmaids. At that stage we did not know where the wedding was, whether it was in Hong Kong or in Shanghai, nor did we know who the bride and groom were and nor the identity of all the people in the photograph. Wedding of John Luke and May Coghlan (Courtesy of Judy Bercene). I think their story deserve to be told. Other tha...
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Battle for Hong Kong: Stanley Internment Camp
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Battle for Hong Kong. Saturday, 7 February 2015. On 21st January 1942 the bulk of enemy civilians - those of British, American and Dutch nationality, mostly European but including a number of Chinese and Eurasian wives of British nationals were herded into the grounds and buildings formerly occupied by St Stephens College and HM Prison Stanley. St Stephens College was at that time a private school and known as the Eton of the East. The prison walls behind the beach. In this picture we can see the white w...
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Battle for Hong Kong: Professor Gordon King Escapes from Japanese Occupied Hong Kong
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Battle for Hong Kong. Sunday, 8 September 2013. Professor Gordon King Escapes from Japanese Occupied Hong Kong. Gordon King was born in London on 7th July 1900 - the son of a Baptist Minister. A. Fter qualifying as a Doctor and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1926, he joined the Baptist Missionary Society to become a medical missionary in China where he practiced medicine until 1936. Let's go back in time to December 1941. In a letter to his wife Mary written after his escape to Free Chi...
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Battle for Hong Kong: Wing Commander Alfred Horace Steel Steele-Perkins
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Battle for Hong Kong. Thursday, 25 September 2014. Wing Commander Alfred Horace Steel Steele-Perkins. Wing Commander Alfred Horace Steele-Perkins was born in Exeter, Devon in 1886. At the time of his birth Queen Victoria had reigned for nearly 50 years and it was the apex of the British Empire. The photograph of him shown below is dated February 1938 and is sourced from the web site of the National Portrait Gallery. Stern view - HMS Cornwallis (Source:Wikipedia). HMS King Alfred's armament included two 9...
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Battle for Hong Kong: Mrs Elizabeth Appleton Fidoe and the massacre at St Stehens College
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Battle for Hong Kong. Wednesday, 27 August 2014. Mrs Elizabeth Appleton Fidoe and the massacre at St Stehens College. St Stephens College and the Military Cemetery are very close to where I live - I often visit the College grounds and the nearby Stanley prison on trips organized by author and historian Geoff Emerson, for families of internees or for families of military personnel involved in the fighting at or around Stanley. Statement of Sister Miss Amelia Fleming Gordon. Territorial Army Nursing Service.
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Battle for Hong Kong: "Vanla" - the story of a boat - December 1941
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Battle for Hong Kong. Tuesday, 5 November 2013. Vanla" - the story of a boat - December 1941. This is the story of a boat. A fine looking cabin cruiser named "Vanla" with three portholes on each side. She was built in Hong Kong in 1936 equipped with a small cabin forward, a saloon amidships, a small galley and a cockpit aft. She was a typical 1930s motor cruiser with the graceful lines of that period. Vanla" lying at anchor. Vanla" moored at a bathing beach (most likely Castle Peak Road). In Sydney he wa...
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Battle for Hong Kong: Lance Bombardier John Bullen - a tale of extraordinary gallantry in the Battle for Stanley
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Battle for Hong Kong. Monday, 27 July 2015. Lance Bombardier John Bullen - a tale of extraordinary gallantry in the Battle for Stanley. After the war I heard the stirring tale of L/Bdr John (Red) Bullen. At Stanley he knocked out two enemy tanks with an anti-tank gun and then, all the officers and other NCOs being dead or wounded , he ordered the rest of the men to withdraw while he covered them. He was last seen out of ammunition weilding his rifle like a club, surrrounded by enemy dead". National Archi...
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Battle for Hong Kong: Mount Davis Hong Kong - RSM Ford who fought there in WW2 and Leontine Ellis who passed away whilst incarcerated in Stanley Camp Hong Kong.
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Battle for Hong Kong. Friday, 18 April 2014. Mount Davis Hong Kong - RSM Ford who fought there in WW2 and Leontine Ellis who passed away whilst incarcerated in Stanley Camp Hong Kong. Fourteen internees died in an air raid - January 16th 1945. Died following a shark attack at Tweed Bay Beach. Leontine Ellis who died whilst incarcerated at Stanley Camp. Name Occupation Date of Birth Billet. Charles Oswald Ellis Cable Censor 15 July 1893 Block 3, Rm 11. Frederick Ellis Retired Broker. Block 5, Rm 5. From t...
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Battle for Hong Kong: July 2015
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Battle for Hong Kong. Monday, 27 July 2015. Lance Bombardier John Bullen - a tale of extraordinary gallantry in the Battle for Stanley. After the war I heard the stirring tale of L/Bdr John (Red) Bullen. At Stanley he knocked out two enemy tanks with an anti-tank gun and then, all the officers and other NCOs being dead or wounded , he ordered the rest of the men to withdraw while he covered them. He was last seen out of ammunition weilding his rifle like a club, surrrounded by enemy dead". National Archi...
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Battle for Hong Kong: Able Seaman John "Jack" Siddans
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Battle for Hong Kong. Tuesday, 17 March 2015. Able Seaman John "Jack" Siddans. John ("Jack") Siddans ID bracelet found in the hills of Hong Kong in January 2015 (Courtesy: Dave Willott). The ID tag bore the inscription :. J Siddans Q.O. A quick check of the garrison. List maintained by military historian Tony Banham on his web site (www.hongkongwardiary.com) showed that John Siddans was listed as an Able Seaman serving with HMS Tamar. The initials Q.O. on the ID bracelet signify. This rather banal refere...