Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Hi, I am looking for information on Robert Owen Hughes who served in the hong kong water police for a number of years 1930s onward his wife was Pauline and they had a child Dolores Ann born 1930. Robert came back to the uk after ww2 and a few years after in the 1950s traveled back to hong kong where he lived the rest of his life.
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Here are some good sources of
Here are some good sources of information for researching people who lived in Hong Kong: https://gwulo.com/node/9374
Robert Owen Hughes 26 March 1907 - 29 July 1997
Royal Navy Registers of Seamens Service UK
Robert Owen Hughes previous occupation butcher's assistant born 25 March 1907 Bangor Caernarvonshire Wales. Date and Period of Engagement 26 March 1925 - 12 years
Record transferred 1929
Shore by purchase 19 May 1933 in Hong Kong joined RFR [Royal Fleet Reserve] 2 August 1933
Passenger List Hong Kong to Liverpool 5 December 1945
Robert Owen Hughes 39 UK address 8 Highfield Road Ellesmere Port
Pauline Hughes 39
Passenger List 15 December 1950 Southampton to Hong Kong
Robert Owen Hughes 43 police officer UK address 49 Malvern Road Thornton Heath Surrey
Pauline Hughes 40
Dolores Ann Hughes 16
Birth registered Quarter 1 (January February March) 1907 Conway Caernarvonshire
Death 29 July 1979 in Hong Kong
Robert Owen Hughes HKP
R.O.Hughes
Born 23 June 1907 Enlisted 4 May 1933 as A 110 Appointed Lance Sergeant 16 March 1934
Serving in Water Police 1936 Interned aged 35 Sub Inspector 1948
Colonial Police Long Service Medal 4 May 1951 Retired 24 April 1952.
Occupation Waterman
Wouldn't he more likely to have served in the navy than the army? Robert Owen Hughes was interned in Hong Kong. There is a R.O. Hughes in the list of WWII Prisoners of War He is a guardsman being held inGerman territory.
R O Hughes HKP
He was not involved with the Army,I think you are getting hung up on the " Lance Sergeant" reference.
The rank of Lance Sergeant was conferred on Police Officers after they had successfully completed their basic training,they then " Passed Out" and were posted to Police Stations. In due course,subject to satisfactory performance,passing exams etc they were advanced to " Police Sergeant".Beyond that a few might attain Crown Sergeant and thence into the Inspectorate.This ranking structure changed Post War when European Sergeants were regraded as Probationary Sub-Inspectors, Sub Inspectors dissappeared in the early 1960s,leaving Probationary Inspectors which I believe they still have as the direct entry point.