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According to "Empire Made Me" by Robert Bickers, George Matcham left the Shanghai Metropolitan Police in 1922 to work at the Hong Kong stables . He was one of the jockeys who rode for my grandfather, Charles Warren and in particular came a close second with the pony Mosaic Tile in the Gymkhana Stakes at the Special Race Meeting for the Prince of Wales on 7 April 1922, leaving the rest of the field five lengths behind. He is named as attending my grandfather's funeral in June 1923.

Wife of the last governor of Hong Kong (1992-1997), Christopher Francis Patten, now Baron Patten of Barnes, Lavender Patten gave up her career as a family law barrister to accompany and support her husband in Hong Kong. After reading first classics, then law at St. Hilda's College, University of Oxford she was called to the bar in 1969. She currently works for MiD Mediation and Counselling in Twickenham, West London. She is also Patron of the Society for Support of Sick Newborn and Parents.

Notes from annpake:

Francis Rubin Aslett 1874 - 1931

Passenger List Hong Kong to London October 1930

Mr F Aslett age 61 Sanitary Inspector (?Francis)

Mrs E Aslett 40

Mr J Aslett 18

Miss E Aslett 17 (?Eileen)

Miss E Aslett 7 (?Elizabeth)

Probate Calendar 1931

Francis Rubin Aslett of 78 Dalgarno Gardens North Kensington died 27 February 1931. Administration to Elizabeth Marie Aslett widow.

UK Birth Index

born 1864 died 1945

in British Army from aged 21 to 1918.  Served in Hong Kong from 1901 to 1904

his son Richard Alfred was born in Hong Kong 1902 - women's hospital Queens road - I cant find out which hospital that was  

they lived in army quarters at the top of a hill near a sugar refinery - not sure where 

Mary Ann Dinnen nee Killah born 1859 king edward aberdeenshire scotland, parents william killah and amelia killah nee cruickshank who married in 1855 gamrie baniffshire scotland. Mary killah appears on the 1871 census records then aged 12 and then on the 1871 aged 22 and her employment was a domestic servant at the old parish school house gamrie. She then resurfaces in 1885 when she married HJ Dinnen in NSW australia i have the marriage certificate. She is then on a 1891 census in the UK AGE 32 as a boarder along with william h dinnen age 4 who was born in hong kong.

Served at RAF Kai Tak as Leading Aircraftman (LAC) from October 1938. Captured on 25 December 1941 and later sent to Sham Shui Po POW Camp. Sailed on the MV Tatuta Maru for Japan in January 1943 and subsequently died in camp. 

A photo and article on George Brass appeared in "Gau Lung", official magazine of RAF Kai Tak in March 1969 and can be read here

The original Alice Memorial Hospital at the corner Hollywood Road and Aberdeen Street was erected in her memory by her loving husband, Dr. Ho Kai and friends. The Hospital was opened on 17 February 1887.