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A look at the most popular pages that appeared on Gwulo in 2012.
#10 - Duncan George MACPHERSON [1912-1989] (11,896 views)
Duncan began life in a crofters cottage in the Highlands of Scotland, but we meet him much later when he was a policeman in Hong Kong. He spent the Japanese occupation interned in Stanley Camp, where this photo of his wedding was taken:
A few weeks ago we looked at how the 1920 map of Kowloon was added to Gwulo. Today we'll take a closer look at the map itself, and see what stories it has to tell of early 20th-century Kowloon.
A look at the most popular pages that appeared on Gwulo in 2011.
#10 - Inscriptions for cemetery sections 10-16 (25,169 views)
I've listed some of the recent highlights below, but you can visit the What's New page at any time to see the latest additions to the site.
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A look at the most popular pages from ten years ago.
#10 - RAF Mount Davis [????-1959] (33,416 views)
If I asked you to name a military site on Mount Davis, you'd probably pick one of the Jubilee or Mount Davis Batteries. But Mount Davis was also home to the RAF, as after WW2 they had a team of men operating a radar station there.