Wedding of Mary Neave and Norman Railton.jpg

Mon, 06/21/2021 - 10:07

Wedding of Mary Neave and Norman Railton, St John's Cathedral, Hong Kong 8 July 1918

Left to right, standing:

Thomas Neave, b Scotland ca 1875, Superintendent, Hong Kong & Whampoa Dockyard Company, m Jane Pattison of Newcastle upon Tyne, father of Lillian, Mary, Florence, and Thomas, d Colwyn Bay, N Wales, ca 1923

Jane Neave, wife of Thomas

Florence Agnes Neave b 1907, m Gordon Alder, England 1934, d Hull, England 1978, mother of Geoffrey, Valerie and David, later of Kuala Lumpur circa 1946 to 1951, grandmother of Edward Alder

Norman Railton, employee of Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong(Insurance Dept?), interned in Stanley Camp during Japanese occupation, d Hong Kong ca 1946

Mary ("Mollie") Neave b 1899, d 1999 age 100 years 3 months, mother of Norman Leonard Thomas Railton b 1924, d 1999

Lilian ("Lily") Neave b ca 1897, m Perceval Wilkie, d ca 1943, Melbourne, employee of Butterfield & Swire, Hong Kong, d ca 1974, mother of John Wilkie, RAF Aircrew b ca 1926 d 1947

Unknown youngster

Charles Wallace, best man (presumably)

Sitting: Thomas Neave b Hong Kong ca 1910, PoW in Germany from Dunkirk end WW2,  Insurance manager, m Lynn, father of John and Teresa, d ca 1985 
 

Date picture taken
8 Jul 1918