Harold Thomas MATCHES [1911-1992]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 12:18
Names
Given
Harold Thomas
Family
Matches
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
(Day & Month are approximate.)
Birthplace (country)
Gibraltar
Died
Date

Photos that show this Person

1935
1937

Comments

Philip has posted a good writeup of Harold's life at:

http://battleforhongkong.blogspot.hk/2013/11/harold-thomas-matches-poli…

Philip was also instrumental in finding a good home for Harold's collection of material after Harold's son and daughter generously decided they'd like to donate it to an archive. The Harold Thomas Matches Collection is now part of the Hong Kong University's Special Collections:

http://obelix.lib.hku.hk/newsblog/?p=395

I'll be posting up photos from this collection at a later date.

Regards, David

While Matches spent much of his early service in the HKP in the Water Police, he was later transferred to CID and at the time of the Japanese invasion was attached to CID Tsim Sha Tsui.