Graham Scudamore Percival HEYWOOD [1903-1985]

Submitted by David on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 19:08
Names
Given
Graham Scudamore Percival
Family
Heywood
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (town, state)
Manchester
Birthplace (country)
England
Died
Date

When war arrived on 8th December, 1941, Heywood was working at the Observatory on Nathan Road. Heywood set off with a colleague to the New Territories to collect several instruments. Instead he was captured by the Japanese, and began three years and eight months of life as a prisoner of war.

His account of his wartime experiences has been published in the book, It won't be long now. You can read an extract here on Gwulo.

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Baptised 3 August 1903 Byford Herefordshire

1911 Census Place of birth Manchester 

Andrews Cards Reported missing Kowloon 8 December 1941 Graham Scudamore Percival  Heywood only son of Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Graham Percival Heywood  of The Grange Much Wenlock

October 1952 Passenger List Southampton to Hong Kong

Graham S P Heywood age 49 civil servant  UK address The Grange Much Wenlock

Probate Records Graham Scudamore Percival Heywood of Critchells Lockerley Romsey Hampshire died 23 January 1985

1985 Death reported in the Times and named his wife as Valerie

She was Valerie Rose Isabel Railton Wyatt [1904-1922] Marriage 4 June 1937

His private papers are in the Imperial War Museum Collection

There's a fine character sketch of Heywood by Richard Gee in "Rambles in Hong Kong" (1992 edition). Heywood's Chinese name was 希活 or Hei Wut.