I can't see Mr & Mrs de Chaffoy on the 1942 list of civilian internees, but they are mentioned in a list of Stanley Camp Internees compiled by Ron Bridge, so were they out of camp initially and then interned later?
This is from Clutch of Circumstance by Lewis Bush:
A few newcomers had arrived in the camp. Some from the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and other British banks, who had been kept outside whilst clearing up their books for the Japanese liquidators. Then there were a number of Dutch, Belgian and other nationalities. Among these were Baron de Chaffoy de Courcelles and Katherine, his German-born wife. These were highly cultured and good people with whom I formed a firm friendship. De Chaffoy was the president of a tobacco company and brought quite a large stock of cigarettes into the camp, which he generously shared with his friends.
Bush dates these arrivals to 'late spring 1942' but as far as I know the HSBC people did not arrive in Stanley Camp until summer 1943, which was after Bush had been transferred to Shamshuipo (https://gwulo.com/node/14388).
My guess is that some people including the de Chaffoys did enter Stanley in 1942 and that Bush confused those arrivals with the bankers who he'd learnt about after the war.
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Eugenius Richardus Michael Edgardus Hippolytus born 1884
Hamburg Germany Marriages 1 May 1916
Eugenius Richardus Michael Edgardus Hippolytus age 31 born 20 July 1884 married Margarethe Hermine Kathe Mundt (Names obviously Latinised)
4 August 1939 sailing from Bremen to USA
Edgar DE CHAFFOY DE COURCELLES age 55 merchant born Turnhout Belgium
Kaethe (sic) DE CHAFFOY DE COURCELLES age 49 born Hamburg Germany
Leonie DE CHAFFOY DE COURCELLES age 21 born Hamburg Germany
Last permanent residence Hong Kong
5 May 1951 Travelling from New York to Rotterdam
Edgar DE CHAFFOY DE COURCELLES age 66
Katherine DE CHAFFOY DE CORCELLES age 61
4 March 1947 Southampton to Hong Kong
Edgar Eugene Richard Michel (sic) Hippolyte Courseslles (sic) age 62 company director
Marguerite Hermine Kate (sic) Courseslles (sic) age 57
Address in UK c/o The Belgian Embassy London
Edgar de Chaffoy
Kirsty, a pic of your grandfather
Internment in Stanley Camp
I can't see Mr & Mrs de Chaffoy on the 1942 list of civilian internees, but they are mentioned in a list of Stanley Camp Internees compiled by Ron Bridge, so were they out of camp initially and then interned later?
This is from Clutch of…
This is from Clutch of Circumstance by Lewis Bush:
A few newcomers had arrived in the camp. Some from the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and other British banks, who had been kept outside whilst clearing up their books for the Japanese liquidators. Then there were a number of Dutch, Belgian and other nationalities. Among these were Baron de Chaffoy de Courcelles and Katherine, his German-born wife. These were highly cultured and good people with whom I formed a firm friendship. De Chaffoy was the president of a tobacco company and brought quite a large stock of cigarettes into the camp, which he generously shared with his friends.
Bush dates these arrivals to 'late spring 1942' but as far as I know the HSBC people did not arrive in Stanley Camp until summer 1943, which was after Bush had been transferred to Shamshuipo (https://gwulo.com/node/14388).
My guess is that some people including the de Chaffoys did enter Stanley in 1942 and that Bush confused those arrivals with the bankers who he'd learnt about after the war.
Edgar Hippolyte De Chaffoy de Courcelles
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Edgar Hippolyte De Chaffoy de Courcelles
Birth 1884 • Turnhout, Antwerpen, Belgium
Death Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal
Margarethe Kathe Hermine Mundt 1890 Hamburg Germany -1977 Cascais Lisbon Portugal