Kenneth William FORROW [1916-2004]

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Kenneth William
Family
Forrow
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
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England
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England
  • Forrow joined the Volunteer Air Arm as a cadet pilot and trained to fly torpedo-bombers and amphibians. These aircraft were destroyed by the Japanese when they invaded Hong Kong on December 8, 1941. Later, he was assigned to a Volunteer rescue unit and continued to rescue civilians before being captured. He was eventually imprisoned in Sham Shui Po POW camp, where his mother was also interned in Stanley.
  • He helped the Hong Kong Football Club survive after WWII. His leadership rebuilt the club, which remains a thriving institution today.
  • If you want to learn about his history, please refer to pages 43 to 44 in the Monthly journal of the Hong Kong Football Club's July/August 2021 issue.

Monthly journal : https://www.hkfc.com/media/bxhdkemp/hkfc_2021_07-08_mag.pdf

wikitree : https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Forrow-117
In 1965, Kenneth William Forrow participated in the 20th Liberation Anniversary of the Sham Shui Po POW Camp., by Alan Ho
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Alan, thanks for the adding the page for Kenneth. I'd like to link it to a page for his mother.

The linked wikitree page shows his mother as Dorothy Emily Keene (1895). I don't see anyone surnamed Keene on the Stanley lists, but there is a Dorothy Emily Bailey (1899). Any idea if that could be her, perhaps having re-married?

Regards, David

Hi David! I'm sorry that I only just saw your reply. I believe your speculation is correct. Additionally, I have found some information about Kenneth's mother that I hope will be helpful to your research.

1)

Hong Kong Blue Book (1938) ‐ Windows and Orphans' Pensions :

Name of Pensioner : Dorothy Emily Pratt
Date from which the Pension has been paid : 15th February 1938
Particulars : Widow of Horace Charles Pratt , late of Prison Department
Date of Birth of Pensioner : 9th November, 1896

2)

Gravestone record of Horace Charles Pratt
https://www.hkmemory.hk/MHK/collections/hong_kong_cemetery/all_items/im…
Horace Charles Pratt / died 14th February 1938 / aged 47 years 

3)

Mothly Journal :
"At the age of 21, ‘K.W. Forrow’ appeared in 1938 directories as an ‘examiner’ with the Government Audit Office. That year he lost more family – his sister to smallpox and his stepfather to heart failure. Again his mother married, this time to Arthur Bailey, a quartermaster sergeant in the Royal Army Service Corps."