arnold 1860

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arnold 1860

During our visit to the Deep Water Bay Golf Club we stumbled on a small grave stone which is situated arond where a waterstream is running through the golf course. We were told that Arnold was a sailor wandering from Stanley to this part of the island and then was attacked and murdered by pirates. Does anyone knows about this small gravestone and has more information regarding Arnold the sailor.

Thank you so much and wishing you all a happy Chinese New Year. Thank you,   Daniel

Date picture taken
unknown
Shows place(s)
Deep Water Bay Golf Course [1897- ]

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Also mentioned by Iain Leighton, another member of this site, in his post in the “HK in the Colonial Era” Facebook group:

“When I was a boy in HK in the 1950s, I was fascinated by what I could see from Salisbury Road Kowloon, looking up to Signal Hill. Back then you had an unobscured view of Signal Hill and the tall masts there. My father told me that when sailing ships with masts back in the late 19thC entered the harbour via Lyemun channel, they could (pre morse code days) see messages for incoming sailing ships because of the flags suspended from these masts. HK back then often experienced cholera and typhoid plagues and thousands died. A ship entering the harbour with goods could be warned to go to Deep Water Bay instead of anchoring in the harbour. It was safer for the crew. Once a ship had anchored at DWB, the crew would take the goods by rowing boat to the beach and then they would climb the hill up to Wong Nai Chung Gap. There the exchange with HK merchants was done. Goods were delivered  and the cash handed over to the senior crew member. However, pirates soon realised that this was a source of revenue for them and there were many attacks on crews as they returned down to Deep Water Bay to rejoin their ship. In 1866 [sic] one crew member a Mr Arnold was killed by the pirates. His grave is still there on the land occupied by the HK Golf Club. My father always told me to show respect to Mr Arnold’s grave when he and I played golf at Deep Water Bay. I do this today if I walk by his grave.”