Olga Franklin's embroidery from Stanley Internment Camp (B)

Mon, 04/10/2023 - 22:38

2002 Navy News - A Century of Caring QARNNS
(https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/200202_qarnns_100)

  • Miss Franklin was taken from a military hospital to an internment camp after the Japanese captured Hong Kong. In captivity, she recorded her experiences in a tapestry on her nurse's apron.
    Another artifact : https://gwulo.com/media/45535

    Olga Franklin's embroidery from Stanley Internment Camp (A)
    Olga Franklin's embroidery from Stanley Internment Camp (A), by Alan Ho
  • According to the collection records of the Institute of Naval Medicine in the UK, it can be seen that Miss Franklin's secret embroidery received signatures from her friends in the Stanley Civilian Internment Camp.
    1940s Olga Franklin's embroidery - signatures
    1940s Olga Franklin's embroidery - signatures, by Alan Ho
01 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 19
      05       11      
                     
          HK          
  03               16  
                     
                     
        AUG   1945     17  
  04   06       12 14   20
          09          
        08   10        
02                   21
      07       13 15    
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18 ..

>1 Edith M B DYSON 
     (Superintending Sister of Army Nursing service)

>2 William Francis WEBB (aka Bill)  
      (Block 10 Representative - member of the HKVDC)

>3 Franklin Charles GIMSON 
      (Colonal Secretary - Representative H.R.M. Government)

>4 Millicent Alice WOOD 
      (Nursing Sister)

>5 ??????

>6 Leonard Charles Fenton BELLAMY
      (General Manager of Hong Kong Tramways)

>7 Iris Amy Lilian ROLLIN 
      (Royal Naval Nursing Sister)

>8  Mary CURRIE
      (Sister of Army Nursing service)

>9 Hilda Alice SELWYN-CLARKE 
       (Spouse of Sir Percy Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke)

>10 Anna May WATERS 
        (Canadian nurse who was a member of “C” Force)

>11 ??????

>12 Florence Ada CRANFIELD
        (Assistant Matron)

>13 ??????

>14 Frances Elizabeth DROWN (née LEAPER, aka Betty)
         (ANS Nurse)

>15 Peggie HUNTER (née SCOTCHER) 
         (member of the VAD)

>16 Gwynydd Marjorie GRIFFITH 
        (Royal Naval Nursing Sister)

>17 ??????

>18 Olga Heather FRANKLIN 
         (Superintending Sister of the Royal Naval Nursing Service)

>19 Cedric Overton SHACKLETON 
         (Lieutenant Colonel R.A.M.C. )

>20 Raymond Harper HUGHES 
         (Surveyor)

>21 William Latham BARTLEY 
         (Warrant Officer Class II)

 

Date picture taken
1942 (year is approximate)

Comments

Matching signatures found on Olga Franklin's embroidery and Day Joyce sheet

  • Franklin Charles GIMSON 
  • Olga Heather FRANKLIN
  • Anna May WATERS 
  • Edith M B DYSON 
  • Gwynydd Marjorie GRIFFITH
  • Peggie HUNTER
    Matching signatures found on Olga Franklin's embroidery and Day Joyce sheet
    Matching signatures found on Olga Franklin's embroidery and Day Joyce sheet, by Alan Ho
Nursing Sister Mary CURRIE
  • Queen Alexander's Imperial Nursing Service (QAIMNS)
1940s Olga Franklin's embroidery - signature
Mary CURRIE
Assistant Matron Florence Ada CRANFIELD
  • Matron, gr. II, 1938 ; gr. I, 1946.
ANS Nurse Elizabeth Drown *
  • ANS Nurse at Queen Mary Hospital
1940s Olga Franklin's embroidery - signatures
Florence Ada CRANFIELD & Elizabeth Drown​​​​​​​

* Sources:  " A Midsommer Night's Dreame " Musick Arranged by Elizabeth Drown (Frances Elizabeth DROWN (née LEAPER, aka Betty) [1904-1986])

Warrant Officer Class II William Latham BARTLEY M.B.E. 
  • Royal Army Medical Corps
1940s Olga Franklin's embroidery - signature
William Latham Bartley 
Leonard Charles Fenton BELLAMY
  • General Manager of Hong Kong Tramways
Bellamy's signature on the Day Joyce Sheet and Olga Franklin's embroidery
Leonard Charles Fenton​ Bellamy

Sources : http://www.seftonrugby.org.uk/BellamyBros.html