Norman Hoole FRANCE [c.1904-1941]

Submitted by David on Thu, 11/01/2012 - 21:22
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Norman Hoole
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France
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He was a Professor at Hong Kong University.

Notes from Brian Edgar:

Norman Hoole France was noted for his great love of China and before the war was active in the China Defence League which organised relief and aid for those fighting the Japanese. There is a tribute to him in James Bertram’s The Shadow of a Warand, and he’s one of the dedicatees of Israel Epstein’s The Unfinished Revolution in China.

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1911 Census 76 Westridge Road Southampton

John Hoole France 49 Clerk in Holy Orders Missions to Seamen born Leeds Yorkshire

Elizabeth France 44 married 12 years [nee Elliott] born Stanley Yorkshire

John Hoole France 11 born Hong Kong (Resident)

Philip Elliott France 10 born Hong Kong (Resident)

Norman Hoole France 7  born Hong Kong (Resident)

Kathleen Mabel France 3   born Hong Kong (Resident)

William Hoole France under 6 months  born Southampton Hampshire

Ethel Mabel Wardrop  31 Servant born Woolston Hampshire

Commonwealth War Graves

Gunner Norman Hoole France 4172 2 Battery HKVDC Professor of History Hong Kong University. Son of Reverend Hoole France M.A. and Elizabeth

Probate Calendar 1947

Norman Hoole France of the University Hong Kong died 20 December 1941. Administration 6 May 1947  to John Hoole France farmer and Elizabeth Mary Thomas wife of Gordon Randle France