On Friday, January 13, 1945 Franklin Gimson wrote in his diary:
"The roll-call took place in the morning. The Japanese created certain difficulties but internees were rather themselves to blame. The Losebys in particular who have been given the special privilege of remaining in their cottage treated the whole affair in entirely a nonchalant manner and only just escaped having the special concession withdrawn."
Does anybody know anything about this cottage?
Tony Banham repled:
Uniquely, the Losebys are listed as ‘8/cottage’. The implication is a cottage at or attached to block 8.
Geoff Emerson replied:
On 22 June 1970, at Isobel Watson's home at 23 Big Wave Bay Road, HK, I met with 7 women who were former Stanley Camp internees, including Patricia Loseby, who was born 09.01.25. No recording was made but after, I immediately made notes. One of my notes reads, "Mr & Mrs Loseby lived in a gardner's cottage, a hut, away from the others, near the football field. They used sacks for windows. Patricia lived in the married quarters." According to Ron Bidges' internee list, Patricia lived in 4/24. Block 4, room 24?
UK Birth Index Quarter 3 1883 Francis Henry Loseby
1901 Cenus Market Place Market Bosworth Leicestershire
Francis H Loseby age 17 solicitor's clerk living at home with parents and siblings. His father was Arthur John Loseby Solicitor, Registrar and Acting High Bailiff County Court.
UK Marriage Index Quarter 2 1924 at Brentford Middlesex
Francis H Loseby to Rosa Brown (shown as Rose Maria Brown on Ancestry Tree)
Birth (Public Ancestry Tree) 25 June 1883
Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
Francis Henry Loseby aged 84 Residence Hong Kong Death date 1 September 1967
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The Loseby's cottage in Stanley Camp
Notes from the Stanley Camp discussion list.
Brian Edgar asked:
On Friday, January 13, 1945 Franklin Gimson wrote in his diary:
"The roll-call took place in the morning. The Japanese created certain difficulties but internees were rather themselves to blame. The Losebys in particular who have been given the special privilege of remaining in their cottage treated the whole affair in entirely a nonchalant manner and only just escaped having the special concession withdrawn."
Does anybody know anything about this cottage?
Tony Banham repled:
Uniquely, the Losebys are listed as ‘8/cottage’. The implication is a cottage at or attached to block 8.
Geoff Emerson replied:
On 22 June 1970, at Isobel Watson's home at 23 Big Wave Bay Road, HK, I met with 7 women who were former Stanley Camp internees, including Patricia Loseby, who was born 09.01.25. No recording was made but after, I immediately made notes. One of my notes reads, "Mr & Mrs Loseby lived in a gardner's cottage, a hut, away from the others, near the football field. They used sacks for windows. Patricia lived in the married quarters." According to Ron Bidges' internee list, Patricia lived in 4/24. Block 4, room 24?
Francis Henry Loseby 25 June 1883 -1 September 1967
UK Birth Index Quarter 3 1883 Francis Henry Loseby
1901 Cenus Market Place Market Bosworth Leicestershire
Francis H Loseby age 17 solicitor's clerk living at home with parents and siblings. His father was Arthur John Loseby Solicitor, Registrar and Acting High Bailiff County Court.
UK Marriage Index Quarter 2 1924 at Brentford Middlesex
Francis H Loseby to Rosa Brown (shown as Rose Maria Brown on Ancestry Tree)
Birth (Public Ancestry Tree) 25 June 1883
Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
Francis Henry Loseby aged 84 Residence Hong Kong Death date 1 September 1967
Patricia Loseby 1925 - 2001 (Ancestry Tree)