Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
R G Southerton was passing through Hong Kong on the way to Shanghai in 1941. He was stranded here when war broke out, interned in Stanley Camp, but able to return to Shanghai in July 1942. He died in 1948. (Details extracted from a longer post by Philip Cracknell).
Comments
Wedding
He married Edith Ethel Witchell on 6th Nov, 1917. It was reported on page 8 of The Hong Kong Telegraph, 1917-11-06:
LOCAL WEDDING.
Mr. R. G. Southerton—Miss E. E. Witchell.
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A wedding of considerable local interest look place at St. John's Cathedral this morning, when Mr. Robert Grindley Southerton, son of Mr. P. G. Southerton, of Birkenhead, Cheshire, was married to Miss Edith Ethel Witchell, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Witchell, of the King Edward Hotel. The Right Rev. Bishop of Victoria officiated, and Mr. Denman Fuller was at the organ. The ceremony was witnessed by a large gathering of guests.
The bride, who was given away by her father, looked extremely pretty in her gown of ivory charmeuse trimmed with silver, her bouquet being of white chrysanthemums. She was attended by her sister (Mrs. K. Wilson) as matron of honour, and Miss Jessie Jack and Miss Winifred Belson as bridesmaids. [...]
Southerton Family
Hi David,
I'm finally winding up my work on my dad's family and plan to publish the book in the near future. I'm assuming you are still managing the GWULO website. Look forward to making contact again.
Kind regards,
Lorna Loveland nee Southerton