Edward Harold SMYTH [c.1881-1955]

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Names
Given
Edward Harold
Family
Smyth
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
Died
Date
Died in (country)
B.C.C.Hong Kong

Edward Harold Smyth, retired merchant was better known as Harold Smyth. He was born in 1881 (John Black's List). Place of birth not known. He died in Hong Kong on 29 November 1955. His gravestone is in the Hong Kong Cemetery.

Extracted from Carl Smith Archives with additional notes:

SCMP, 1 December 1955: died Mr. Edward Harold Smyth, genial bachelor, great friend of late Rev. J. H. Ogilvie (Vicar of St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon), died Nov. 29. To China in 1902 to join Messrs. Deacon & Co. Ltd. in Canton. Retired to England in 1923. Returned to China in 1932 because of fondness for China and resided on Cheung Chau. In 1941, interned at Stanley. After liberation, went to live in St. Andrew's Vicarage, Kowloon. When Rev. Ogilvie died earlier in the year, Mr. Smyth felt the loss keenly. Aged 75.

Prior to the Japanese Occupation, he resided on Cheung Chau in European House #12 and participated in meetings of the Cheung Chau Residents' Association under the name of Harold Smyth.

Sources: 

  1. Hong Kong War Diary: 

    http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html#_Toc43367495

  2. China Families: https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9729-smyth-edward-harold/

 

3. Gravestone: https://www.hkmemory.hk/en/collection_details.html?catalogueRecordId=69707&f=classinfo&cp=%E7%B4%85%E6%AF%9B%E5%A2%B3%E5%A0%B4%E5%85%A7%E5%AE%B9%E5%88%86%E9%A1%9E&ep=Hong%20Kong%20Cemetery%20Topics&path=/MHK/collections/hong_kong_cemetery/All_Items/9332/index_314.html

4. Carl Smith Archive: https://search.grs.gov.hk/en/searchcarl.xhtml?q=smyth&rpp=10&page=2

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