Fred NORMINGTON [1894-????]

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Names
Given
Fred
Family
Normington
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (town, state)
Bradford, Yorkshire
Birthplace (country)
England
Died
Died in (town, state)
16-2-1935
Died in (country)
Hong Kong

On 18 April 1922 he married Elizabeth Buchanan Caldwell Gray at St John's Cathedral.

He appears in the Jurors Lists from 1920-1934, as shown below (changes highlighted in bold).

1920:

c Normington Fred Engineer Alex. Ross & Co     54b Nathan Road

1921:

c Normington Fred Supt. Engineer HK. Electric Co., Ld 1st Floor   5 Wood Road

1922-3:

c Normington Fred Supt. Engineer HK. Electric Co., Ld     50c Whitfield

1924:

c Normington Fred Engineer HK. Electric Co., Ld     50CD Whitfield Road

1925:

c Normington Fred Engineer HK. Electric Co., Ld 1st Floor   50CD Whitfield Road

1926:

c   Normington Fred Engineer HK. Electric Co., Ld   Humphreys Building

1927-30:

c Normington Fred Engineer HK. Electric Co., Ld   Causeway Hill Quarters No. 10

1931:

c Normington Fred Engineer H. K. Electric Co., Ld   Causeway Hill Quarters No. 6

1932-4:

c Normington Fred Engineer H. K. Electric Co., Ld   Causeway Hill Quarters No. 7

Comments

Born: 25 Apr 1894 • Bradford, Yorkshire, England

Parents: George Stuart Normington & Mary Emma Sharp

Travelled to Hong Kong from England twice,

  1. 23 Oct 1925 per Kashgar
  2. 26 Oct 1934 per Corfu

Died: 16 Feb 1935 at the Civil Hospital, Hong Kong.

Cremated. Plot info: Ossuary -  Niche #23. Memorial ID on Find a Grave: 208226289

His obituary appeared on page 5 of The Hong Kong Telegraph, 1935-02-18:

O B I T U A R Y
SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. FRED NORMINGTON

The death occurred at the Government Civil Hospital on Saturday afternoon of Mr. Fred Normington, Junior Charge Engineer at the Power Station of the Hongkong Electric Co.

Mr. Normington had been in indifferent health since his return from leave last November. He became alarmingly ill on Saturday and was taken by a colleague, Mr. S. Deacon, to the Hospital, where he died a few hours after admission.

Forty-one years of age, the deceased came out to Hongkong in 1920 to join the firm of Alex Ross & Co., Ltd., transferring to the service of the Hongkong Electric Co. in the following year. He was a keen lawn bowler, and was a member of the Hongkong Society of Yorkshiremen and, in Masonry, of Lodge Zetland.

Mr. Normington was married, and is survived, in addition to the widow, who is in England, by his mother and sister.

The Funeral

A large attendance which included many members of the office and station staffs of the Hongkong Electric Co. was present at the funeral, at which the Rev. Mr. H. W. Baines officiated, at the Colonial Cemetery yesterday afternoon.

The principal mourners were Messrs. S. Deacon, A. F. Paul and L. de Rome. Among others present were noticed the Hon. Mr. C. G. S. Mackie, and Messrs. J. D. Butcher, J. R. Way, V. Sorby, G. T. Padgett, M. N. Currie, J. C. Dunbar, P. I. Newman, J. G. Meyer (Hon. Secretary) and Mr. W. Stoker (Hon. Treasurer) representing the Hongkong Society of Yorkshiremen; J. F. Lummy, F. F. Duckworth, E. P. Tarbuck, R. C. Butler, J. Sloan, E. Thompson, R. W. Smith, S. J. C. Stanesby, H. S. Jones, R. A. Starling, H. S. Mackay, C. E. Gahagan, A. R. Brown, H. Hatch, M. H. Arnold, A. Allison, A. G. Langston, D. S. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pears, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Wilson, Mrs. A. F. Paul, and Mrs. L. de Rome.

The Wreaths

Flowers from the widow, mother and sister, were lowered with the coffin into the grave. Wreaths were sent by Jack and Ethel, the Two Paddys, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. C. Stanesby, Mr. and Mrs. E. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. L. de Rome, Mr. and Mrs. W. Gill, Bessie and George; Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Padgett, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Langston, Mr. and Mrs. S. Deacon and Irene; Mr. and Mrs. F. Allison, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Lummy, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Twemlow, Dr. and Mrs. F. Bunje, Mr. and Mrs. H. Bear, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Dunlop, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. J. Padmore, Mrs. G. T. May, Messrs. J. D. Butcher, W. W. Hirst, J. and C. Sloan, H. S. Mackay, G. Stopani Thomson, G. Hailey, The President, Committee and Members of the Hongkong Society of Yorkshiremen; Craigengower Cricket Club, Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association, Hongkong Electric Recreation Club, Staff of the Hongkong Electric Co., and Zetland Lodge.