What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:
General
- If you know Bill Lake via his contributions on Gwulo as user HK Bill, you'll know him as a military historian. That's just a small part of the story though, as Bill has also been a soldier, actor (appearing in over 200 Hong Kong films!), handbag designer, bar manager, decorator, and much more. Whenever I've met Bill and heard him tell stories of his life, I've thought 'Someone should write a book about this'. Well, someone has: The Original Gweilo, the new book telling Bill's life story, is now available at Amazon. I ordered my copy last week and have enjoyed reading it.
- My new talk is taking shape. For me, making a new talk always starts the same way: staring at a pile of photos, shuffling them around, and hoping for themes to emerge. It takes a while, but gradually the threads that link the photos together become clear. If you'd like to see the finished talk, please join me in London on 25 April 2026. Click here for details and booking.
- Accessing early issues of Hong Kong's Blue Books.
- Rob is continuing to update his records of wartime pillboxes in Hong Kong, now working on the 'Line of Gaps' or 'Locality' pillboxes.
- Readers ask:
- Lisa is looking for any photos of her father Edwin Soloman, or to hear from anyone who knew him. He was in the 1st Royal Tank Regiment based in Sek Kong in 1957.
- Does anyone have original copies of the photos shown in these photocopies?
- Lisa is looking for any photos of her father Edwin Soloman, or to hear from anyone who knew him. He was in the 1st Royal Tank Regiment based in Sek Kong in 1957.
Places
- Kowloon
- Block of European Flats known as Peking Buildings, 27-31 Nathan Road [1930-c.1962]
- Kai Seng Commercial Centre, TST [1985- ]
- Keystone House, TST [c.1964-c.1982]
- Kowloon Tong Scout Headquarters [1967- ]
- La Salle College (2nd generation) [1982- ]
- Rattan House / Hang Seng Bank (Hankow Road Branch Building), TST [c.1965-c.1982]
- Wing Lock Buildings, Nathan Road, TST [1929-c.1961]
- Junctions of Nathan Road with ... (these are used to locate photos)
- Block of European Flats known as Peking Buildings, 27-31 Nathan Road [1930-c.1962]
- Hong Kong
- Caine Road Garden [c.1978- ]
- Fat Lee Leong - 107 Caine Road [c.1977-c.2005]
- Greenview Gardens [1974- ]
- Kennedytown Pier [1897-c.1921]
- Caine Road Garden [c.1978- ]
- New Territories
- Irrigation system water meter, So Kwun Wat [????- ]
- Pat Sin Leng / Pat Sin Range [????- ]
- Irrigation system water meter, So Kwun Wat [????- ]
- Outlying Islands
- Cheung Chau Charity Grave [????- ]
- Fung Ha Memorial Pavilion (鳳霞紀念亭), Cheung Chau [1967- ]
- Cheung Chau Charity Grave [????- ]
People & Organisations
(To see other pages on Gwulo that mention them, first click their name below to visit their page, then click their 'What links here' tab.)
- Getsuro YAMAGUCHI (aka 山口月郎) [c.1909-????], Japanese spy in Hong Kong in 1940
- WW2: Armed forces
- Daniel Joseph MCCOLGAN [????-????], HKVDC, POW, shipped to Innoshima POW camp in Japan
- William O'CONNOR [1916-????], HKVDC, POW, shipped to Nagoya POW camp in Japan
- The following men all fought with the HKVDC, became POWs, and were shipped to Sendai 2B POW camp in Japan:
- Antonio Carlos NEVES [1904-????]
- Jose Antonio PEREIRA (aka JeJe) [????-????]
- Alfredo Jose Maria PRATA [????-????]
- Henrique Augusto RIBEIRO (aka Henry) [????-????]
- Ricardo Domingos SILVA (aka Richard) [????-????]
- Leo Antonio SOUZA [????-????]
- Roberto Antonio SOUZA [1919-????]
- Antonio Carlos NEVES [1904-????]
- Daniel Joseph MCCOLGAN [????-????], HKVDC, POW, shipped to Innoshima POW camp in Japan
- WW2: Stanley Camp internees:
- Louise Mary CROSS [c.1917-????], with her son Victor
- Guiomar Maria L. DREWERY (née REMEDIOS) [????-????], with her children Marcus Jose Augusto and Irene
- Halia E. DUDMAN (née MONTEIRO) [1908-????], with her children William Francis, Roy Howard, Michael Joseph, Anthony John, and David Peter
- Marie O'CONNOR [????- ], with her children Daniel William, Sheila Marie, and Allan Bryan. (Her husband William is shown above under 'WW2: Armed forces')
- Louise Mary CROSS [c.1917-????], with her son Victor
Photos
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