Arthur Sydney BLISS [1909-1941]

Submitted by Peter Hall on
Names
Given
Arthur Sydney
Family
Bliss
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (town, state)
Plymouth
Birthplace (country)
England
Died
Date
Died in (country)
Hong Kong

Bliss, Arthur Sydney – Gunner No. 4246
1 Bty., HKVDC, died 25 December 1941, aged 32, buried Stanley Military Cemetery 1.B.1
Born 20 December 1909, Plymouth, son of William Arthur Bliss (1876-1960) & Evelyn Jane Hopwar (1884-1940), husband of Phyllis Elaine Gittins (1913-2014), married 27 April 1939, one child Bryan Arthur Bliss.  Clerk, HK & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd.  HK Interport soccer player.

Arthur Sydney Bliss was born on 20 December 1909 and baptised on 25 January 1910, both in Plymouth, England.  I have records of both these dates.  The CWGC wrongly spells his second christian name incorrectly as Sidney.

Peter A Hall, 26 May 2026

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Arthur William BLISS [c.1876-1960]

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Kowloon Cricket Club Roll of Honour 1914-1918 and 1939-1945
2021

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He first appears in the Jurors Lists in 1931, as an Assistant at H. K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld.

He isn't mentioned in the 1932 list, then appears in each of the 1933-1941 lists as a Clerk, still with the H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld.

He served with the HKVDC, and was killed fighting the Japanese. His entry in the list of casualties reads:

HKVDC Bliss A S Gunner 4246 1941-12-25 killed