Everything tagged: Hong Kong

Henry Ching sent these details of Mitchell's ranks in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps:

• Cpl to 2nd Lt            5/5/25   (285)
• 2nd Lt to Lieut            8/12/26   (674)
• Lieut to Capt            15/5/28    (286)
• Capt to Major            21/3/33   (221)
• Major to Lt.Col.            18/8/38   (660)

(number in brackets is the Gazette entry number for that year)

St John's Cathedral records show he was baptised there on 8th Jan, 1930:

Barbara Anslow:

[In Stanley Camp] my sister Mabel used to make baby clothes [for Gerald].

DoB from the China Mail article.

The China Mail reports J A Bremner was born in Stanley Camp in 1942. John Black's list records his birth was in 1941. I'll follow the China Mail, but corrections are welcome if you have any firm sources.

Details from China Mail article.