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Lieutenant Roy Wilson served in the British Army's Duke of Wellington's Regiment and was associated with the Chindits during World War II, specifically holding a leadership role connected to the Hong Kong Volunteer Company in the post-Chindit period.

Military Context & Service

Elsie Elliott, CBE GBM (杜葉錫恩 Mrs Elsie Tu)

Elsie Elliott was a British-born Hong Kong social activist, elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong from 1963 to 1995, and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1995.

Lieutenant Colonel John Monro, MC, RA (Royal Artillery), was born in 1914 and died in 1981.

Key Service Details: 

Fought in the Battle of Hong Kong (December 1941) as a Brigade Major in the Royal Artillery, escaped a Japanese POW camp, marched 1,200 miles across China, and later served in Burma. His wartime experiences are detailed in his daughter Mary Monro's memoir, Stranger in My Heart. 

Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote, KCMG KStJ (羅富國;9 February 1881 – 10 July 1948) was a British colonial administrator.

Government Gazette 政府憲報 
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 13, 1941.

No. 719.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve the following, promotions in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps :-

To be Lieutenants:-
2nd Lieutenant Henry Thomas Buxton, 
with effect from 13th May, 1941

Stanley Military Cemetery
Roll of Honour

Sir James Cantlie KBE FRCS KStJ (17 January 1851 – 28 May 1926) was a British physician.

During the hostilities Vivian Ferrier served as a Warrant Officer in the HKRNVR

W/O Vivian Ferrier HKRNVR was married to ANS Nurse Olga Ferrier.

Following the ceasefire Vivian Ferrier was a PoW at North Point and then Shamshuipo.

Ensign Horatio De Quincey was a junior infantry officer in the British Army, who died at Stanley during the period of the First Opium War.

On 30 April 1841 Horace De Quincey received his commission to serve as an ensign in the 26^th Regiment of Foot, a Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army, which was more popularly known as the 26^th Cameronians.

In Spring 1842, Ensign De Quincey left the U.K., bound for China, to serve under Sir Hugh Gough in the First Opium War.

Known as Hughie within the family, Hugh Olson was a high achiever. Hugh and his four brothers all attended St. Joseph's in Hong Kong until the death of their grandfather. In 1919 Hugh's mother, Annie Olson, took her four sons to England .Thereafter they were educated at St. John's College, Southsea, Portsmouth. Hugh became an electrical engineer and rose to become Sheriff of the City of London in 1974. He married Vera Fleck, a former beauty queen.  They had three children.