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"The funeral of the late Mr. Granville Sharp will take place on Sunday afternoon at four o'clock"

Lived at 30 Hanoi Road, Kowloon (marriage certificate) and married at Kowloon Union Church on 17 April 1954

Married Elsy Sharp Morrison

had 4 x children 

lived at 9 braga circuit 

emigrated to UK 1967

A midshipman of H.M.S. Orlando who accidentally shot himself in the head with a Mauser revolver at Castle Peak, New Territories, when out on a shooting expedition with mates. 

Former Gunner in the Royal Horse Artillery during WWI and later clerical officer in the Royal Naval Dockyard who died in Hong Kong shortly after his arrivial in the Colony in April 1939.

“DEATH.

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TUERSLEY. – At Royal Naval Hospital at 7.30 p.m. yesterday, Frank Tuersley, aged 41, after a short illness. Cortege will leave the hospital at about 4 p.m. to-day.”

Mary Monro is author of Stranger In My Heart (Unbound, 2018), which gives the eye witness account of her father, John Monro MC RA, who fought at the Battle of Hong Kong, was interned by the Japanese at Sham Shui Po and escaped 1200 miles across China to reach Chongqing. There he was made Assistant Military Attaché and spent the next 18 months supporting and trying to liberate the POWs he'd left behind. Mary retraced her fafther's escape route across China and the book also includes her journey of discovery.

He was an Assistant at Caldbeck MacGregor & Co.

"A couple of 'Japs' were fined $10 each for attempting to overturn a rickshaw in which was seated Mr Sherrington of Caldbeck, McGregor and Coy's Office. The 'Japs' were seamen belonging to the Müke Maru and yesterday, being under the influence of drink, they and three others were molesting people on the roadway near Hung Hom."

Merchant and Trading agent. In 1872 he joined the export/import business Adamson, Bell and Company in Shanghai. The company dealt in shipping, silk and tea. In 1875 it opened an office in Hong Kong and also started in insurance.

A member of the Royal Army Pay Corps, British Army

He was stationed in Hong Kong sometime during the period 1916-1921 with his family and he may have been involved in the racing industry. Please see discussion here by his greatgranddaughter

Ship's Draughtsman

Was staff for CCDO, Hong Kong in 1940. Please see discussion here

Staff-surgeon H.M.S. Tamar, Hong Kong 

“DEATH OF DR. CANTON

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