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In 1941, Hsu was the Aide-de-camp to Vice admiral Chan Chak in Hong Kong. He accompanied Chan on the Christmas day escape from Hong Kong.

Read more about Hsu at http://www.hongkongescape.org/Henry.htm

The Blake family has already been quite well documented. John Johnston Blake and his wife, Mary have already been "created" on Gwulo, as has their son Charles Henry Blake, known as Harry. Although I knew that J.J. Blake and my grandfather, C.E. Warren had been linked through their ownership of the Unity Stand at Happy Valley since 1904, I was surprised to see from a "Passengers Departed" list that the elder Warren children sailed to England in 1913 in the company of the Blake family.

He had worked for the Hong Kong Government for over 30 years and was one of the founders of the Chinese Civil Service Club and the Fukien Chamber of Commerce.

She was allowed out from Stanley Camp sometime in 1942 (see https://gwulo.com/node/54511).

Henry Keswick was a British Conservative politician and businessman and member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of Hongkong. Born into the Keswick business dynasty in 1870 in Shanghai, Henry was the first born son of William Keswick by his first wife, Amelie Sophie Dubeux (d. 1883). He was educated at Eton College and in 1892 graduated with a B.A. at Trinity College, Cambridge, at which college he later took his M.A. degree.

Entry in the list of internees:

I have his name in Chinese but not in English.

Will I be able to find info on myself since I was born in Hong Kong B.C.C.?