Maurice Alfred JOHNSON (aka Monty) [c.1885-1944]
DoB from John Black's list. It gives Mr Johnson's occupation in 1941 as "Police", but Brian notes that he was in the Police Reserve instead.
DoB from John Black's list. It gives Mr Johnson's occupation in 1941 as "Police", but Brian notes that he was in the Police Reserve instead.
Ian MacNider's diary notes that Mr Pryde had previously worked in the Public Works Department.
F W Wright was interned at Stanley, but escaped and went on to join the BAAG in China.
Thomas Pritchard was my paternal grandfather. He is buried in the Stanley Cemetary. My father and I saw his grave when we went out to HK in 1982.
In brief, he came from Pwllheli, north Wales and had a long career at sea. He had served for the Hong Kong and Macao Shipping Line for a while through the 1930s at least (I posted a pic of him with Robert Ho Tung in one of your galleries yesterday) and commanded the steamers Kinshan and Taishan.