Winifred Ashby was born in November 1876. Her father was an oil merchant who died in 1881 but he left the family comfortably off and able to live on their own means in a large house with three servants.
Entry in the list of Civilian Internees:
| Mathers Mrs D F | 24 | Secretary |
Her entry in the 1942 list of civilian internees:
| Cook Mrs F W | 43 |
Philip Cracknell has written about the family on his blog:
Archibald and Frances Cook - their story of a family separated by war
Notes from Ron Bridge:
Dutch. Widow of Pte H van Leeuwen HKVDC kia 18.12.41
Dr Harry Lechmere* Clift was a pioneering medical missionary. Born in Madras, India in 1876, his father was an executive engineer in the Indian railways.
Entry in the 1942 list of Civilian Internees:
| Naylor Miss E R | 53 | Shop Proprietor |
Her entry in the 1942 list of civilian internees:
| Bruce Mrs M S | 32 | Housewife |
On 1 September 1950, Chief Inspector F. J. Clarke was shot and seriously wounded in a gun battle with an armed kidnapping suspect in Ha Kwai Chung Village. In the incident, the Commanding Officer for Kowloon and New Territories Edmund Colin Luscombe and Detective Sub-Inspector Alexander Leslie were tragically killed. Chief Inspector Clarke retired in 1951 and left for Australia.
Philip Cracknell found this family in the Stanley Camp Register of Civilian Internees, held at the Imperial War Museum in London:
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Surname |
Given Names |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Camp No. |
Billet |
His entry in the 1942 list of Civilian internees:
| Morgan P C | 50 | Public Works Department |
