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Dorothy Mary SHILSTON [c.1900-????]

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Dorothy Mary Shilston was a missionary and teacher. She arrived in Canton in 1929 and the following year was appointed teacher at Ying Wa Girls' School. 

After the fall of Hong Kong, she was interned at Stanley Camp. Postwar, Dorothy Shilston acted in a temporary capacity as headmistress of Ying Wa Girls' School after its reopening in October 1945.

Source

1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9659-shilston-dorothy-mary/

Beatrice Mary POPE [c.1898-????]

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Beatrice Mary Pope was a missionary and teacher. She arrived in Hong Kong in September 1924 and joined St. Stephen's Girls' College/Fairlea School. In 1937, she was transferred to the newly-built Heep Yun School in Kowloon as Warden or Deputy Principal.

Beatrice Pope was one of the three Christian missionaries that also founded the Hong Kong School for the Deaf in 1935.

After the fall of Hong Kong, she was interned at Stanley Camp.

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Vera Dorothy Alexandra SILCOCKS [1902-1972]

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Vera Silcocks arrived in Hong Kong in 1927. She was a missionary and teacher at Ying Wa Girls' School and became the School's headmistress in 1939. After the fall of Hong Kong, she was interned at Stanley Camp.

She retired in 1967 after 40 years of service with the School. To celebrate the School's 105th anniversary in 2005, a DVD was released regarding her life and long service.

Sources

1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9669-silcocks-vera-dorothy-alexandra/

Hannah Gertrude WITTENBACH (née BLANCHETT) [1905-1993]

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Hannah Gertrude Blanchett married Rev. Henry August Wittenbach in Christ Church at Shameen on 10 April 1928. She was was the eldest daughter of Rev. Charles Isaac Blanchett and Annie Walsh of the Church Missionary Society based in Canton.