Everything tagged: Chinese Maritime Customs

John Howell May died at 33 Caine Road in 1919 aged 83. The Rate Books also give him as the owner of the house during the first decade of the century when my great-grandfather, John Olson and his family were living there. He retired and returned to Hong Kong in 1911, the year that John Olson and his wife moved to 98a Wanchai Road, purchased by C.E. Warren & Co. the same date. John May joined the Chinese Imperial Customs in 1860 and subsequently became Harbour Master of Shanghai. May also bought nos.

Notes from julianbfc:

Mention is made

"Captain White was one of two officers who for 12 months ran an evasion and intelligence post in western Kwangtung and for most of this time the post was isolated behind the enemy lines.  In May 1944 a sudden enemy invasion of the area necessitated a rapid evacuation of the post and the safety of the Chinese staff and all our records on that occasion was solely due to the bravery and cool-headedness of Captain White.  With the Chinese officials in a panic and amidst torrential summer rains, Captain White moved the whole party away 20 miles to safety and then im­mediately set up overland com

Thomas Neil Davis joined the Royal Navy and was awarded an Albert Medal for helping to sail a burning ammunition barge out of Halifax Harbour in 1917.

After WW1 in the 1920's he joined the Chinese Customs Service.

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Details from John Black's list, which gives Gosling's occupation in 1941 as "Retired".

Mentioned in the list of Civilian Internees: