Everything tagged: POW

George White was formerly the head of the Engineering Department at Plymouth Technical College, U. K. He joined the Education Department on 11 November 1932 as a technical supervisor and formulated plans for a system of technical education in Hong Kong.

He later became the Government Trade School's first principal. The School held its first courses in February 1937 and was formally opened by Governor Northcote on 13 April 1938.

In April 1941, George White was appointed Controller of Land Transport.

In 1941 he was a Lieutenant in the HKVDC.

In 1941 he was a Colonel in the HKVDC, see https://gwulo.com/node/52071

In the 1941 Jurors List, Thomas Fletcher Stainton, DCM* was a timekeeper at the Taikoo Sugar Refinery. He was also a Sergeant (3093) in the No. 2 Company (Scottish) of the HKVDC.

He married Daisy Elizabeth Minnie Wilson, nursing sister of Queen Mary Hospital at St. John's Cathedral on 23 July 1940. In 1940, he resided at No. 9 Braemar Terrace.

After the fall of Hong Kong, he was in Bowen Road Hospital and later interned at Sham Shui Po Camp. His wife was interned at Stanley Camp.

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During the hostilities Vivian Ferrier served as a Warrant Officer in the HKRNVR

W/O Vivian Ferrier HKRNVR was married to ANS Nurse Olga Ferrier.

Following the ceasefire Vivian Ferrier was a PoW at North Point and then Shamshuipo.

Frank Buckle was the chief instructor in engineering at the Government Trade School at Wood Road, Wanchai. He was also an Engineer/Lieutenant in the HKRNVR.

He arrived in Hong Kong in November 1936 after having served as chief engineer in the Marine Department in Nyasaland. In 1937, he resided at 11 Gap Road.

Frank Buckle married Majorie Dobson, nursing sister of the War Memorial Nursing Home at the Peak Church on 18 April 1941.

After the fall of Hong Kong, he was interned as a Prisoner-of-War.

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In 1941 he was a Captain in the HKVDC.

Listed at www.hongkongwardiary.com as a Major in 'Command Royal Artillery'.

He is listed at http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/hkvdc.html as Company Sergeant Major under Corps Signals for the Volunteers:

It gives his cause of death in the POW camp as 'Avitaminosis', or vitamin deficiency.

Before the war Leslie Millington was employed in Hong Kong as a Revenue Officer in the Import and Export Department.

On Sunday 7 December 1941, following the declaration of a State of Emergency in Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps (HKVDC) was mobilised, in which Leslie Millington and his brother Harry were both sergeants serving in the No 1 gun battery.