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James William GRAHAM [????-1938]

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 02/28/2024 - 16:18

Mentions in the Jurors Lists.

He first appears in 1898 as a Foreman Shipbuilder named 'James Graham':

c Graham James Foreman Shipbuilder Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd       Kowloon Docks

1899-1900, his name is written as 'James William Graham':

Frederick Henry FOSTER [1879-1924]

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 12/07/2023 - 13:16

Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery in Happy Valley:

16Cii/06/02-    In / loving memory / of / Frederick Henry Foster / entered into rest / July 12th 1924 / aged 45 years / Till the day breaks and the / shadows flee away 

Dennis John Morley HICKENBOTTOM (aka Dennis Morley) [1919-2021]

Submitted by Alan Ho on Fri, 11/03/2023 - 11:07
  • Changing his surname to Morley after the Second World War.
  • Joined Royal Scots as a Band Boy and played in the Royal Scots band.
  • 1936/03/06- Was posted to 2nd Battalion in Lahore, India.
  • In 1938 the battalion was posted to Hong Kong. He played in the Royal Scots band.
  • When the Japanese invaded he was at Wong Nai Chung Gap and he was then hospitalised at St Albert's Convent

Christopher Francis PATTEN (aka 彭定康) [1944- ]

Submitted by simtang on Wed, 11/01/2023 - 09:31

28th and last Governor of Hong Kong 1992-1997

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Patten

As Wikipedia notes, Patten's implementation of electoral reform in Hong Kong made him very unpopular with Chinese officials and the pro-Beijing media, who called him a variety of names in response: 千古罪人 / "sinner who would be condemned for a thousand generations", 三違反 / "triple violator", etc.

Among the Hong Kong public he was known by the friendlier nickname of 肥彭 / "Fat Pang".

Dorothy NEALE (née MOON) [1912- ]

Submitted by jill on Fri, 10/20/2023 - 18:43

Dorothy Neale is the author of Green Jade and appears in several photos on the Gwulo site as "the wife of Freddie Neale". The family lived at 7 The Peak and after the war in a penthouse flat in Conduit Street. In the photo below Freddie Neale is holding his daughter, Margaret.

John Ronald PROBERT [1921-1994]

Submitted by Alan Ho on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 11:50
  • In 1965, Commander REME John Probert arranged a visit for former Hong Kong prisoners of war on the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Sham Shui Po POW Camp.