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Stanley Crathern FELTHAM (aka Terence) [1896-1971]
Entry in the 1942 list of civilian internees:
Feltham S C | 45 | Architect, Public Works Department |
Herbert William HAMMOND (aka Hammy / Ernest William) [1888-1962]
Mentioned in the 1941 Jurors List:
c | Hammond, Herbert William | Traffic Supt., H.K. Tramways, Ld. | 2 Fung Fai Terrace. Top floor. |
Robert MORRISON [1782-1834]
Dr Robert Morrison was a Protestant missionary, who first visited China in 1807. The following outline of Dr Morrison's life was given as a speech by L T Ride at Hong Kong University's Loke Yew Hall on 4th September, 1957.
ROBERT MORRISON - THE SCHOLAR AND THE MAN
Donald Oscar RUSSELL [1887-1961]
He's mentioned in the Jurors Lists throught the 1920s, eg the 1929 list shows:
s | Russell | Donald Oscar | Merchant | W R Loxley & Co. | On premises |
Fred WOODHEAD [1913-????]
On 26 August 1939 Fred Woodhead set sail from Southampton to Hong Kong on the Viceroy of India together with a number of other "Crown Agents" who were members of the Hong Kong Police. After the fall of Hong Kong in December 1941 he was imprisoned in Sham Shui Po POW Camp. He was on the Lisbon Maru on 1 October 1942 when it was torpedoed and sunk by US submarine Grouper. Fred survived and was then transferred to Osaka Camp #1, where he remained for the duration of the war. He returned to the UK after his release and married his finacee, Miss Jeannie Smith, 3 weeks lat
Douglas Thomas SMITH [1915-1981]
Mr Smith is mentioned on Tony Banham's list of members of the HKVDC:
- Smith, Douglas Thomas Corporal V1982 (XD5)
John Hubert BOTTOMLEY (aka Jack) [1899-1964]
John Hubert Bottomley (Jack) was born in Baildon, West Yorkshire in 1899, the oldest of four children of Fred Bottomley and Elizabeth Tyson. As a young man Jack served in World War I and was gassed as well as receiving serious shrapnel wounds in Flanders. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.
After the Great War he studied engineering at Bradford Technical College (now Bradford University). He passed the Oxbridge exams but the family could not afford to send him to Oxford or Cambridge.
Paul Erik DUTOIT [1913-1964]
Paul Dutoit, the founder of the Macau Grand Prix and a Master at Diocesan Boys School.