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Ron FREER [1915- ]
Fought in Hong Kong in 1941, then a POW for the remainder of the war. Malnutrition in the Japanese POW camp left him blind.
Read more about Ron in this article in The Telegraph on 8 Nov 2018:
Former prisoner of war, 103, to be oldest veteran to march at the Cenotaph
Charles Henry HART [1808-1867]
My great great grandfather, Charles Henry Hart, was one of the original successful bidders for marine lots during the first auction of Hong Kong land in 1841. He was based in Macau for many years and ran a trade between Macau, Hong Kong, (probably also Canton) Calcutta and Mauritius. I have come across an interesting reference to the Black Swan, a trading schooner owned by him, which was instrumental in rescuing the shipwrecked crew of the Nerbudda off the coast of Formosa in 1841.
Joseph HALL [1921-1946]
Joseph was posted to Hong Kong with the RAF. He worked on the development of radar. On 26 March 1946 was in an aircraft which crashed on Lantau Island. He is buried in Sai Wan Cemetery.
Guy Sanderson SHIRRA (aka Din Gao, Siu Lok, Gunpowder Plod) [????- ]
Author of The Accidental Prawn: "Interesting Times" - Policing 20th Century Hong Kong and other stories and The Little Red Swear Book: A guide to Cantonese vulgarity and slang for Gweilos - Not for the Puritanical!
The Accidental Prawn (2nd Edition) is still available from the author - contact dingao999@gmail.com
Arthur George PILE [1878-????]
?Naval architect, Hong Kong dockyards
Harold CLARKE [1873-1904]
Harold was an engineer and partner at the marine surveying company Carmichael and Clarke.
He married his love Annie Gwenffa Smitho on March 17, 1903.
He passed away on August 17, 1904 after a long battle with pneumonia and then typhoid.
Harold is buried in Hong Kong.