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Robert George Broadwood was a British army general.  He was also a keen horseman, who rode in the Grand National. He served in Sudan, in the second Boer War and the First World War.

Born September 14th 1922 at the Government Civil Hospital, Hong Kong (St. Matilda's, Top of the Peak). Baptized October 21 1922 at St. Andrew's Church Kowloon. Phyllis was fluent in both English and Cantonese. She was a first year student in the Arts Faculty of Hong Kong University. She was interested in Biology, but also wanted to teach. She was pupil at, and taught at, Diocesan Girls School. She sailed to England on the P&O Strathmore in early 1946, listed as Lang on the ship's register. Married name was Rollins. Her mother was Susie Nancy Kotwall (1902-1988).

He appears in the list of POWs:

Occupation given as salesman.

Source

1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/8280-hardoon-charles-isaac/

List of Children in Stanley Camp here Slight discrepancy noted in the date of birth below and in family genealogy. The latter has been used .

Source

1. Family Genealogy: https://www.lasbury.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I51867&tree=tree1

List of Children in Stanley Camp here

Source

1. Family Genealogy:  https://www.lasbury.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I51867&tree=tree1

2. Reginald Cullen's name/signature appears as a senior student under "School" on the "Day Joyce Sheet" held by the Imperial War Museum. 

Source

1. Genealogy: https://www.lasbury.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I51867&tree=tree1

Frederick Solomon Cullen was a storekeeper in the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dockyard and resided on site.

He was a Private with the HKVDC during the Battle of Hong Kong. After the fall of Hong Kong, he was interned at Sham Shui Po Camp. Corporal Fred Cullen died on 2 March 1945 and is buried in Stanley Military Cemetery.

Source

1. Genealogy: https://www.lasbury.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I51867&tree=tree1

Mary Noel Baxter was a missionary and teacher and joined St. Stephen's Girls' College in January 1929. In 1936 she was appointed as Warden of St Stephen's Hall at the University of Hong Kong. After internment in Stanley Camp, she returned to England.

Source

1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/7247-baxter-mary-noel/

Vera Silcocks arrived in Hong Kong in 1927. She was a missionary and teacher at Ying Wa Girls' School and became the School's headmistress in 1939. After the fall of Hong Kong, she was interned at Stanley Camp.

She retired in 1967 after 40 years of service with the School. To celebrate the School's 105th anniversary in 2005, a DVD was released regarding her life and long service.

Sources

1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9669-silcocks-vera-dorothy-alexandra/