Everything tagged: England

Barbara Anslow:

Mr Weir was the father of Alan.

DoB from John Black's list, which gives Mrs Cryan's occupation in 1941 as "Housewife".

Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong during the war years.

Barbara Anslow:

Mrs. Betty Drown was a talented pianist who played for us every Sunday evening in the Prison Officers' Club  aka American Club aka Central Recreation Club.

Barbara Anslow:

She lived in Block 5, [Married Quarters, Stanley Internment Camp], with husband,and 2 children from her previous marriage - Betty and Jacky FitzGerald, both of whom were half-Chinese with American connections, and were repatriated with the Americans in June 1942.

Barbara Anslow:

In December 1941 he was a Government clerk.

Barbara Anslow:

[In 1942] he was a medical professor.

Barbara Redwood:

[In 1941, my sister] Olive was engaged to Sam ('Topper') Brown of the Royal Artillery.

Topper died as a p.o.w in Japan.

Barbara Anslow:

[In late 1941] I had an unserious boyfriend - Band Sergeant Arthur Alsey, of the Royal Scots.

Arthur survived the sinking of the Lisbon Maru, and the subsequent years as a POW in Japan.

Barbara Anslow:

In 1941 my sister Mabel had a serious boyfriend in the Royal Scots Band, a pianist and clarinetist named Harry Hale (known by his second name 'Sid').

Sid survived the sinking of the Lisbon Maru, and subsequent years as a POW in Japan.