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Missionary.

Margery/Marjorie Hook was a pioneering missionary who served with her husband with the BCMS in China from 1933 to 1940.  

Kowloon Wharf Police

Permalink Submitted by 1314 on Wed, 05/06/2015 - 03:49

In 1960 the Supt of KWP was ' Dusty ' Rhodes, one of the few ex Shanghai Municipal Policemen ,(originally numbering about 40,who had been recruited to Hong Kong in the immediate post-war period,) to remain in HK, most left on completion of their 2 year contract. I have their details.

Dusty Rhodes

Submitted by KCE78 on Sat, 05/13/2023 - 16:34

Hello there,

His entry in the 1942 list of internees:

• Forrow joined the Volunteer Air Arm as a cadet pilot and trained to fly torpedo-bombers and amphibians. These aircraft were destroyed by the Japanese when they invaded Hong Kong on December 8, 1941. Later, he was assigned to a Volunteer rescue unit and continued to rescue civilians before being captured. He was eventually imprisoned in Sham Shui Po POW camp, where his mother was also interned in Stanley.
• He helped the Hong Kong Football Club survive after WWII. His leadership rebuilt the club, which remains a thriving institution today.

When Lucy Baird was born in 1888 in Golftyn Lane, Connah’s Quay, on the River Dee, Flintshire, her father, James, was 45, and a foreman in the shipbuilding works. Her mother, Jane, was 42. Lucy had nine siblings, of which she was the youngest.  Some of them died in infancy.  It was in Connah’s Quay that she grew up as the census returns of 1891 and 1901 attest.

• Royal Navy Paymaster Commander in Hong Kong prior to the Japanese occupation.
• In 1941, he was a member of the Hong Kong Food and Firewood Control Board (糧食柴薪統制委員會) . 
• Became a prisoner of war and was interned in Hong Kong Argyle St. Camp - POW Camp 'N' (1941 - 1945)
• The first reunion dinner of Argyle Street prisoners of war was held on August, 1948, attended by about 75 ex-POWs, with Major-General Maltby presiding. Commander Blair Hickman was one of the attendees.
  
   

Prisoner of war, Hong Kong 1941-1945. 

Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS) - Nursing Sister

During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, three nurses stayed at the Hong Kong Royal Naval Hospital, and she was one of them. 

 

Prisoner of war, Hong Kong 1941-1945. 

Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS) - Nursing Sister

During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, three nurses stayed at the Hong Kong Royal Naval Hospital, and she was one of them.