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Brian Leonard COAK (aka The Kernowkid) [????-2016]

Submitted by David on

I was very sorry to read this in the latest RAS email:

The President and Council of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong note with profound sadness the death of RASHK member Mr Brian Leonard Coak  who passed away peacefully in Hong Kong on 24 September 2016.

A vigil will be held at the Hong Kong Funeral Home, 679, Kings Road, HK from 5 pm to 9 pm on Thursday 6 October 2016

The funeral service will take place at 1 pm on Friday 7 October 2016 at St John's Cathedral, Garden Road, Central.

E Contingent, Hong Kong Police [1930-????]

Submitted by David on

This was made up of Russian policemen:

The problem of piracy had always plagued the waters of Hong Kong for some time when, in 1930, the British armed forces in Hong Kong decided to stop escorting the vessels plying the waters around Hong Kong. This mission naturally fell on the shoulders of the Police Force, which formed an Anti-Piracy Guard by recruiting 25 White Russians. The Police Force classified these Russian policemen as Group E.

Source: http://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/777/eng/f03.htm

Tom HEMSLEY [c.1908-????]

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DoB from John Black's list, which gives Mr Hemsley's occupation in 1941 as "Police".

William Francis FINCHER [1867-1938]

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 131.

It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint Police Constable No. 4 William Fincher to be an Inspector of Nuisances under section 9 of The Public Health Ordinance, No. 24 of 1887.

By Command,

T. Sercombe. Smith,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Hongkong, 25th March, 1898.

Old Wong Nai Chung Gap Police Station [c.1909-1949]

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The Old Wong Nai Chung Gap police station no longer stands today, it was demolished post WW2 to make way for a private residence, which is now one of Stanley Ho's houses.

This Police Station was a pivotal structure that controlled Wong Nai Chung gap, and thus Hong Kong Island. It was situated on the 4-way crossroads that led to all 4 quarters of the Island. This effectively was the commanding structure of the battle of Wong Nai Chung gap; whoever held it, held the gap. 

Ralph DORMER [1898-1948]

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DoB from John Black's list, which gives Mr Dormer's occupation in 1941 as "Audit Department HKG".

The list of Civil Establishments for 1938 shows him as "Class II Clerk, (S.C. & A.S.)" in the Audit Department, and gives the date of his first appointment as 27th February, 1925.

The newspapers show he was active with the YMCA and the Scouts:

Messrs. Dormer & Wong for Melbourne

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