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Sunday, 26 March 2017

John Christian Boldero

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I had an email from William (Bill) Anderson who served as a HKVDC dispatch rider during the Battle for Hong Kong.  He published a book abou...
Sunday, 26 February 2017

Captain Eric Wiseman, RASC - Recollections of a British Prisoner of War

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On 7 February, I was delighted to receive a copy of  Hong Kong: Recollections of a British Prisoner of War published by Veterans Publica...
Thursday, 16 February 2017

Major Douglas Dewe, Indian Medical Service, a POW in Singapore and the Burma Railway

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This post is about a British Indian Army Medical Doctor, Douglas Dewe, serving with the Indian Medical Service in Singapore who  was capture...
Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Major Edward de Vere Hunt - Killed in action 20th December 1941

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Edward de Vere Hunt was born on 12 December 1908. He was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, and from age thirteen, at Rugby School...
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Sunday, 29 January 2017

On the battlefields of Hong Kong and battlefield finds - January 2017

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On the battlefields of Hong Kong (1)  In cool mid-January weather in 2017, I joined history enthusiast Stuart Woods for a trek up tow...
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Tuesday, 20 December 2016

Stanley Internment Camp -Visit to grounds of the former civilian internment camp

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I accompanied Geoff Emerson (Author of Hong Kong Internment, 1942-1945 ) and Nic Snaith and his family into the former grounds of Stanley C...
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Thursday, 13 October 2016

Following in the footsteps of Colonel Shoji's 230th Infantry Regiment

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During the night of Thursday 18th December and the early hours of Friday 19th December 1941 the Japanese Army landed on the North Shore of...
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