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Thursday, 15 February 2024

Major Arthur Dewar, RASC

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Arthur John Dewar was born 3 August 1907 to Robert and Lily Dewar in Belgaum, India. He was an Australian who served in the British Army as ...
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Thursday, 12 October 2023

The tragic loss of the submarine HMS Thetis

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The submarine HMS  Thetis  was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead. She was laid down in December 1936 and launched in June 1938. A year la...
Sunday, 9 July 2023

Lt Ralph Shrigley, HKVDC, who took his own life while under interrogation and torture

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Ralph James Shrigley was born in Scotland in 1898. During the First World War, he served with the 2nd Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers. He must have...
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Tuesday, 18 April 2023

Henry Jemson Tebbutt

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I first saw the name Henry Tebbutt in the The Hidden Years (1967) by John Luff.  One of the houses on Repulse Bay Road is captured in a sket...
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Wednesday, 29 March 2023

Robert & Marjorie Grindley

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I received an email at home in Stanley, Hong Kong, from Peter West, the Museum Manager at the Eastchurch Aviation Museum located on the Isle...
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Sunday, 12 March 2023

The Surrender at Singapore

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The former Ford Motor Factory at Bukit Timah was the location for the ignominious surrender of British and Commonwealth troops on Sunday 15 ...
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Monday, 13 February 2023

Archibald and Frances Cook - their story of a family separated by war

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In December 1941, forty-three year old Scotsman, Archibald (Archie) Cook was employed as the captain of the Hong Kong-Canton steamer the SS ...
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