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Chinese members of Swire who died in WW1 or WW2

Countries: China/Hong Kong

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Chinese members of Swire who died in WW1 or WW2

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Swire war memorial - 1

The names are grouped by brief company identifier, which we’ve recognised as ...

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Swire war memorial - 2

The names, given on the other plaque, are not Chinese (being Smith, etc.) so ...

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Other Subjects

D. Blackman

D. Blackman

Andrew Behan has researched this man: Date of birth is not known. Blackman, who worked for the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company in Hong Kong, was a member of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence...

Person, China/Hong Kong

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Rev. Thomas William Douglas James

Rev. Thomas William Douglas James

Thomas William Douglas James was born on 13 July 1886 in Gloucester, a son of Alfred Tovey James and Sarah Elizabeth James. His father was a merchant's clerk. He was baptised at St Luke's Church, G...

Person, China/Hong Kong

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Arthur Waley

Arthur Waley

Poet, translator and orientalist. He never actually visited China nor Japan.

Person, Poetry, China/Hong Kong, Japan

1 memorial
T. H. W. Bonner

T. H. W. Bonner

Andrew Behan has researched this man. The only person he could trace called Bonner who died in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps was a Corporal Horace William Bonner. We transcribed the name as...

Person, China/Hong Kong

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Lord Lugard

Lord Lugard

Soldier and colonial administrator. Born Frederick John Dealtry Lugard at Fort St George, Madras, India. After a varied military career, he entered the colonial service. Appointed governor of Hong ...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, China/Hong Kong, India, Nigeria

1 memorial