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 Corps and was attached to No.2 (Scottish) Company, 7 Platoon, and was at Pottinger Gap, Hong Kong, when he was killed in action on 24 December 1941. He was buried in Grave 5.E.11 at the Stanley Military Cemetery, Stanley, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China.
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D. Blackman
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CN Co. Wharfinger Sh'ai. Andrew Behan has researched this man: William Peter Bruce was born on 14 October 1892 in Seacombe, Cheshire, the eldest son of Thomas Bruce and Marguirite Jane Bruce née P...
Army officer. Made his military reputation in China. Achieved lasting fame through his death at the siege of Khartoum. His name, and his marching band (which performs annually at the Whitehall sta...
Field Marshal. Â Born Dublin. Â Served in the Indian Rebellion and the Crimean War. Led the attempt to relieve Khartoum. 1895 - 1900 Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. The very model of the 'Mod...
Person, Armed Forces, Africa, Burma, Canada, China/Hong Kong, Crimea, France, India, Ireland
Sir James Cantlie was a British physician. He was a pioneer of first aid, which in 1875 was unknown. He was also influential in the study of tropical diseases and in the debates concerning degenera...
Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration, China/Hong Kong, Egypt, Scotland
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