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Hong Kong [1555]

Hong Kong, China [7]

City Of Victoria, Hong Kong [1]

Hong Kong Asia Colonies [1]

Hong Kong,Amoy. [1]

Hong-Kong [1]

Mala Ching near Hong-Kong, China [1]

The Peak, Hong Kong [1]

Victoria Hong Kong Victoria [1]

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Lieutenant [8]

Captain [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Private [5]

Fireman and Trimmer [2]

Serjeant [2]

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Royal Field Artillery [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Mercantile Marine, SS ' Harpalion ' [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Flying Corps [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Egyptian Army [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMT Montilla [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Yeomanry [1]

Mercantile Marine, SS 'War Council' [1]

Punjabis [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Regiment [1]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

Scottish Rifles [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [18]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Royal Navy [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Other Empire Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

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S [263]

C [204]

F [182]

Y [172]

K [144]

T [97]

H [96]

L [92]

W [75]

P [72]

M [53]

B [26]

Q [17]

D [15]

O [13]

J [12]

G [11]

A [7]

N [7]

R [7]

E [2]

I [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [1514]

Military Service [51]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Hong Kong [1]

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People [1569] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hong Kong [1555] Hong Kong, China [7] City Of Victoria, Hong Kong [1] Hong Kong Asia Colonies [1] Hong Kong,Amoy. [1] Hong-Kong [1] Mala Ching near Hong-Kong, China [1] The Peak, Hong Kong [1] Victoria Hong Kong Victoria [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [8] Captain [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Private [5] Fireman and Trimmer [2] Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Corporal [1] Donkeyman [1] Fireman [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Surgeon [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Mercantile Marine, SS ' Harpalion ' [2] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Flying Corps [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Egyptian Army [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMT Montilla [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] Labour Corps [1] London Yeomanry [1] Mercantile Marine, SS 'War Council' [1] Punjabis [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Garrison Regiment [1] Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] Scottish Rifles [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [18] Australian Imperial Force [16] Royal Navy [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Other Empire Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [263] C [204] F [182] Y [172] K [144] T [97] H [96] L [92] W [75] P [72] M [53] B [26] Q [17] D [15] O [13] J [12] G [11] A [7] N [7] R [7] E [2] I [1] V [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [1514] Military Service [51]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Hong Kong [1]

Wong Lai

Born 1877

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Fireman Mercantile Marine, SS 'War Council'

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Ah Soo

Born 1892

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Fireman and Trimmer Mercantile Marine, SS ' Harpalion '

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Conrad Constantine Eitel

Australian Imperial Force 45

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Arthur Richard Pyke

Australian Imperial Force 2256

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Allen Caisley Dixon

Australian Imperial Force N15561

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Byron Edward Brenan

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 2 Battalion

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Douglas Vaughan L Craddock

Born 1894

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

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Robert William John Corcoran

Australian Imperial Force N84

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George Francis Corcoran

Australian Imperial Force

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Frank Henry Dealy

Australian Imperial Force 2802

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Roland Phillip Ramage

Australian Imperial Force 1171

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John Francis Summers

Australian Imperial Force 3682

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Albert Edward Philpin

Born 1901

Died 1969

British Army 93236 Boy Royal Field Artillery

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Jacques [ Allen John & Jack] Allen

Born 1875

Australian Imperial Force 1561

Australian Imperial Force 1690

British Army 6908 Private Royal Garrison Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Min Sun

Born 1889

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Sarah Bennet Smith

Australian Imperial Force

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Domingo Francisco Ligores

Australian Imperial Force V72108

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Albert Victor Long

Australian Imperial Force 54699

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Albert Long

Australian Imperial Force N81957

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Lai Ngow

Born 1885

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