72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
- 7 Sep 1944, Barbara Anslow's diary
- 7 Sep 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
- 7 - 17 Sep 1944, Tom Hutchinson's Wartime Diary
- 7 Sep 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
- 7 Sep 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
| 7 Sep 1944, Barbara Anslow's diary Posted: 16 Apr 2012 02:28 AM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Thu, 7 Sep 1944 Mrs F. E. Hyde died (cancer) leaving Michael aged 6. Her husband was among those executed in October 1943. Lady M. Grayburn is looking after Michael, her husband died in Stanley Gaol in May 1943. Veronica Ann Reddish born. |
| 7 Sep 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:20 AM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Thu, 7 Sep 1944 Florence Eileen Hyde dies of cancer. More than one internee believes that her tragic death is in part due to her husband's execution on October 29, 1943. Her young son, Michael, is adopted by Lady Vandeleur Grayburn so continues to live in Bungalow 'D'.  Florence Hyde gravestone.jpg, by brianwindsoredgar
Birth of Veronica Ann Reddish. Cecil Reddish is a police inspector. His wife Anna ('Dolly') a Gibraltarian. In his diary, discovered long after his death, he wrote: We're surviving on two bowls of rice a day, usually full of weevils. The pig-swill they call soup turns my guts over! Less than 48 hours after Veronica's birth, Anna has to join the rest of us and stand for hours in the pouring rain. I can't bear to see my beloved Dolly and our baby daughter suffering like this. We're starving. I don't know how much more I can take. Mr. Reddish weighed six and a half stone on liberation, and was never able to recover his health and work again; he died in 1964 at the age of 54, killed by the TB he contracted in camp. Veronica offers a summary of the effects of internment on her father's later life: My father was always very anxious. For him it was the loss of his career, and his future and a bit of dignity too. What he had planned for himself he hadn't been able to achieve because of the prisoner of war camp and his illness. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths/japanpowdiaries.shtml Note: As far as I can make out, Veronica and her two sisters were interviewed for the BBC radio programme Home Truths, probably in 2006. Their mother, Anna, was still alive and 89 years old at that time. The three sisters feel that discovering their father's wartime diaries helped them come to terms with difficult experiences in their childhoods. |
| 7 - 17 Sep 1944, Tom Hutchinson's Wartime Diary Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:58 AM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Thu, 7 Sep 1944 to Sun, 17 Sep 1944  Note: 7/9 - Repair rear ((?)) of James' Bike 35.- Supporting information: |
| 7 Sep 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary Posted: 01 Sep 2014 11:07 PM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Thu, 7 Sep 1944 Death - Mrs Florence Eileen Hyde (40) Birth - to Mr & Mrs C Reddish, a daughter (Veronica Ann) |
| 7 Sep 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 04 Sep 2014 03:19 AM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Thu, 7 Sep 1944 |
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