Whilst working
in Hong
Kong I would return to the UK London England Wales
The task I
had set myself during that particular leave was to extract all HONG KONG DEATHS
from various Army Indexes. However, with
the tiny typeset in the huge heavy tomes that was no easy job, especially, as
the work had to be performed standing up.
I became such
a permanent fixture that on many occasions I was mistaken for a member of
staff. My time was spent compiling
handwritten lists of the relevant HK entries and then, when I returned to Hong Kong , I spent
months collating the information with that already in my HONG KONG BURIAL INDEX. This was many years before the advent of home
computers so The Index was formed of paper slips – thousands of
them all filed away in alphabetical order in a lovely rosewood cabinet. (For
the story of my project transcribing the headstone inscriptions from the Colonial Cemetery
When I
retired in the 21st. century I was faced with the never ending task of
converting my dear old paper index to a computer database – another huge undertaking. Now that we have reached 2015 it strikes me
that some of the work which I undertook all those years ago might be of use to
amateur genealogists searching for means of finding information on family
members who spent time in Hong Kong in the 19th. century. Obtaining Hong Kong death
certificates is difficult to say the least and prior to the mid 1890s is virtually
impossible. However, all is not lost if
the individual was a soldier (or was the wife or child of a soldier) as a
certificate can be provided by the UK
Before ordering a death certificate from the General Register Office it
will first be necessary to obtain the FULL index reference. The days of perusing those lovely huge
volumes of indexes at Somerset House, St. Catherine’s House or The Family
Records Centre is now long gone but FREE ACCESS
to GRO indexes is available at
the following Libraries & Archives (but it is always worth
telephoning first to check that they still have what you require!):
Library of Birmingham
Bridgend Reference & Information Library
City of Westminster
The British Library
If you are able to access a Family History
Library/Search Room (Church of Latter Day Saints
Several subscription/pay as you go websites
also have these indexes.
On the list
which follows I have included a note showing where further information is
available from myself for burial and/or headstone details.
Whilst
in Hong Kong 1975 – 1995 and on my trips back to Hong Kong since 2009 I have
photographed all surviving memorials so burial details may well come complete
with a photograph. Even those where an
inscription is not available may come with a photograph – but you would need to
know the whole history of the cemetery to work that one out! Do not fear I would explain all.
British Army Deaths in Hong Kong 1860 - 1867
Name
|
Headstone/Burial
|
Comment
|
T. ANDREWS
|
Burial
details available
|
|
J. ARMSTRONG
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Joseph ATKINS
|
Burial
details available
|
|
James BANNISTER
|
Burial
details available
|
|
James BARNABY
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
James BARNABY
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Thomas Henry BEARDSMORE
|
Burial
details available
|
|
F. BROTHERS
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Annie Louisa BROWN
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Robert CASSON
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Ann Elizabeth CASTLETON
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Samuel CHAMBERLAIN
|
Burial
details available
|
|
William CHAPMAN
|
Burial
details available
|
|
George Willis CHOAKE
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Henry CHOAKES
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Ellen CLARKE
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Burial
details available
|
||
Jane E CLARKE
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Henry CLAYTON
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Richard CLEMSON
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Richard CLUNSON
|
Burial
details available
|
|
W. COCKING
|
Burial
details available
|
|
John
COLTMAN
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Harry COOPER
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
John COOSS
|
Burial
details available
|
May refer to Jonathan CROSS
|
Charles
COX
|
Burial
details available
|
|
George DADY
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
C.H. DAVEY
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
John DOCKSON
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Elizabeth DORKIN
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Charlotte FIELDING
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
William FORD
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Elsworth FURSDON
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Geo. GANNAVIN
|
Burial
details available
|
May refer to George GANNAWAY
|
Louisa
GODBY
|
Burial
details available
|
|
John
William GOLDING
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Morres GUARD
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
George
HAIGH
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Charles HALSEY
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Frances HALSEY
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
R. HARKER
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Emily Jane H ENDERSON
|
Headstone and burial details are in the
name of Emily Jane ANDERSON
|
|
Henry HENIDGE
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
May refer to Henry HERRIDGE
|
William John HEWOON
|
Burial
details available
|
May refer to William John HEWSON or William
John HEMSON
|
George HOPKI NS
|
Burial
details available
|
|
J. HOPKI NSON
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Harriet Susannah HOWARTH
|
Burial details
available
|
|
George Edwin HUME
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Charles HUSSELBY
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Samuel JEPHSON
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Bernard JOHNSTON
|
Burial
details available
|
|
John JONES
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
John JONES
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Henry William KELLY
|
Burial
details available
|
|
John KENT
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
M. KINSLEY
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
||
John LEATHERLAND
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Amelia LYONS
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Isabella LYONS
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Alexander MacINTYRE
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
George
MALE
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Benj. MANN
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
||
John MCADAMS
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Charles MCARCKLE
|
Alternative spelling for MEARCKLE
|
|
William McCONNOR
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Charles MEARCKLE
|
Burial
details available
|
Alternative spelling for McARCKLE – 1861 Army Index shows name
as Charles MAERCKE
|
Henry MILTON
|
||
Thos. MITCHELL
|
Burial
details available
|
|
John NIXON
|
Burial
details available
|
|
James NORTHLOCK
|
||
William NORTON
|
Burial
details available
|
Possibly William MORTON - father and son who died one week apart
|
William NORTON
|
Burial
details available
|
Possibly William MORTON - father and son who died one week apart
|
Frederick OAKES
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Alfred
Edward PARKINS
|
Burial
details available
|
|
John
PIERSE
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Joseph
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Joseph PRINCE
|
Burial details available
|
|
Elizabeth RALPH
|
Burial
details available
|
|
W. RALPH
|
Burial
details available
|
|
James RILEY
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Robert SAGGERS
|
Burial
details available
|
|
John SMALLDON
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Isabella SMITH
|
Burial
details available
|
|
James SMITH
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Peter SMITH
|
Burial
details available
|
|
William STANLEY
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Robert STEPHENS
|
Burial
details available
|
|
James C. TAYLOR
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Louisa Mary TAYLOR
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Thomas WALKER
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Joseph WALL
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Robert WHEATLEY
|
Inscription
& burial available
|
|
Louise Agnes WHILEY
|
Burial
details available
|
Possibly an alternative spelling for Louisa
Agnes WHITE
|
Charles WHITE
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Louisa Agnes WHITE
|
Possibly an alternative spelling for Louise
Agnes WHILEY
|
|
Harry WIGLEY
|
Burial
details available
|
|
William WIGLEY
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Francis William A WILLIAMS
|
Burial
details available
|
|
John WILLSON
|
||
Benjamin WILSON
|
Burial
details available
|
|
Henry
|
||
John WRIGHT
|
Burial
details available
|
I will post more lists in due course
