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Chinese members of Swire who died in WW1 or WW2

Countries: China/Hong Kong

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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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Sir Patrick Manson

Sir Patrick Manson

Born in Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire. Physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitoes and suggested that mosquitoes also spread malaria. Founder of the original London School of ...

Person, Medicine, China/Hong Kong, Scotland

2 memorials
R. K. Burns

R. K. Burns

CN Co. C'E Chengtu. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Chief Engineer Officer Robert Kirkwood Burns was born on 31 August 1889 in Greenock, Scotland, the son of Robert and Martha Burns. His fath...

Person, China/Hong Kong, Scotland

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Peake

Artist and writer. Born Mervyn Laurence Peake at Kuling in the province of Kiang-Hsi, China. His missionary parents returned to England in 1922.  He attended Eltham College and then completed his e...

Person, Art, Literature, Channel Islands, China/Hong Kong

1 memorial
Huang Jian

Huang Jian

Sculptor. She has created group sculptures for the most recent Olympics in Beijing, London and Rio de Janiero.

Person, Sculpture, China/Hong Kong

1 memorial
Wang Zhiming

Wang Zhiming

Pastor and evangelist killed during the Chinese cultural revolution.

Person, Religion, Tragedy, China/Hong Kong

1 memorial