From British Bobby to Hong Kong Copper

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From British Bobby To Hong Kong Copper Presentation by: Christine M. Thomas http://hongkongfamilyhistory.blogspot.co.uk

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This year marks the 170th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Police. This talk traces the history of the organisation through the stories of a few very ordinary British constables from the 1840s up to the First World War.

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From British Bobby To Hong Kong Copper

Presentation by: Christine M. Thomas http://hongkongfamilyhistory.blogspot.co.uk

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Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

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Happy Valley The National Archives CO 1069/444

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The National Archives CO 1069/444

Hong Kong Harbour

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The National Archives CO 129/5

Ordinance establishing the Hong Kong Police Force

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Peng Chau Island from Lantau Island

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The National Archives CO 1069/476 Typhoon shelter

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1862 Plans for Central Police Station The National Archives MPGG 1/118

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The National Archives MEPO 7/34

Recruitment of 20 Constables from The Metropolitan Police

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The National Archives HO 184/16

Royal Irish Constabulary Records

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1877 CO 133/34

1886 CO 133/43

1890 CO 133/47

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Swanston headstones

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The National Archives CO 1069/445 Aftermath of Typhoon 1874

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The National Archives CO 1069/448

Aftermath of the Great Storm of 1889

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The National Archives CO 1069/451

Tai Po Police Station

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Au Tau Police Station

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The National Archives CO 132/31

Police Annual Report 1899

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twiglet’s treasure trove of trivia

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Hong Kong Police

Roll of Honour

World War 1 PC 25 Herbert G. Wakeford Killed in Action 17 May 1916

PC 27 Ernest G. Painting Killed in Action 1 July 1916

PC 52 Arthur W. Allchurch Killed in Action 1 July 1916

PC 125 Harold Wilson Reported Missing on 27 July 1916

Presumed dead on 11 May 1917

PC 114 Peter Boyd Gardner Injured in Aeroplane accident on 4 Dec. 1916

Died on 6 Dec 1916

PC 124 Ernest F. Drury Killed in Action 17 Feb 1917

PC 155 Robert Edwards Killed in Action 30 April 1917

PC 120 Edward C. Sillis Killed in Action 1 August 1917

PC 81 John Delahunty Killed in Action 9 October 1917

PC 69 Frederick J. Singleton Died of Influenza 2 Nov 1918

PC 127 Albert E. Clarke Died of Wounds 15 March 1919

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Hong Kong in the 21st. century