Author Archives: Caroline Wigley

On 1 July 1940 the first of the evacuation ships left Hong Kong harbour. On board were 1,500 of the 3,500 women and children that would leave the colony that week, due to threats of invasion by the Japanese. Among those on board were George’s family – his wife, Hilda, and two young sons, DavidContinue reading “80 years ago …”