China Inland Mission
The picture source website provides lots of useful information on the CIM.
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J. B. Colls
B&S. Lieut HKR NVR. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Lieutenant John Baxter Colls was born in 1910 in Woking, Surrey, a twin son of Arthur Colls and Nellie Alice Fanny Colls née Terry. Hi...
War dead, WW2
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Elizabeth Croll
Born New Zealand. Scholar at SOAS specialising in the role of women in China. Vice Principal of SOAS. 2007 awarded CMG.
Person, Education, Gender Issues, China/Hong Kong, New Zealand
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Lady Hetta Empson
Sculptor and political activist. Born as Hester Henrietta Crouse in South Africa. Studied art and sculpture. Supported Communism and the black workers in South Africa. Travelled to Europe and drove...
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Dame Margot Fonteyn
Prima ballerina assoluta. Born Reigate as Margaret Hookham. As a child lived for a time in Shanghai. Her stage name was based on "Fontes" the name of her mother's paternal family, wealthy Brazilia...
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Major General Charles George Gordon
Army officer. Made his military reputation in China. Achieved lasting fame through his death at the siege of Khartoum. Gordon's School near Woking was founded by public subscription, at the expres...
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