Policing Hong Kong : an Irish history : Irishmen in the Hong Kong police force 1864-1950   

• Product Details

  Product #

  2616317B

  Author(s)

  O'Sullivan, Patricia

  City

  Hong Kong 

  Country

  China 

  Language

  English 

  ISBN

  9789887792734 

  Date of Publication

  2018 

  Publisher

  Blacksmith books  

  Cover Type

  Soft cover 

  Pages

  359 

  Subject

  Biography / Memoirs

  Subject

  History, 19th Century and Earlier

  Subject

  History, 20th-21st Centuries

   

• Product Details in Original Language

  Author

  O'Sullivan, Patricia

  Publisher

  Blacksmith books  

• Description

  Hong Kong, 1918. A tranquil place compared to war-torn Europe. But on the morning of the 22nd January, a running battle through the streets of Wanchai ended in "The Siege of Gresson Street". Five policemen lay dead, so shocking Hong Kong that over half the population turned out to watch their funeral procession. One of the dead, Inspector Mortimor O'Sullivan, came from Newmarket: a small town nestled deep in rural Ireland. He, along with a dozen and more relatives, had sailed out to Hong Kong to join the Police Force. Using family records and memories alongside extensive research in Hong Kong, Ireland and London, Patricia O'Sullivan tells the story of these policemen and the criminals they dealt with. This book also gives a rare glimpse into the day-to-day life of working-class Europeans at the time, as it follows the Newmarket men, their wives and families, from their first arrival in 1864 through to 1941 and beyond.