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|a MS 380564, Wedlock Papers, Box 2 |2 ORDER WITH REFERENCE |
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|a MS 380564/06/04 |2 SOAS archive reference |
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|a Letter from Dora Wedlock, description of social activities, discussion of earthquake shocks, problems with servants, recent anti-Japanese riots |h [electronic resource] |y English. |
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|c 23/10/1931. |
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|a Letters written whilst stationed in Hong Kong. |
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|a Summary: The collection comprises 90 letters from Dora and Teddy Wedlock, covering their postings with the Admiralty to Wei-hai-wei in North China, Trincomalee in Ceylon, and Hong Kong (1924-1932), to Mrs Helen M. Heynes who lived at Southsea, England. The letters discuss family matters including Helen Haynes's children and their joint interest in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The letters also illustrate well what life was like for the wife of a naval officer posted abroad during this period. The letters also give some indication of national and international events |
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|a Admin History: Teddy Wedlock worked for the Admiralty. From 1924-1928 he and his wife Dora were stationed at Wei-hai-wei Naval Dockyard, North China, where he served as Second Officer to Mr Lofts, the Store Officer to the Naval Dockyard. From 1929- 1931, the Wedlocks were based at the Royal Naval Dockyard at Trincomalee in Ceylon. From 1931-1932, they were stationed at HM Naval Dockyard, Hong Kong. Whilst there, they lived in a suite of rooms in the Knutsford Hotel in Kowloon. Dora Wedlock had a strong interest in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. |
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|a Donated in March 1994. |
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|a The correspondence has been arranged chronologically, following the Wedlock's various postings from 1924-1932. There are large gaps in the series, where letters do not appear to have survived. There is a detailed list of the contents of each letter in Box 1. |
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|a Related material: Associated Material held elsewhere: Papers of the Admiralty [class ref. ADM] are held at the Public Record Office, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU. |
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|a The Wedlocks were stationed at HM Naval Dockyard, Hong Kong and living in a suite of rooms in the Knutsford Hotel in Kowloon. The letters discuss daily life and mention cruely to animals. They abruptly stop in Jan 1932 and no more letters appear to survive |
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|a [cc by-nc-sa] This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this work non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS University of London, |c Special Collections, |d 2020. |f (SOAS Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a Special Collections. |
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|a Wedlock; Dora (fl 1924-1932). |
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|a Wedlock; Teddy (fl 1924). |
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|a Earthquakes. |
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|a Riots. |
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|a Anti-Japanese movements. |
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|a Household employees. |
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|a 大地震. |
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|a 暴动. |
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|a 抗日运动. |
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|a 家庭雇员. |
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|a 亚洲 -- 香港. |
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|a 亞洲 -- 香港. |
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|a Wedlock; Dora (fl 1924-1932), |e author, primary. |
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|a Hong Kong. |
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|a SOAS Digital Collections. |
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|a China Collection. |
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|a GBR |b SDC |c China Collection |
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|u https://digital.soas.ac.uk/WL00000007/00001 |y Click here for full text |
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|a China Collection |
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