The Lone Flag: Memoir of the British Consul in Macao during World War II

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Plate 2 John Reeves and his wife Rhoda with their newly born daughter, Letitia. The photograph was presumably taken in Hankow in 1937. Plate 1 John Reeves Plate 4 A group of friends in Macao on Christmas Day 1941, the day Hong Kong surrendered, but probably before the news reached them. John Reeves is in the back row, far right. The central figure in the back row is believed to be Karl Fletcher. His wife, Marjorie, is second from the left in the front row. Plate 3 John Reeves gazing over the South China Sea Plate 6 The Macao hockey team, with John Reeves in his Cambridge blazer third from the left in the back row. Plate 5 Japanese consulate. This photo was taken after the British consulate had been demolished. It is likely that building was similar in style to this one. Plate 8 Handmade consulate Christmas card during the war years (a) front, (b) back. Plate 7 The badge worn by British consulate employees in Macao (a) (b) Plate 10 Marjorie Pope Fletcher Plate 9 Karl Pope Fletcher Plate 12 Medals awarded to John Reeves. On the left, that for Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) awarded in the New Year’s Honours list 1946. On the right the medal from the Portuguese Red Cross for dedicated service. Plate 11 Thanksgiving service, 19 August 1945 Plate 14 John Reeves in South Africa Plate 13 The Lone Flag, the new Union Jack raised for the first time after Japan surrendered Plate 15 Sample (Chapter VI, page 59) of the handwritten sections of the manuscript ...