Sir Lindsay Tasman Ride was an Australian physiologist, soldier, and vice chancellor of the University of Hong Kong.
The first day cover (FDC) of KGVI Coronation (12 May 1937) Dr. L.T. Ride sent to himself, when he was the Head of Department of Physiology of HKU and the Dean of Medicine
Lindsay Ride escaped from Japanese-occupied Hong Kong (i) on 9 January 1942. He reached Huizhou (ii), Kukong (iii), Guilin (iv), and finally arriving at Chongqing (v) on 17 February 1942. The red boundaries denote the Japanese-occupied area in China as of late 1941.
The first day cover (FDC) of 1841-1941 Centenary (26 Feb. 1941) Dr. L.T. Ride sent to his son Master David William Ride, who was attending Scotch College in Melbourne, Australia (David William Ride was sent to Australia in 1938 in anticipation of a Japanese invasion into the British colony.)
The first day cover (FDC) of HKU Golden Jubilee (11 Sept 1961) Dr. L.T. Ride sent to “Dr. and Mrs. Ride”
The Battle of Hong Kong, also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II. On the same morning as the attack on Pearl H
Lindsay Tasman Ride
…the voice of a baritone, he helped to found the Hong Kong Singers in 1934. Ride sent his wife and children to Australia in 1938 in anticipation of a Japanese invasion into the British colony. In 1941, Ride commanded the Hong Kong Field Ambulance. He became a POW and was held in the prison established by the Japanese…
Japanese troops take Tsim Sha Tsui
Indian gunners manning a 9.2-inch naval artillery gun at Mount Davis Battery on Hong Kong Island
Three weeks before the battle, a Canadian military contingent arrived to reinforce the garrison
Japanese artillery firing at Hong Kong