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**Details of some of the inscriptions from the Ossuary<ref>[http://hongkongcemetery.blogspot.com/2018/ "The Ossuary"]. A series of articles by Christine M. Thomas from December 2018. [http://hongkongcemetery.blogspot.com/2019/01/ 2019/01], [http://hongkongcemetery.blogspot.com/2019/03/ 2019/03]. There are biographical articles about the cemetery from June 2010. ''Hong Kong Cemetery''. </ref>
:For expanded cemetery details, see ''Forgotten Souls : a Social History of the Hong Kong Cemetery'' by Patricia Lim c 2011. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01015724284 . [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=iaZMzPuLAggC&printsec=frontcover Sample pages] Google Books.
:Also see the book available [[Hong Kong#Historical books online| online below]], ''Garrison Memorials in Hong Kong: Some Graves and Monuments at Happy Valley'' by Solomon Bard 1997.
:This cemetery is located on the western side of Happy Valley and was previously known as the Protestant Cemetery or the Colonial Cemetery.
*See External links below for the Searchable databases on the website ''China Families''.
*See [[Cemeteries]] for websites such as Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and The War Graves Photographic Project, which include pages titled Stanley Military Cemetery and Sai Wan (China) Memorial, in addition to other pages.
*The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] Archive at the [[British Library]] holds information on both Happy Valley and Stanley cemeteries under file reference Mss Eur F370/81
*The book ''Garrison Memorials in Hong Kong: Some Graves and Monuments at Happy Valley'' by Solomon Bard 1997 is available [[Hong Kong#Historical books online|online, see below]]. It is also available at the [[British Library]] in the [[BACSA]] Archive, catalogue reference Mss Eur F370/1242. By the same author, but not held in the BACSA Archive, ''Report on survey and study of old service graves at Stanley Military Cemetery'' 1984 and ''Study of Military Graves and Monuments: Hong Kong Cemetery'' 1991, (Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office), the latter may possibly include information about Stanley Cemetery.<ref>''Challenging Dead. A Look into Foreigners’ Cemeteries in Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan'' by Gotelind Müller 2018, page 16, footnote 72 and page 18, footnote 85. See [[Hong Kong#External links|External links]], above.</ref> The 1984 and 1991 publications are available at the Government Records Service Hong Kong, also known as the Public Record Office, Hong Kong in the Library, DDC Call Number 929.5095125 BAR and 929.5 BAR respectively.
*The book ''British and Indian Armies on the China Coast 1785-1985'' by Alan Harfield 1990 is available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01009472436 . Includes lists such as “List of Known Recipients of the Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894” and “List of Officers who served with the Hong Kong Regiment 1892-1902”. This [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.people.ex-forces/v3LqubdrU1k link] lists some “Military Commanders of Hong Kong and China” from the book (pages 483-484).
*The book ''Traders of Hong Kong: Some Foreign Merchant Houses, 1841-1899'' by Solomon Bard Hong Kong: Urban Council, 1993 is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012493829 . [https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Traders_of_Hong_Kong.html?id=IXeHAAAAIAAJ Searchable but not viewable Google Books]. "A very useful summary of the wide range of foreigners, from Germans and Americans to Armenians, Parsees and Jews"<ref> "Annotated Bibliography The Basics" ''Hong Kong History Project''. Refer External links, above.</ref>
*''Second to None : the Story of the Hong Kong Volunteers'' by Phillip Bruce 1991. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01012596174
==External links==
*[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/Asia/HongKong.pdf “Major Genealogical Record Sources in Hong Kong”] by the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Series J, No. 4 1975. lib.byu.edu. Refers to Civil Registration. "Records prior to 1873 no longer exist". "All pre-war marriage records have been lost". '''Note''' however, the there appear to be some surviving church records.
**[http://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/contactus/index.html Immigration Department contact details]. This Department is responsible for Civil Registration but the website does not include information about certificates for family history purposes for persons not resident in Hong Kong, so you would need to contact the Department.
*Hong Kong [https://www.grs.gov.hk/en/index.html Government Records Service] grs.gov.hk. Archives and Library with an online catalogue. Also known as the Public Records Office (PRO), Hong Kong.
:[https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/9880vr05x 1932 edition] (for the period to 1930). digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk. There also was an edition published 1922 (for the period to 1920).
*[https://archive.org/details/hongkongshorthis00mag ''Hong Kong: A short history of the colony and an outline of the present political situation in China''] by A G M. 3rd edition revised c 1928 (or later) (catalogued as 1900) Archive.org
*''Armaments Year-Book : General and Statistical Information'' published by League of Nations. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/ien.35556028984169?urlappend=%3Bseq=176 "Asia and Islands in the Indian Ocean"] includes Hong-Kong, page 176 ''First Year 1924, 2nd Edition'' HathiTrust Digital Library; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KXAAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA193 "Asia"] page 193 ''1937 edition''. Google Books. See the [[Indian Army]] page for additional editions of this publication.
*''British Rule In Eastern Asia: A Study of Contemporary Government and Economic development in British Malaya and Hong Kong'' by Lennox A Mills 1941. Issued under the auspices of the Secretariat, Institute of Pacific Relations International Research Series. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.89975/page/n7/mode/2up File 1] some missing pages noted; [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.35262 File 2] Archive.org. Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/travelerstalemem0000cand/page/n9 ''A Traveler's Tale : Memories of India''] by Enid Saunders Candlin 1974. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The initial pages indicate the situation in Hong Kong to 1941 when the author’s husband a metallurgist/chemical engineer was transferred to India to work for the Inspectorate of Armaments in ordnance factories. By the same author (born in Shanghai, daughter of a tea merchant) ''The Breach in the Wall: A Memoir of Old China'' 1973. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01000594031 [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/enid-saunders-candlin/the-breach-in-the-wall-a-memoir-of-the-old-chin/ A review] kirkusreviews.com.
*[https://archive.org/details/illustratedhisto00came/mode/2up ''An Illustrated History of Hong Kong''] by Nigel Cameron 1991. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofhongkon00wels/mode/2up ''A History of Hong Kong''] by Frank Welsh 1993. USA title [https://archive.org/details/borrowedplacehi00wels/mode/2up ''A Borrowed Place : the History of Hong Kong''] by Frank Welsh. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/b2775190d ''Garrison Memorials in Hong Kong: Some Graves and Monuments at Happy Valley''] by Solomon Bard 1997. [https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/b2775190d#?c=&m=&s=&cv=154&xywh=-214%2C-77%2C1926%2C2293 Index of names digital page 155] This is a selection, not a complete list of those in the cemetery. Circumstances of death are usually included. digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk.
*[https://archive.org/details/empiresendhistor00keay/page/n5/mode/2up ''Empire's End : a history of the Far East from High Colonialism to Hong Kong''] by John Keay 1997. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/goldenboymemorie00boot/mode/2up ''Golden boy : memories of a Hong Kong childhood''] by Martin Booth 2005, first published 2004. Also published as [https://archive.org/details/gweilomemoriesof0000boot/mode/2up ''Gweilo : memories of a Hong Kong childhood''] by Martin Booth. The author was born 1944. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
