Page-Turner Family History

  Samuel Ambrose Blaydes 1905-1967   Born in 1905, father  Frederic Ambrose Wilford Blaydes (Page-Turner)  1882 –  1936 and his Malaysian Mother probably born in Simanggang where his father was posted at the time. Samuel  (Sammie) Ambrose Blaydes 1905-1967 seated 2nd from left   first son of FAW P-T Sarawak ,  School Photograph Taken in Singapore where Samuel was educated Interned at   Batu Lintang camp in early 1942 following the Japanese invasion and occupation of Sarawak   (also known as   Lintang Barracks   and   Kuching POW camp ) at   Kuching ,   Sarawak   on the island of   Borneo   was a   Japanese -run internment camp during the   Second World War . It was unusual in that it housed both   Allied   prisoners of war   (POWs) and   civilian internees . The camp, which operated from March 1942 until the liberation of the camp in September 1945, was house...

  Frederic Ambrose Wilford Blaydes (Page-Turner)  Born 30 th July   1882 –   7 th   July 1936,   Born at Tilsworth Vicarage and baptized on the 10 th September at Tilsworth church.                              F A W Page-Turner  formely Blaydes 1898  Pupil of Hincwick House School under William Augustus Orlebar.   He attended Berkhampstead Grammar School, confirmed at the school chapel on 16 th December   1897 by the Bishop of Colchester. He left Berkhamstead Grammar School in 1900 and entered the National & Provincial Bank of England for a year. In 1902 he received an appointment under Rajah Charles Brooke, he sailed for Sarawak on 13 th Feb 1902 and served there until 1930. He "married" a Malaysian Woman of high standing in 1904 and had a son, Samuel (Sammie) Blaydes in 1905.  Sammy Blaydes  born 1905 Samuel  (Sammie) Ambrose Blayde...