Tuesday 16 July 2024

BLUE PLAQUE FOR THE DEPORTED CHINESE SEAMEN AND THE CHILDREN AND WIVES LEFT BEHIND

In 1946 post WWII, thousands of Chinese seamen were forcibly deported from Liverpool by the British Government. This blue plaque is dedicated to the seamen and to the children and wives left behind. 

The Sound Agents working with Pine Court Housing have placed a blue plaque on the wall of 19 Great George Square, Chinatown, Liverpool. No 19 was originally No 17 Great George Square, a Chinese Boarding House owned by Kwok Fong. 

Kwok Fong also owned The Far East Restaurant next door, when the Boarding House closed the restaurant expanded. Kwok Fong and his son Tony Kwok were present when the police raided the Boarding Houses and took the men down to the Docks to an awaiting ship in the Sloyne in the River Mersey. Never to see their families again. 

The descendants of the forcibly deported Chinese seamen need answers. 

Photo: Moira Kenny - Campbell

The Plaque was paid for by a Just Giving campaign
Many thanks to everyone who donated. 


                             19 Great George Square, Liverpool. Former Chinese Boarding House
Photo: Moira Kenny - Campbell