Joseph Ernest SANDBACH [1898-1991]

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Names
Given
Joseph Ernest
Family
Sandbach
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (town, state)
Davenham, Cheshire
Birthplace (country)
England
Died
Date

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Marian SANDBACH [c.1895-1986]

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Sailors and Soldiers Home a
1952
Sailors' and Soldiers' Home a.
1955

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UK Civil Index and Probate Calendar

Joseph Ernest Sandbach born 24 November 1898 in Davenham Cheshire died 26 May 1991 at The Old Malthouse Nursing Home Selsey West Sussex

He arrived in Southampton from Hong Kong 19 December 1945. On 4 March 1947 he sailed from Southampton to Hong Kong.

In 1926 he was living at 214B Leymoor Road Colne Valley with two members of the  White family.

1926 Marriage in Huddersfield Joseph Sandbach to Marian White (sic) (1893 - 1986)

Passenger List 1952 Liverpool to Hong Kong 

Joseph E Sandbach  53 Methodist Minister

Mrs M Sandbach 55

Ernest H Sandbach

Sylvia H Sandbach

Country of intended future permanent residence Hong Kong

Carl Smith Card 14 February 1960

Farewell to Reverend J E Sandbach minister of English Methodist Church Wanchai after 30 years. When he came things at a low ebb discussion of closing church. 

J. E. Sandbach's signature appears under "1st Committee" on the "Day Joyce Sheet" held by the Imperial War Museum. He was elected Member of the Committee.

See: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30083388. An explanation of the "Day Joyce Sheet" is given at: https://gwulo.com/media/46458

Revd Joseph Sandbach was an English Methodist minister and missionary who before the war had responsibility for the English Methodist Church and the Methodist Sailors' and Soldiers' Home in Wanchai.

In Bill Ream's book, Joseph Sandbach appears in Stanley Internment Camp. During the camp’s early efforts at self-government, he was one of two ministers, alongside Bert Alton, elected to the British Communal Council, a body formed to help manage internal affairs and limited dealings with the Japanese authorities. His place on the council suggests that he was regarded as a trusted representative within the camp community.  Franklin Gimson later replaced this committee with his own choice of members.
 
After the war, Sandbach remained in Hong Kong when Bill Ream was granted twelve months’ furlough in England. Sandbach was left in charge of the English Methodist Church and chaplaincy work. He also stayed on with the intention of beginning the refurbishment of the Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Home in Wanchai, work that would continue when Ream returned. The Home had been used by the Japanese Army during the war and by British Forces post-war.
 
Bill Ream returned in October 1946 from furlough to take over the refurbishing of the Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Home from Sandbach, who was then able to leave for England.
 
In May 1947, Rev Sandbach returned from furlough to take charge of both the refurbished Home and the English Methodist Church. 
 
Overall, Sandbach is presented as an important Methodist leader who helped provide continuity in both church ministry through the war and post-war reconstruction in Hong Kong.