Sir Cyril Young

Sir Cyril Roe Muston Young Bt., M.I.C.E. (1881-1955), a civil engineer, was in China from 1915. He worked for Butterfield & Swire, constructing wharfs and godowns (warehouses) in Hong Kong and Shanghai, until he retired in 1940. The collection includes negatives, being photographs taken in China, UK and Borneo in the 1930s; loose photographs; and a family history book: 'A Family Kaleidoscope' by Michael Young (2010). The photographs in this collection have been digitised. Historical Photographs of China ref: CY. DM2846/1: Glass and celluloid negatives. (Historical Photographs of China ref: CY-n). DM2846/2: Loose photographs and post cards (Historical Photographs of China ref: CY-s). DM2846/3: A book entitled 'A Family Kaleidoscope, The Young Family & Inter-related Families, 1500-2010' by Michael Young (2010).