{"id":4731,"date":"2015-09-04T09:56:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T09:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/?page_id=4731"},"modified":"2015-09-07T11:53:17","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T11:53:17","slug":"portfolio-page-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/?page_id=4731","title":{"rendered":"Kamal Chunchie Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4731\" data-postid=\"4731\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4731 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\n\t\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_0 clearfix gutter-default builder-parallax-scrolling fullheight\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.64)\" data-color=\"rgba(0,0,0, 0.64)\" data-hover-color=\"rgba(0,0,0, 0.65)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-0-0-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-0-0-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Kamal Chunchie<\/h2><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_1 clearfix gutter-default\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\"  ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-1-0-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-1-0-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;He had to go &#8216;over the top&#8217; with them and it was his job to get them all up and going. He must of hated what became of them. They were just being slaughtered.&#8221;<\/strong><\/h4><h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/h6><h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211; Tony, Chunchie&#8217;s Grandson<\/h6>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_2 clearfix gutter-default\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\"  ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"themify_builder_sub_row\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclearfix gutter-default sub_row_2-0-1\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col3-1 first\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-sub_row_2-0-1-0-0\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-sub_row_2-0-1-0-0   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p><div class=\"post-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kamal Chunchie&#039;s Grandson ... King and Country by hiddenheroesuk\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F218889601&show_artwork=true&maxheight=750&maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col3-2 last\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-sub_row_2-0-1-1-0\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-sub_row_2-0-1-1-0   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Kamal Chunchie was born in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) to a migrant Malay family. Little is known of his early life in Asia, except that he once worked as a police inspector in Singapore. Chunchie was inspired to travel to London to join the Middlesex Regiment, seeing action in the trenches.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cThey wanted him to become an officer and he said \u2018no\u2019 . . . he wanted to stay with his mates, the boys that he\u2019d trained with.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-Tony, Chunchie\u2019s grandson<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-2-0-2\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-2-0-2   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the war, Chunchie learnt how to box, saw concerts of opera, and met his future English wife while on leave in London. He was gassed and injured, and sent to Malta to recuperate. There he played cricket, his biggest passion, one which he continued after the war as the only \u2018coloured\u2019 member of the Essex Gentlemen\u2019s Cricket Club.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_3 clearfix gutter-default\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\"  ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-3-0-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-3-0-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<h3><em>Conversion<br \/><\/em><\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n<div class=\"themify_builder_sub_row\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclearfix gutter-default sub_row_3-0-2\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col3-1 first\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module image -->\n<div id=\"image-4731-sub_row_3-0-2-0-0\" class=\"module module-image image-4731-sub_row_3-0-2-0-0 rounded image-top  \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2000_esch_chun_p02_02-658x1024-200x320.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"320\" alt=\"Kamal Chunchie Draft\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-sub_row_3-0-2-0-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-sub_row_3-0-2-0-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p>Kamal Chunchie in a pulpit, c. 1920<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col3-2 last\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-sub_row_3-0-2-1-0\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-sub_row_3-0-2-1-0   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was during the war that Chunchie found his calling as a Methodist preacher. His conversion, and carefree lifestyle, caused conflict with his family back home; his father had been the leader of the Malay Muslim communities in Ceylon . . .<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201c[His father] put a Fatwa on him. His name was crossed out of the Koran, and his brothers were given the job of hunting him down, which, thankfully, they never did.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tony, Chunchie\u2019s grandson<\/strong><\/p><p>The Methodist Church tried in vain to tempt Chunchie abroad to work as a missionary . . .<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cHe reckoned that he\u2019d come [to the UK] to be a missionary! He thought he could do more good here. He felt that the converted here needed more help than the unconverted abroad.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tony, Chunchie\u2019s grandson<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_4 clearfix gutter-default builder-parallax-scrolling\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.65)\" data-color=\"rgba(0,0,0, 0.65)\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-4-0-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-4-0-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<h3><em>Coloured Men&#8217;s Institute<br \/><\/em><\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-4-0-2\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-4-0-2   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p>Britain\u2019s navy and merchant ships were often manned by colonial workers. Chunchie felt sympathy for these \u2018coloured\u2019 seamen, who were rejected from the pubs and hostels of London\u2019s docklands; his Christian sense of duty would lead him to serve the country once more.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cHe\u2019d found a seaman wandering around without any shoes, so he took his off and gave them to him.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tony, Chunchie\u2019s grandson<\/strong><\/p><p>In 1928, Chunchie established the Coloured Seamen\u2019s Institute in Canning Town \u2013 a charitable community centre with meetings, meals, games and even day trips to the seaside for the \u2018coloured\u2019 seamen and their families. He gained a remarkable reputation across London as a kind and charming man.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cHe was the only coloured person in the area, and, in those days, people used to doff their hats to him\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tony, Chunchie\u2019s grandson<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n<div class=\"themify_builder_sub_row\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclearfix gutter-default sub_row_4-0-3\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col4-2 first\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-sub_row_4-0-3-0-0\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-sub_row_4-0-3-0-0   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p>Chunchie\u2019s relentless networking earned him V.I.P tickets to the Queen\u2019s Coronation and the 1948 Olympics.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cHe used to go to the Royal Empire Society to play bridge and snooker. He probably networked as people do today. Try and get help if he could; drum up some support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-Tony, Chunchie&#8217;s grandson<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col4-2 last\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module image -->\n<div id=\"image-4731-sub_row_4-0-3-1-0\" class=\"module module-image image-4731-sub_row_4-0-3-1-0 bordered image-top  \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Untitled-4-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Kamal Chunchie Draft\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-sub_row_4-0-3-1-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-sub_row_4-0-3-1-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p>Essex County Cricket Club including Kamal Chunchie c.1920<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_5 clearfix gutter-default\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\"  ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-5-0-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-5-0-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<h3><em>Later Life<br \/><\/em><\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n<!-- module image -->\n<div id=\"image-4731-5-0-2\" class=\"module module-image image-4731-5-0-2 bordered image-center  \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2000_esch_chun_p02_26-1024x754-700x420.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"420\" alt=\"Kamal Chunchie Draft\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-5-0-3\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-5-0-3   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p>Chunchie at the Coloured Men&#8217;s Institute, c.1923<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n<div class=\"themify_builder_sub_row\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclearfix gutter-default sub_row_5-0-4\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col4-2 first\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-sub_row_5-0-4-0-0\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-sub_row_5-0-4-0-0   \">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"module-title\">Coloured Men's Institute<\/h3>\t\n\t\t\n\t<p><div class=\"post-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kamal Chunchie&#039;s Grandson . . . The Coloured Men&#039;s Institute Of Canning Town by hiddenheroesuk\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F218892740&show_artwork=true&maxheight=750&maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col4-2 last\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-sub_row_5-0-4-1-0\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-sub_row_5-0-4-1-0   \">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"module-title\">Gas attacks during WW1 <\/h3>\t\n\t\t\n\t<p><div class=\"post-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kamal Chunchie&#039;s Grandson ... Gas attacks during WW1 by hiddenheroesuk\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F218890598&show_artwork=true&maxheight=750&maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-5-0-5\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-5-0-5   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chunchie died in 1958, not long after the Coloured Men\u2019s Institute closed.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;I saw him the night before he died. [They] asked if there was anything he\u2019d like and he said \u2018yes, glass of brandy and a cigar\u2019. And that was the way he went out . . .\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tony<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_6 clearfix gutter-default\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\" style=\"background-color: rgba(244,250,175, 1)\" data-color=\"rgba(244,250,175, 1)\" data-hover-color=\"rgba(255,255,255, 1.00)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col4-1 first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module gallery -->\n<div id=\"gallery-4731-6-0-1\" class=\"module module-gallery gallery-4731-6-0-1 gallery gallery-columns-1 layout-lightboxed bordered  \">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2014_esch_ww1m_p04_011.jpg\" title=\"2014_esch_ww1m_p04_011\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Gallery-Logo-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Muriel Simpson, c.1940\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2000_esch_chun_p02_64.jpg\" title=\"2000_esch_chun_p02_64\">2124<\/a><\/dt>\t\t\t<dd class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\n\t\t\t\tPoster for the Coloured Men's Institute, 27th Oct 1923\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2000_esch_chun_p02_05_02.jpg\" title=\"2000_esch_chun_p02_05_02\">3357<\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2000_esch_chun_p02_04_02.jpg\" title=\"2000_esch_chun_p02_04_02\">2976<\/a><\/dt>\t\t\t<dd class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\n\t\t\t\tKamal Chunchie for Essex County Cricket Club c.1920\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2000_esch_chun_p02_03_02.jpg\" title=\"2000_esch_chun_p02_03_02\">2671<\/a><\/dt>\t\t\t<dd class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\n\t\t\t\tKamal Chunchie, c.1920\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2000_esch_chun_p02_01.jpg\" title=\"2000_esch_chun_p02_01\">1496<\/a><\/dt>\t\t\t<dd class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\n\t\t\t\tChunchie at the Coloured Men's Institute c. 1920 \t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module gallery -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col4-3 last tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-6-1-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-6-1-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>View Kamal Chunchie&#8217;s Photo Gallery<br \/><\/em><\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4731-6-1-2\" class=\"module module-text text-4731-6-1-2   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Click Camera Button)<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_7 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