Alfred Shanhun – 
Perhaps the most fascinating family background in our archives, but one that is one of the lesser known.
The unusual family name is used by the AWM and National Archives as well as by the family in all correspondence in the latter, but it was, in fact, Shan Hun. Alfred was one of six children shown in official Victorian records – letters in National Archives suggest nine – as born to Shan Hun and Helen (nee Lyons), the father’s name of Chinese origin, but later contracted to a single word.
