The Wong family about 1937. Back: Jessie, George, Bill, Betty; front: Kow Hing, Jim, Joyce, Sam Kwai, Mary. Photos supplied. : Brothers in arms gallery

Yo Foon (left) and Koon Yol, Bill and George Wong's paternal grandparents. The photo was taken about 1930 to mark their 70th birthdays when they lived in Gualing village. : Brothers in arms gallery

Ning Yuen Tower in Gualing village, where villagers slept to be safe from bandits. : Brothers in arms gallery

Bill (left), George and their sister Mary in Wong Bros fruit shop in the 1950s. : Brothers in arms gallery

Wong Brothers fruit shop in the 1940s. Bill's Chinese name is Chui Wai, hence the C.W. : Brothers in arms gallery

Pilot Officer Bill Wong with a Harvard trainer, 1940. : Brothers in arms gallery

Bill (left) and George Wong. : Brothers in arms gallery

George Wong aged 8 (left) and Bill Wong, before they went to China. : Brothers in arms gallery