Necropolis of Russian Shanghai (Некрополь русского Шанхая) record

  • ID: 1725
  • Surname: Staroff
  • Forename and paternity: Peter
  • Фамилия: Старов
  • Имя и отчество: Петр
  • S: m
  • Date of birth // Дата рождения: 1915 circa
  • Date of death // Дата смерти: 1939-09-29
  • Occupation // Профессия: Constable at FMP
  • Details of death // Детали смерти: Suicide by shooting
  • Obituary // Некролог: NCH 1939-10-04; ST 1939-09-30
  • NRS // НРС: 399
  • Notes // Примечания: Member of Russian Regiment, SVC until Jan 1 1938; then French Auxiliaries. “Peter Staroff who shot himself through the head with his service pistol while on duty in the Zikawei Military zone on Thursday night, died at St Marie’s Hospital in the early hours yesterday morning. He is believed to have drunk three glasses of Chinese wine in a Chinese shop nearby prior to gaining enough courage to end his life. He shot himself while standing in a dark corner near St. Ignace College in Zikawei.”