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*Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps - Col.H.Rose |
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*C.O. [[Royal Artillery]] - Col.E.H.M.Clifford |
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**8th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery - Lt.Col.Selby Shaw |
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**12th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery - Lt.Col.Richard J.L.Penfold |
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**5th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - Lt.Col.Frederick Denton Field |
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**1st (Hong Kong) Regt. Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery - Lt.Col.John Corbet Yale |
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== External links == |
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Revision as of 12:27, 30 September 2009
The Hong Kong Garrison was a British and Commonwealth force that protected Hong Kong.
In December 1941 during the Battle of Hong Kong in the Second World War, the Japanese Army attacked Hong Kong and after a brief but violent series of engagements the garrison surrendered.
Command
- Commander Hong Kong Garrison - Maj.Gen. C.M. Maltby
Garrison
This is the garrison of Hong Kong that surrendered in December 1941.
Kowloon Brigade
- C.O. - Brig.C.Wallis
- 2nd Bn, Royal Scots - Lt.Col.S.E.H.White
- 5/7th Bn, Rajput Rifles - Lt.Col.J.C.Cadosan-Rawlinson
- 2/14th Bn, Punjab Regiment - Lt.Col.G.R.Kidd
Hong Kong Brigade
- C.O. - Brig.J.K.Lawson
- 1st Bn, The Middlesex Regiment (MG Battalion) - Lt.Col.H.W.Stewart
- Winnipeg Grenadiers - Lt.Col.J.L.R.Sutcliff
- Royal Rifles of Canada - Lt.Col.W.J.Horne
Fortress units
- H.Q. Fortress, Royal Engineers - Lt.Col.R.G.Lamb
- Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps - Col.H.Rose
- C.O. Royal Artillery - Col.E.H.M.Clifford
- 8th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery - Lt.Col.Selby Shaw
- 12th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery - Lt.Col.Richard J.L.Penfold
- 5th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - Lt.Col.Frederick Denton Field
- 1st (Hong Kong) Regt. Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery - Lt.Col.John Corbet Yale