British Hong Kong Garrison

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.Simon E.H.E.White
• 5/7th Bn, Rajput Regiment - Lt.Col.J.C.Cadogan-Rawlinson
• 2/14th Bn, Punjab Regiment - Lt.Col.Gerald Ralph Kidd

Hong Kong Brigade

• • C.O. - Brig.J.K.Lawson
• 1st Bn, The Middlesex Regiment (MG Battalion) - Lt.Col.Henry William Stewart
• Winnipeg Grenadiers - Lt.Col.John Louis R. Sutcliff
• Royal Rifles of Canada - Lt.Col.William James 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

External links

• Hong Kong Order of Battle 1941