Hong Kong Garrison
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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.
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[edit] Command
- Commander Hong Kong Garrison - Maj.Gen. C.M. Maltby
[edit] Garrison
This is the garrison of Hong Kong that surrendered in December 1941.
[edit] Kowloon Brigade
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- 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
[edit] Hong Kong Brigade
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- 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
[edit] 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
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- 1st (Hong Kong) Regt. Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery - Lt.Col.John Corbet Yale
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