The Escape of the 2nd MTB Flotilla

Major Arthur Goring; 11th King Edward's Own Lancers Probyn's Horse

Born 25th January 1907

Photo from Buddy Hide's collection ©

Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College (psc)

30/08/1926 Lieutenant

30/08/1935 Captain

30/08/1936 Royal Fusiliers

24/03/1930 Transfered to Probyn's Horse, India

15/09/1934 ADC to General officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command India

16/07/1940 General Staff Officer 3rd Grade (GSO 3) Directorate of Military operations & Inteligence, General Staff Branch, HQ staff of the army in India.

30/08/1940 Major

07/12/1941 Transfered to General Staff, Inteligence Hong Kong.

01/05/1942 A/Lt-Colonel

01/08/1942 T/Lt-Colonel

1954 Fruit Farm & Nusary at Dinoe Hill, Whimple, Devon

28/06/1957 OStJ

**/12/1960 CStJ

Supt Bill Robinson was drafted in from the Indian Inteligence Bureau at Delhi along with Major Arthur Goring and a Sikh Supt as part of the intelligence network on the rumoured Sikh army mutiny and 5th columnists. They were empowered to act as they saw fit.

Goring along with Robinson escaped with Chan Chak's party and was onboard HMS Cornflower's launch which was shot up escaping from Aberdeen.

 

 

 

Back: Supt Bill Robinson I.P., W. O. William M Wright HKRNVR, Capt Peter Macmillan R.A.,Capt Reginold Guest 1st Mdsx, Coxswain Yeung Chuen CN, Ted Ross B.M.I.

2nd: David MacDougall B.M.I., Admiral Chan Chak CN, Major Arthur Goring Probyns Horse, Sq-Ldr Max Oxford RAF

1st: Holgar Christiansen MN, Lt-Cmdr Henry Heng Hsu CN.

Photo from Ted Ross's collection ©

 

 

 

Shaoguan

 

Lt-Cmdr John Yorath RNR, Major Arthur Goring Probyns Horse, Commander Hugh M Montague RN [Senior Naval Officer Aberdeen, & the escape] with Mrs Muriel Jones of the "Methodist Mission" wearing a Chinese favour on her  lapel, and Admiral Chan Chak's ADC Lt-Cmdr Henry Heng Hsu CN. Police Supt Bill Robinson of the Indian Police is behind with the white neck scarf.

The New Zealand Presbyterian Church Methodist Mission at Shaoguan was run by Mrs Jean Martin & her Irish born husband known by his Chinese name Mooi with a staff of six missionaries and their wives. It was here that he was admitted to hospital with fever and Admiral Chan Chak finally had the bullet removed from his wrist by Dr S H Moore at the "Ho Sai" hospital. The Admiral kept the bullet and had it mounted on a gold chain which he wore from his left lapel. Admiral Chan Chak also had a blood transfussion here after his gastric ulcer flared up with Muriel's husband Peredur Jones donating his blood.

Photo from Admiral Chan Chak's collection ©

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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