The Escape of the 2nd MTB Flotilla


References

 

  1. Royal Navy Staff History Account
  2. Public Records Office
  3. MOD Naval Staff Duties (Historical Section)
  4. MTB 07; Ships Log
  5. Lt Ron Ashby's family, photos papers & Ships log MTB 07
  6. Admiral Chan Chak, K.B.E. Biography by Thomas Chun Kong Kan. Family, diary, photos, & papers
  7. Henry  Heng Hsu, O.B.E. private video interview 2006
  8. Lt C J Collingwood, Memoirs.
  9. Lt Alexander Kennedy [MTB 09] "Hong Kong Full Circle 1939-1945"
  10. L C Reynolds "Breakout from Encirclement", The 2nd Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla in the Far East 1938-1942
  11. SOE Agent Colin McEwan's diary published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch Vol 45 2005 p41.
  12. Imperial War Museum
  13. The Times [January 1942]
  14. The Daily Express [1942]
  15. Lt-Cmdr Gandy's family, personal notes, photos, & official reports
  16. Lt Laurence Kilbee H.K.R.N.V.R. [MTB 08 & 10] Personal diary written while P.O.W. & 1st hand account
  17. Lt R. R. W. Ashby [MTB 07], family & Official report & Ships Fair log log [MTB 07].
  18. Sub-Lt David Pauncefoote Legge [MTB 11] Personal papers & letters
  19. Commander Hugh M Montague R. N. Retired
  20. Telegraphist Jack Hughieson [MTB 08] His recollections in writing and orally.
  21. S J Hide. Petty Officer. R. N. [MTB 07] Personal papers, photos, & 1st hand account
  22. Albert C Moore [P/J.109662]Leading Seaman [MTB 27] Personal notes .
  23. C.P.O. Gilbert Thums of HMS Cicala & MTB 10 Personal notes provided by his family
  24. Les Barker A/B: [MTB 11]Family & , Personal diary written during battle & escape
  25. Alf Hunt. MTB 12 [G3CHU](Chairman/Secretary F.E.P.O.W. Association, Birmingham)
  26. Joy Kennedy, widow of Lt A Kennedy [MTB 09]
  27. David MacDougall's family, papers & photos
  28. Bodlian Library, University of Oxford [MacDougall letters]
  29. Ted Ross family, personal papers & photos, & diary
  30. Capt Freddie Guest: "Escape from the Blooded Sun" & "Indian Cavalryman"
  31. Max Oxford's family, personal papers & photos
  32. Tony Banham [www.hongkongwardiary.com]
  33. Anne Ozorio
  34. Capt Peter Macmillan's family
  35. Dr. John Grindlay [Diary held at University of Minnesota]
  36. Lewis Gun; Manufacturer = BSA, Weight = 12Kg, Magazine (pan) = 47 rounds, Cooling = Air
  37. Dr. John Grindlay [Diary held at University of Minnesota]
  38. Elizabeth Ride [Lt-Col Ride's daughter]
  39. The London Gazette
  40. Unit Histories
  41. New Zealand PresbyterianChurch
  42. Seventh Day Eventist, The Ministry
  43. Prisoner of the Turnip Heads by George Wright-Nooth & Mark Adkin 1994 p58
  44. Daughter of China by Jean Moore (Self published) (University of Hong Kong Library)
  45. Paul Tsui's (BAAG) Memoirs (Revised Oct 1989)
  46. Escape to Fight On with 204 Miltary Mission in China by John S Whitehead & George B Bennett
  47. Naval Provost Marshall is the equivalent to the regional chief of police
  48. Capt Colin McEwan of the SOE, personal diary
  49. Eddie Brazel's letter to his brother Bill
  50. 6.5mm Japanese Type 96 light machine gun

Books

  1. Not the Slightest Chance by Tony Banham [2003] ISBN 962 209 615 8:
  2. Escape from the Blooded Sun by Reginald Edwin (Freddie) Guest 1956:
  3. Indian Cavalryman by Reginold Edwin (Freddie) Guest 1959
  4. The Fall of Hong Kong: Britain, China, and the Japanese Occupation by Philip Snow
  5. The Fall of Hong Kong by Tim Carew [1960]
  6. Hong Kong Eclipse by G B Endacott [1978] ISBN 0 19 5803744
  7. Escape to Fight On with the 204 Military Mission in China by John S Whitehead & George B Bennett [1990] ISBN 0-7090-4131-4
  8. Prisoner of the Turnip Heads by George Wright-Nooth with Mark Adkin [1994] ISBN 0-304-35234-9
  9. British Army Aid Group, Hong Kong Resistance 1942-1945 by Edwin Ride [1981] ISBN 0 19 581325 1
  10. Conways All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1922-1946 ISBN 0-85177-146-7
  11. The Underrated Enemy by Adrian Stewart [ISBN 0-7183-0663-5] 1987
  12. The Battle of the Torpedo Boats by Bryan Cooper [1979]Ref: 1651930000
  13. White Ensign Red Dragon by Commodore P J Melson CBE RN
  14. Armed with Stings by A. Cecil Hampshire [1958]
  15. Mediterranean MTB's at War by L. C. Reynolds & H. F. Cooper [ISBN 07509922745]
  16. The Lasting Honour-The Fall of Hong Kong, 1941 by Oliver Lindsey [1978]ISBN 0-241-89946-X
  17. At the Going Down of the Sun: Hong Kong 1941-1945 by Oliver Lindsey [1981] ISBN 0-241-10542-0
  18. Hong Kong Full Circle 1939-1945 by Lieut Commander A Kennedy [MTB 09](Privately Published 1969
  19. Hong Kong Escape by Ralph. B. Goodwin N.Z.R.N.V.R.[1953] [MTB 10]
  20. Daughter of China by Jean Moore 1992
  21. Paul Tsui Memoirs 1989
  22. Hong Kong Eclipse by G B Endacott & Alan Birch

Maps

Map of Guangdong Province

 

 

 

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