Acting Petty Officer Stoker Steve [Buddy] Hide was " Mentioned in despatches" for his action while attacking the Japanese invading forces in Kowloon Harbour on the 19th December 1941.
Buddy married his long suffering girlfriend Dorothy in Lewes UK, just eleven days after getting back home.
He went on to serve a total of 22 years in the Royal Navy before emigrating to Mwadui in Tanganyika East Africa.
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The forward Lewis guns onboard MTB 07 in Mirs Bay
MTB 07 on patrol with the 2nd MTB Flotilla in Tathong Chanell Hong Kong, later scuttled in Mirs Bay
The padded jackets were obtained by Colonel Owen-Hughes at Lung Chun. Owen-Hughes was the British Liaison officer to the Chinese army. The party later swapped the jackets with an incoming detachment of British Marines.
Bottom left is the one legged Chinese Admiral Chan Chak and the senior Royal Navy Officer Hugh M Montague being feted by Chinese Army Officers during their epic escape from Hong Kong.
Bottom right is 37 year old David Mercer MacDougall who was carrying a bullet in his left shoulder blade. He went on to become Post war Brigadier Colonial Secretary] of Hong Kong. Note the Chinese favors visible on some escapees lapels in the two top pictures.
The MTB Crest 
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