Hong Kong 1939 2nd MTB Flotilla [MTB 07's crew 1939]

Lt R.A.M. Hennessy RN with the crew of MTB 07 in 1939

Lt R.A.M. Hennessy R.N.; C.O. 07 Sept 38-Mar 40.
A/B Kenneth Holmes is front row right
Lt Hennesay went on as Senior Officer of the 7th MTB Flotilla [MTB 59] from mid 1942 to May 1943.
From there he went as S.O. of the 8th MTB Flotilla

Lt R R W Ashby HKRNVR with acting P.O.
Mechanic S J [Buddy] Hide onboard MTB 07

Lt Laurence D Kilbee HKRNVR onboard MTB 08

The Crew of MTB 08 with mascots on the conning tower 1941

Front row: [Left to Right] A/B ?, Lt.L.D.Kilbee, Sub Lt. Lewis Bush, A/B McGinnis.

Mid Row: Tel. jack Hughieson, Coxswain. P.O. Mitchell, Mechanic Acting P.O.Elliott

Back row: A/B ?, A/B ?.

The Crew of MTB 09 at Kowloon on 21st December 1940

Lt Alexander Kennedy [Late Sub Lt of MTB 10]

Sub Lt ?

Coxswain ?

Telegraphist ?

Menchanic ?

Mechanic ?

Able Seaman Francis Penny [2nd from right, back row]

Able Seaman ?

Lt A. Kennedy & crew of MTB 09 at Waichow on 29th December 1941

MTB 09 Crew from left to right

Back Row

A/B; Penny, A/B; Leslie Gurd

Tel; Harold.P. Hill, A/B Robert Hempenstall

Middle Row

Mechanic; Charles Foster, L/S; Coxswain William Schillemore, L/St; P.O. Ronald J.C. Priestley

Front Row

Sub-Lt; Tommy Brewer, Lt; Alexander Kennedy [CO]

MTB 11

A/B Les Barker MTB 11

Cap band from the 2nd MTB Flotilla

and his service medals

Lt R R W Ashby was awarded the DSC for his action on 19th December 1941

Lieutenant-Commander Gerard Horace Gandy, Lt Alexander Kennedy, L/S Coxswain William Schillemore, Leading Stoker P.O. Ronald J.C. Priestley, PO John William Prest, and A/PO Stoker Buddy Hide, with Telegraphist Tom Greenwood Duckworth (Posthumous) were Mentioned in Dispatches for their actions on 19th December 1941 in Kowloon Harbour.

31 members arrived in Glasgow on Friday 22nd May.

Sub Lt Tommy Brewer came back via a different route, and was killed in a motor accident on the A1 on 28th July 1942 during the blackout at the start of his leave. He is buried in Gillingham, Kent.

By an amazing coincidence Lt Kennedy's wife came in on the same tide, after escaping from Hong Kong on the last liner to leave, he went West, she East via Australia.

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