References

 

  1. Royal Navy Staff History Account
  2. National Archives
  3. MOD Naval Staff Duties (Historical Section)
  4. MTB 07; Fair Log
  5. Lt Ron Ashby's family, photos, papers, official reports, & Ships Fair Log of MTB 07
  6. Admiral Chan Chak K.B.E. Official reports & diary, Biography "One Legged Admiral Chan Chak" - ???????;" by ODAXIONG ???; Hainan Publish Company - ?????; November 1993. Family, 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 by the "Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch.
  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. [late of MTB 08, 10, & ML French] Personal diary written while P.O.W. & 1st hand written & oral account
  17. Article by Lt-Col Arthur Goring; Wide World Magazine Volume 102, issue number 611. March 1949;
  18. Sub-Lt David Pauncefoote Legge [MTB 11] Personal papers & letters
  19. Commander Hugh M Montague R. N. Retired. Official reports
  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. Ross family, personal papers, letters, diary, audio recordings, & photos.
  30. Capt Freddie Guest: "Escape from the Blooded Sun" & "Indian Cavalryman"
  31. Max Oxford family, personal papers & photos
  32. Tony Banham [hongkongwardiary.com]
  33. Anne Ozorio
  34. David Macmillan
  35. Paul Tsui's (BAAG) Memoirs Revised Oct 1989
  36. Lewis Gun; Manufacturer = BSA, Weight = 12Kg, Magazine (pan) = 47 rounds, Cooling = Air
  37. Dr. John Grindlay, Diary archived at the University of Minnesota, Manuscript division, Prof Al Lathrop
  38. Elizabeth Ride [Lt-Col Ride's daughter]
  39. The London Gazette
  40. Unit Histories
  41. New Zealand PresbyterianChurch
  42. Seventh Day Eventists, 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 Military Mission in China by John S Whitehead & George B Bennet[1990] ISBN 0-7090-4131-4: ww2 Australia.gov.au/ : Major William Seymour
  47. Naval Provost Marshall is the equivalent to the regional chief of police
  48. Capt Colin McEwan of the SOE, personal diary and oral accounts with his family
  49. Eddie Brazel's letter to his brother Bill
  50. Standard 6.5mm Japanese Type 96 light machine gun. The bullet removed from Admiral Chan Chak's wrist
  51. The Sydney Morning Herald 28th August 1945 ( Page 3)
  52. Major-General Maltby's report
  53. A Modern History of Hong Kong  By Steve Tsang
  54. Mediterranean MTB's at War by L. C. Reynolds & H. F. Cooper [ISBN 07509922745]
  55. The Hong Kong Heritage Project
  56. Waiapu Church Gazette 14th August 1943 Covering Admiral Chan Chak's Christian baptism on the 2nd anniversary of his escape.
  57. National Archives ADM 196/51
  58. National Archives ADM 196/146
  59. National Archives ADM 196/147
  60. National Archives ADM 196/147
  61. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  62. Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
  63. Lt Parsons HKRNVR official report
  64. Lewes at War 1939-1945 by R A Elliston
  65. South China Morning Post 28th dec 1945
  66. A/B Stoker Lenny Rann's account in the IOW County Press 1942
  67. ML French, probably a British Power Boat 64 foot Motor launch, widely used by all M.O.D services.
  68. T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)T E Lawrence Studies
  69. Captain Tony Hewitt, 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment Hong Kong
  70. Wartime Hong Kong Time = GMT + 8 hours; Solar/Lunar information
  71. Escape fromHong Kong "Admiral Chan Chak's Christmas Day Dash, 1941" by TimLuard
  72. IWM Imperial War Museum (Reading room) Charlie Evans recording, Gandy's papers
  73. Philip Snow Author of "The Fall of Hong Kong: Britain, China, and the Japanese Occupation"
  74. Memoirs Lt Cuthbert J Collingwood RN

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
  23. Escape fromHong Kong "Admiral Chan Chak's Christmas Day Dash" by TimLuard

Maps

Map of Guangdong Province

 

 

 

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