The Escape of the 2nd MTB Flotilla


References

The Waichow Escape Group Photo
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  1. Royal Navy Staff History Account
  2. Public Records Office
  3. MOD Naval Staff Duties (Historical Section)
  4. Andrew Chan Chak, K.B.E. Biography by Thomas Chun Kong Kan.
  5. Donald Chan [The son of Andrew Chan Chak, K.B.E.] & Family
  6. Henry  Heng Hsu, O.B.E. [Chris Seid His Grandson]
  7. Lt Alexander Kennedy [MTB 09] 'Hong Kong' Full Circle 1939-1945
  8. Lt Laurence D Kilbee C.O. MTB 08 & 1st Officer MTB 10; 1st hand account
  9. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch Vol 45 2005
  10. Imperial War Museum
  11. Nel Klein Bog-Kruize [Gandy's Niece] personal notes & photos
  12. Lieut Laurence Kilbee H.K.R.N.V.R. [MTB 08] Personal diary written while P.O.W. & 1st hand account
  13. Vaughan Ashby son of  Lt R. R. W. Ashby [MTB 07] Official report &Personal log written during battle & escape.
  14. Sub-Lt David Pauncefoote Legge [MTB 11] Personal papers & letters
  15. Commander Hugh M Montague R. N. Retired
  16. Telegraphist Jack Hughieson [MTB 08] His recollections in writing and orally.
  17. S J Hide. P.O. Stoker R. N. [MTB 07] Personal papers, photos, & 1st hand account
  18. Albert C Moore [P/J109662]Leading Seaman [MTB 07] Personal notes .
  19.  C.P.O. Gilbert Thums of HMS Cicala & MTB 10 Personal notes provided by his brother Eric Beardsly.
  20. Leslie Raymond Barker A/B: [MTB 11] Personal diary written during battle & escape
  21. Alf Hunt. MTB 12 [G3CHU](Chairman/Secretary F.E.P.O.W. Association, Birmingham)
  22. Joy Kennedy, widow of Lt A Kennedy MTB 09
  23. Sheena Recaldin [David MacDougall's daughter]
  24. Bodlian Library, University of Oxford
  25. Warwick Ross. Son of Ted Ross
  26. Emma Oxford [Max Oxford's daughter]
  27. Tony Banham [www.hongkongwardiary.com]
  28. Anne Ozorio
  29. David MacMillan, Grandson of Capt Peter MacMillan
  30. Tim Luard. Son-in-law of Colin McEwan of the S.O.E.
  31. Dr. John Grindlay [Diary held at University of Minnesota]
  32. Daily Express 1942
  33. Elizabeth Ride [Lt-Col Ride's daughter]
  34. The London Gazette

Books

  1. Not the Slightest Chance by Tony Banham [2003] ISBN 962 209 615 8:
  2. Escape from the Blooded Sun by Reginald Edwin Guest 1956:
  3. The Fall of Hong Kong: Britain, China, and the Japanese Occupation by Philip Snow
  4. The Fall of Hong Kong by Tim Carew [1960]
  5. Escape to Fight On with the 204 Military Mission in China by John S Whitehead & George B Bennett [1990] ISBN 0-7090-4131-4
  6. Conways All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1922-1946 ISBN 0-85177-146-7
  7. The Underrated Enemy by Adrian Stewart [ISBN 0-7183-0663-5] 1987
  8. The Battle of the Torpedo Boats by Bryan Cooper [1979]Ref: 1651930000
  9. White Ensign Red Dragon by Commodore P J Melson CBE RN
  10. Armed with Stings by A. Cecil Hampshire [1958]
  11. Mediterranean MTB's at War by L. C. Reynolds & H. F. Cooper [ISBN 07509922745]
  12. The Lasting Honour-The Fall of Hong Kong, 1941 by Oliver Lindsey [1978]ISBN 0-241-89946-X
  13. At the Going Down of the Sun: Hong Kong 1941-1945 by Oliver Lindsey [1981] ISBN 0-241-10542-0
  14. Hong Kong Full Circle 1939-1945 by Lieut Commander A Kennedy [MTB 09](Privately Published 1969
  15. Hong Kong Escape by Ralph. B. Goodwin N.Z.R.N.V.R.[1953] [MTB 10]

Maps

Map of Guangdong Province

 

 

 

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