The Escape of the 2nd MTB Flotilla


References

The Waichow Escape Group Photo Click here for a larger copy

  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
  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. Lt Laurence D Kilbee C.O. MTB 08 & 1st Officer MTB 10; 1st hand account
  11. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch Vol 45 2005
  12. Imperial War Museum
  13. The Times [January 1942]
  14. The Daily Express [1942]
  15. Lt-Cmdr Gandy's family, personal notes & photos
  16. Lieut Laurence Kilbee H.K.R.N.V.R. [MTB 08] Personal diary written while P.O.W. & 1st hand account
  17. Lt R. R. W. Ashby [MTB 07], family & Official report &Personal log written during battle & escape.
  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
  29. Ted Ross family, personal papers & photos
  30. Max Oxford's family, personal papers & photos
  31. Tony Banham [www.hongkongwardiary.com]
  32. Anne Ozorio
  33. Capt Peter Macmillan's family
  34. Colin McEwan of the S.O.E. published papers & photos
  35. Dr. John Grindlay [Diary held at University of Minnesota]
  36. Elizabeth Ride [Lt-Col Ride's daughter]
  37. The London Gazette
  38. Unit Histories

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. Escape to Fight On with the 204 Military Mission in China by John S Whitehead & George B Bennett [1990] ISBN 0-7090-4131-4
  7. Prisoner of the Turnip Heads by George Wright-Nooth with Mark Adkin [1994] ISBN 0-304-35234-9
  8. Conways All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1922-1946 ISBN 0-85177-146-7
  9. The Underrated Enemy by Adrian Stewart [ISBN 0-7183-0663-5] 1987
  10. The Battle of the Torpedo Boats by Bryan Cooper [1979]Ref: 1651930000
  11. White Ensign Red Dragon by Commodore P J Melson CBE RN
  12. Armed with Stings by A. Cecil Hampshire [1958]
  13. Mediterranean MTB's at War by L. C. Reynolds & H. F. Cooper [ISBN 07509922745]
  14. The Lasting Honour-The Fall of Hong Kong, 1941 by Oliver Lindsey [1978]ISBN 0-241-89946-X
  15. At the Going Down of the Sun: Hong Kong 1941-1945 by Oliver Lindsey [1981] ISBN 0-241-10542-0
  16. Hong Kong Full Circle 1939-1945 by Lieut Commander A Kennedy [MTB 09](Privately Published 1969
  17. 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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