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. 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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