Stories

This section showcases the stories of the men and women from different background who experienced the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941. You can also access these stories through the interactive map.

[Middlesex Regiment] Jack Rich

[HQ, China Command] Charles Boxer

[Royal Scots] Dennis Morley

[Royal Scots] James Gow

[Middlesex Regiment] Percy Chittenden

[Royal Rifles of Canada] Francis Gavan Power

[2/14 Punjab Regiment] Kumta Prasad

[5/7 Rajput Regiment] Mehr Khan

[5/7 Rajput Regiment] Mateen Ahmed Ansari

[Hong Kong Singapore Royal Artillery] Ali Mohd

[5/7 Rajput Regiment] Phul Singh

[Royal Rifles of Canada] George S MacDonell

[Winnipeg Grenadiers] John Lowery McCoy

[Winnipeg Grenadiers] John Osborn

[Hong Kong Chinese Regiment] Ip Kwong Lau

[Hong Kong Chinese Regiment] Lew Kay Sang

[12th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery] Charles Frederick Brooks

[5th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Regiment] Peter Delahunt

[5th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Regiment] Peter Choy Bing Yiu

[965th Defence Battery] Li Kim Fai

[40th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers] Li Wai Choi

[40th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers] Ho King

[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] William Poy

[Royal Army Service Corps] James Hart

[Royal Army Ordnance Corps] Robert MacPherson

[Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps] John Reid

[Royal Canadian Corps of Signals] William Allister

[Royal Navy] Thomas ‘Tommy’ Middleton

[Royal Navy] Jack Hughieson

[Royal Marines] Digby Collings Menhinick

[5th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Regiment] Lynton Stuart White

[Hong Kong Police] Walter Richardson Scott

[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] Eileen ‘Jimmie’ Begg

[Middlesex Regiment; Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] Walter ‘Crumb’ Chattey

[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] Professor Sir Lindsay Ride

[Navy, Army, and Air Force Institute (NAAFI)] Gloria D'Almada Barretto

[Air Raid Precaution] Barbara Redwood

[Civilian] Victor Needa

[Civilian] Wenzell Brown

[Civilian] Emily Hahn

[Republic of China Navy] Chan Chak

[Hong Kong Observatory] Graham Heywood

[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] Marciano ‘Naneli’ Baptista

[1st Artillery Group] Kineo Kitajima

[229th Infantry Regiment] Zenpei Masujima

[Headquarters, 23rd Army] Tadamichi Kuribayashi

[229th Infantry Regiment] Ryosaburo Tanaka

[228th Infantry Regiment] Ryuji Asada

[230th Infantry Regiment] Mitsunori Wakamatsu

[Headquarters, 23rd Army] Chōsei Oyadomari

[229th Infantry Regiment] Masa Orita

[Republic of China Government] Yen Wei Ching Williams

[Eight Route Army Hong Kong Office] Qiao Guanhua

[228th Infantry Regiment] Tōichi Wakabayashi

[Civilian] Ho San Pui

[5th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Regiment] VIncent Young Wing Sin

[C Force] John ‘Jack’ Lawson

[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] John Gerard Heath Lander

[Auxiliary Nursing Service] Jessie Holland

[5th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Regiment] Gordon Fairclough

[Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve] Hugh ‘Peter’ Dulley

[Civilian] Luba Alexandra Skvorzov

[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] Alexander Skvorzov

[Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve] Bill Evans

[Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve] Harry Odell

[Civilian] Chan Kwan Po

[Civilian] Eileen Chang Ai-ling

[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] Norman Hoole France

[Air Raid Precaution] Dao Ngo Chi, James

[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] Jean-Baptiste Étienne Rodéric Égal

[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] Kwok Mok Hoi

[Civilian] Edgar Laufer

[Civilian] Angels of Wanchai

[Royal Artillery] John Monro

[Civilian] Samara Thomson, christened Mavis Rosemary Hamson

[Fortress Headquarters] Leung Chung Yee Charlie

[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] Chung Wah Leung

[Hong Kong Medical Services] Lee Sung

[Royal Air Force] Norman Baugh

[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] Henry Ma Quonhon

[Hong Kong Police Reserve] Arseny Savitsky

[5/7 Rajput Regiment] Roger Cadogan-Rawlinson

[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] James Whitham

[British Army China Command] Christopher Maltby

[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] Ladislav Břežný

[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] George White

[Air Raid Precaution] 葉若林

[Civilian] 馬玉蘭

[Civilian] 蘇永昌

[Civilian] 朱石年

[Civil Defence] Freddie Remedios

[Civil Defence] Arthur Garcia 賈施雅

[Civil Defence] Jules Siron

[Civilian] Magdalene Fung

[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps] Arthur Gomes

[Civilian] 鄧德明

[Civilian] 潘廣樑