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Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association, Canada; Hong Kong Category WW2 People's War BBC; Official report by Major-General C. M. Maltby, G.O.C. Hong Kong; Canadians at Hong Kong Archived 24 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine; The Defence of Hong Kong: December 1941 by Terry Copp at the Internet Archive PDF (archived from the original on ...
The Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association dedicated the Hong Kong Memorial Wall on Sussex Drive at King Edward Avenue in Ottawa, Ontario, on August 15, 2009, to the 1,977 Canadians who sailed to Hong Kong in 1941 to assist the British in defending the colony against the Japanese invasion. [73]
In Autumn 1941, the British government accepted an offer by the Canadian Government to send two infantry battalions and a brigade headquarters (1,975 personnel) to reinforce British, Indian, and Hong Kong personnel garrisoned at Hong Kong. It was known as "C Force" and arrived in Hong Kong in mid-November 1941, but did not have all of its ...
Several hours before the British surrendered on Christmas at the end of the Battle of Hong Kong, Japanese soldiers entered St. Stephen's College, which was being used as a hospital on the front line at the time. [1] [2] The Japanese were met by two doctors, Black and Witney, who were marched away, and were later found dead and mutilated.
West Brigade Headquarters north bunker at Wong Nai Chong Gap, Hong Kong The headstone of Brigadier J. K. Lawson at Sai Wan War Cemetery. John Kelburne Lawson (27 December 1886 – 19 December 1941) was a Canadian military officer who served as commander of the West Brigade during the Battle of Hong Kong. A brigadier, he was the most senior ...
Battle of Hong Kong (2 C, 19 P) M. ... Pages in category "Battles of World War II involving Canada" The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total.
The Royal Rifles of Canada was a rifle regiment in the Canadian Army and fought alongside The Winnipeg Grenadiers in the Battle of Hong Kong during World War II. In November 1966, it was reduced to nil strength and placed on the Supplementary Order of Battle .
The Battle of Hong Kong (8–25 December 1941) was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II. ... Royal Rifles of Canada (Lt. Col. William J. Home)