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APPENDIX H.
HONG KONG.
Order of Battle at Outbreak of War.
At the outbreak of hostilities on the 8th December, 1941, the garrison comprised :—
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Hong Kong Infantry Brigade—
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Arrived
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1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment (M.G.)
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August, 1937.
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1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers
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November, 1941.
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1st Battalion The Royal Rifles of Canada
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November, 1941.
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Kowloon Infantry Brigade—
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2nd Battalion The Royal Scots
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January, 1938.
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2nd 14th Punjab Regiment
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November, 1940.
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5th 7th Rajputana Rifles
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June, 1937.
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Headquarters Fortress, R.E.—
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1 E. and M. Company.
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1 Field Company (3 British, 1 Chinese section).
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1 Bomb Disposal section.
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1 Medium Regiment, H.K.S.R.A.
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8th Coast Regiment, R.A.
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12th Coast Regiment, R.A.
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5th A.A. Regiment, R.A.
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Ancillary Units.
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Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps (strength about 2,000).
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A Chinese machine-gun battalion was in process of being formed, but had not progressed beyond the cadre stage.
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Appropriate strengths of all personnel mobilised at the 8th December, 1941, were :—
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British
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3,652
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Canadian
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1,982
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Indian
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2,254
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Local Colonial
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2,428
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Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps
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2,000
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Auxiliary Defence Units
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2,112
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Nursing Detachment
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136
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Total
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14,564
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