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Encyclopedia > Hong Kong Garrison

The Hong Kong Garrison was a British and Commonwealth force that protected Hong Kong . The English noun Commonwealth dates originally from the fifteenth century. ...


In December 1941 during the Second World War the Japanese Army attacked Hong Kong and after brief but violent series of battles the garrison surrendered. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Japans honor guard often marches to greet the arrival of foreign dignitaries. ...

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Command

  • Commander Hong Kong Garrison - Maj.Gen. C.M.Maltby

Major General Christopher Michael Maltby (1891–1980) 1891 Born 1911 Joined the British Indian Army; 1913–1914 Persian Gulf 1914–1918 World War I 1923–1924 Staff College, Quetta, India 1923–1924 North West Frontier, India 1925–1927 General Staff Officer Grade 2, Army...

Garrison

Kowloon Brigade

    • C.O. - Brig.C.Wallis
  • 2nd Bn, Royal Scots - Lt.Col.S.E.H.White
  • 5/7th Bn, Rajput Rifles - Lt.Col.J.C.Cadosan-Rawlinson
  • 2/14th Bn, Punjab Regiment - Lt.Col.G.R.Kidd

Official name The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) Colonel-in-Chief Honorary-General HRH Mary, Princess Royal (1918) HRH Anne, Princess Royal (1983) Nicknames Pontius Pilates Bodyguard Motto Nemo me impune lacessit (Nobody touches me with impunity) Anniversaries Marches Quick March: Dumbartons Drums Slow March: Garb of Old... The Punjab Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army. ...

Hong Kong Brigade

The Middlesex regiment is a defence made by indian people they died at the end of the war!! ... The Winnipeg Grenadiers was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces formed in 1908. ...

Fortress units

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ... RGA redirects here. ...

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Hong Kong Science Museum is situated in a suitably futuristic-looking building on the eastern fringes of the Tsim Sha Tsui district, and has managed in a short time - despite its slightly outlying location - to become one of the city's most popular sights.
Hong Kong's oldest and most famous temple (cl847) is dedicated to two gods, one civilian, the other military: Man, or Man Cheong, the god of literature, and Mo, or Kuan Ti, the god of war.
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Hong Kong: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (5944 words)
Hong Kong is on the eastern side of the Pearl River Delta on the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, facing the South China Sea in the south, and bordering Guangdong Province in the north.
Hong Kong is 60 kilometres (37 miles) east of Macau, on the opposite side of the Pearl River Delta and borders the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong Province.
Hong Kong's climate is subtropical and prone to monsoons.
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