Battle of Hong Kong order of battle

• Garrison Commander & Fortress Command :General Officer Commanding, Hong Kong: Major General Christopher Maltby :Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General: Brig. Andrew Peffers :General Staff Officer, I: Col. Lancey Newnham Ground forces The British ground forces consisted of the following units: • 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lt. Col. Simon E. H. E. White) • 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Lt. Col. Henry W. M. Stewart) • Royal Rifles of Canada (Lt. Col. William J. Home) • Winnipeg Grenadiers (Lt. Col. John L. R. Sutcliffe) • 5th Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment (Lt. Col. John. Cadogan-Rawlinson) • 2nd Battalion, 14th Punjab Regiment (Lt. Col. Gerald R. Kidd) • Hong Kong Chinese Regiment (either Major H. W. A. Mayer or Major. Rodney W. Mayer) • Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps (Col. Henry B. Rose) :: Infantry companies No. 1–7 :: Artillery batteries 1st–5th :: Field Company Engineers :: Signals :: Armoured Car Platoon :: Army Service Corps Company :: Dispatch Sections :: Hughes Group :: Field Ambulance unit (Lt. Col. Lindsay Ride) :: St. John's Ambulance • Royal Artillery (Brigadier Tom McCleod) :: 8th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (Lt. Col. Shelby Shaw) ::: 12th Coast Battery (Maj. W. M. Stevenson) ::: 30th Coast Battery (Maj. C. R. Templer) ::: 36th Coast Battery (Capt. W. N. J. Pitt) :: 12th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (Maj. Richard L. J. Penfold) ::: 24th Coast Battery (Capt. E. W. S. Anderson) ::: 26th Coast Battery (Lt. A. O. G. Mills) :: 5th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Lt. Col. Fred D. Field) :::7th Battery :::17th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery :::18th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery :::5th HKVDC Battery :: 965 Defence Battery, Hong Kong–Singapore Royal Artillery (Maj. Basil T. C. Forrester) :: 1st Regiment, Hong Kong–Singapore Royal Artillery (Maj. John C. Yale) ::: 1st Mountain Battery ::: 2nd Mountain Battery ::: 3rd Medium Battery ::: 4th Medium Battery ::: 25th Medium Battery ::: 26th Coast Battery ::: 17th Anti-Aircraft Gun Battery • Royal Engineers China Command (Col. Esmond H. M. Clifford) :: HQ Fortress Engineers :: 22nd Fortress Company, Royal Engineers (Maj. D. C. E. Grose) :: 40th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers (Maj. D. I. M. Murray) :: Royal Engineers Services Brigades Infantry may be assigned to one of the two defensive brigades: • Kowloon Infantry Brigade :Brigadier Cedric Wallis • Hong Kong Infantry Brigade :Brigadier J. K. Lawson Headquarters and support corps British and local forces Canadian Indian Civilian Civilian forces were as follows: • MI6 • Hong Kong Police Force (Commissioner of Police John Pennefather-Evans) :: Indian Company, Police Reserve :: Chinese Company, Police Reserve • Fire Brigade (Jack Fitz-Henry) • Air Raid Precautions • St. John's Ambulance • Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes Auxiliary Services Naval forces Royal Navy Commander: Captain Alfred C. Collinson The Royal Navy presence were as follows: • Royal Marine detachment (Maj. Farrington) • • (Lt. Cdr. Arthur Luard Pears) • (Lt. Cdr. Hedworth Lambton) • (Lt. Cdr. Bernard Davies) • (Lt. John Douglas) • (Cdr. Hugh M. Montague) • (Lt. Cdr. Henry C. S. Collingwood-Selby) • (Lt. Cdr. John C. Boldero) • (Lt. Cdr. R. C. Creer) • Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Lt. Cdr. R. J. D. Vernall) • Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service • Royal Naval Dockyard Police • Hong Kong Dockyard Defence Corps (Maj. D. Campbell) Auxiliary patrol vessels Minor vessels 2nd MTB Flotilla (Lt. Cdr. Gerrard H. Gandy) • MTB 07 (Lt. R. R. W. Ashby) • MTB 08 (Lt. L. D. Kilbee) • MTB 09 (Lt. A. Kennedy) • MTB 10 (Lt. Cdr. G. H. Gandy) • MTB 11 (Lt. C. J. Collingwood) • MTB 12 (Sub-Lt. J. B. Colls) • MTB 26 (Lt. D. W. Wagstaff) • MTB 27 (Lt. T. M. Parsons) Merchant Navy Ships of the Merchant Navy: Air forces • Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy (Lt. P. J. Milner-Barry) : Supermarine Walrus L2259 : Supermarine Walrus L2819 • Hong Kong Station, Royal Air Force (Wng. Cdr. Humphrey G. Sullivan) : Vickers Vildebeest K2924 : Vickers Vildebeest K2818 : Vickers Vildebeest K6370 • HKVDC Flight (Sq. Ldr. Donald "Sammy" Hill) : 1 x Avro 621 Tutor : 2 x Hornet Moth : 2 x Cadet biplanes ==Japanese==

Ground forces The Japanese ground forces consisted of the following units: • 23rd Army :Commander: Lieutenant General Takashi Sakai :Chief of Staff: Major General Tadamichi Kuribayashi :Deputy Chief of Staff: Major General Keishichiro Higuchi • 38th Division :Commander: Lieutenant General Tadayoshi Sano • Infantry HQ, 38th Division (Maj. Gen. Takeo Itō) :: 228th Infantry Regiment (Col. Sadashichi Doi) :: 229th Infantry Regiment (Col. Ryosaburo Tanaka) :: 230th Infantry Regiment (Col. Toshinari Shōji) :: 38th Mountain Gun Regiment (Col. Takekichi Kamiyoshi) :: 38th Engineers Regiment (Lt. Col. Tsuneō Iwabuchi) :: 38th Logistic Regiment (Lt. Col. Shūichi Yabuta) :: 19th Independent Engineer Regiment (Lt. Col. Shoshirō Inukai) :: 20th Independent Engineer Regiment (Col. Kiyoshi Suzukawa) :: 2nd Company, 14th Independent Engineering Regiment (Maj. Eiichi Kusagi) :: 21st Independent Mortar Battalion (Maj. Shigeo Okamoto) :: Signal Corps (Maj. Ryōichi Itō) • Araki Detachment (Col. Masatoshi Araki) :: 66th Infantry Regiment – Less 1 Company • Attached Force :: 10th Independent Mountain Gun Regiment (Col. Rikichirō Sawamoto) :: 20th Independent Mountain Gun Battalion (Lt. Col. Jirō Kajimatsu) :: 2nd Quick-Firing Gun Battalion (Lt. Col. Takeo Ōno) :: 5th Quick-Firing Gun Battalion (Maj. Jirō Aoki) • 1st Artillery Group (Lt. Gen. Kaneo Kitajima) :: 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment (Col. Masayoshi Hayakawa) :: 14th Heavy Field Gun Regiment (Col. Takeaki Satō) :: 2nd Independent Heavy Artillery Battalion (Maj. Kiyotoshi Kanamaru) :: 3rd Independent Heavy Artillery Battalion (Lt. Col. Hitomi Kanmei) :: 2nd Heavy Mortar Battalion (Maj. Deiichi Namimatsu) Other divisional support • Armour Squadron (Capt. Jūrō Atami) • 3rd Transport Regiment (Lt. Col. Otokazu Kobayashi) – Only 3 companies • 19th Independent Transport Company • 20th Independent Transport Company • 21st Independent Transport Company • 1st River Crossing Material Company, 9th Division (Lt. Hiroshi Furumori) • 2nd River Crossing Material Company, 9th Division (Lt. Eda Asao) • Ordnance team (Capt. Sadaharu Koide) • 5th Field Gas Company (Capt. Magosaburō Suzuki) • 18th Field Gas Company (Lt. Isamu Morimoto • Veterinary (Vet. Maj. Jiro Hayashi) • 1st Field Hospital (Dr. Maj. Toshimi Suzuki) • 2nd Field Hospital (Dr. Maj. Takuzō Itō) • Field Pigeon Carrier Company • South China MP Platoon (Maj. Kennosuke Noma) • Medical unit • Medical unit, 51st Division (Col. Otokazu Hattori) – Only 1/3 of the unit • 17th Field Water Purification and Supply Unit • Army signal corps • Two radio signal platoons • One wire signal platoon Naval forces • 2nd China Fleet : Commander: Vice Admiral Masaichi Niimi : Chief of Staff: Brigadier Yasuo Yasuba • : 2 x Kawanishi E7K : 3 x Kugisho B3Y Bombardment Group: Attack Group: Air forces • 23rd Army Air Unit, 1st Air Group • 45th Flying Sentai (Col. Shuji Habu) – 29 x Kawasaki Ki-32 • 10th Independent Chutai (Maj. Akira Takatsuki) – 13 x Nakajima Ki-27 • 18th Independent Chutai (Capt. Minoru Kobayashi) – 3 x Mitsubishi Ki-15 • 44th Independent Squadron (Capt. Yoshio Naito) – 6 x Tachikawa Ki-36 • 47th Air-Field Battalion (Maj. Sadayu Uemura) • 67th Air-Field Company, 67th Air Field Battalion (Capt. Nobunaga Kodama) • 57th Air-Field Company (2nd Lt. Mitsuhiro Makita) – Elements • 14th Flying Sentai • Kanoya Air Group ==See also==