BAAG names and code-numbers

Submitted by David on Tue, 01/27/2015 - 20:00

Elizabeth Ride has kindly sent a list of additional British Army Aid Group (BAAG) numbers, and the people they refer to.

In most cases these people were BAAG agents, working for the British in Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation. They were referred to in written messages by number rather than name, for added security in case the message was intercepted by the Japanese. eg it was safer to send a message by runner that "62 was going to be in Shum Chun on Thursday" than include 62's name.

I've added these new names to the names we already had, and the combined list is shown below. Elizabeth hopes the list will uncover additional information about these brave individuals, and writes "This list is very sketchy and I hope your readers might be able to add to it, correct it, or even corroborate it."

A couple of notes about the format:

  • "(?)" - Where a number has a question mark, eg "BAAG No. 9 (?)", Elizabeth doesn't have verifiable proof that this number belongs to the named person. However the circumstantial evidence suggests it is true.
  • "i", "ii". In some cases, numbers were re-used, eg No. 51 was originally used for Mak Lum, and later used for Yeung Por. In that case I've added a suffix ".i" for the first person to use this number, and ".ii" for the second.

Click on any of the column headings to sort the list by that value.
Click on any person's family name to visit their page.

Alias / nickname Given Family Maiden DoB DoD Sex
BAAG No. 1 Lum Mak Unknown
BAAG No. 2 / 歐輝 Fai Au Unknown
BAAG No. 3 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 4 Wah Ho Unknown
BAAG No. 5 Chiu Lam Unknown
BAAG No. 6 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 7 / 胡榮 Wing Wu Male
BAAG No. 8 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 9 (?) Kwei-yu Yeung Unknown
BAAG No. 10 Tak-sun Lau Unknown
BAAG No. 11 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 12 Percy Davies Cheng Male
BAAG No. 14 / 49.ii, 葉錦榮 Kam-wing Ip Male
BAAG No. 15.i Maxie Holroyd Unknown
BAAG No. 15.ii / BAAG No. 50.ii Chak-po Lai Male
BAAG No. 16 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 17 Sau-Tak Chan Male
BAAG No. 18 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 19 Joseph / Yiu-Sang Tsang Male
BAAG No. 20 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 21 / 鄭淮廉 / Cheng Wai-lim / Khan / Mo Lo Cheng William Cheng Male
BAAG No. 22 Chiu-Fan Chan Male
BAAG No. 23 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 24 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 25 / 陳養 Yeung Chan Male
BAAG No. 26 Man-kai Hui Unknown
BAAG No. 27 Sang Yip Unknown
BAAG No. 28 Tak Yip Unknown
BAAG No. 29 Man-shui Lau Unknown
BAAG No. 30 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 31 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 32 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 33 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 34 Code name 'Cyclist' Foo Yip Male
BAAG No. 35 Hing Wan Unknown
BAAG No. 36 Teng-kee Lau Unknown
BAAG No. 37 Kwok-tok Leung Male
BAAG No. 38 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 39 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 40 (?) Simon / Ming-sai Lau Male
BAAG No. 41 / Shiner / Shinah F. W. Wright Male
BAAG No. 42 Ah Mui Unknown
BAAG No. 43 Kwok-yee Pang Male
BAAG No. 44 / BAAG No. 74 (?) / 譚藹勵 Osler Lister Thomas Male
BAAG No. 44 / 李立 Lup Lee Male
BAAG No. 45 (?) Ho-ka Chak Unknown
BAAG No. 46 William / Kwong-Sheung Wong Male
BAAG No. 47 Alim Din Male
BAAG No. 48 Tak-Hing Tsang Male
BAAG No. 49.i Fook Lau Unknown
BAAG No. 50 / 鄭根 Bill Chong Male
BAAG No. 51.i Lam Mak Unknown
BAAG No. 51.ii Yeung Por Unknown
BAAG No. 52.i ? Unknown
BAAG No. 52.ii Betty Woo Female
BAAG No. 53.i ? Unknown
BAAG No. 53.ii Shiu-hing Mui Female
BAAG No. 54.i ? Unknown
BAAG No. 54.ii Kwok-yiu Lam Unknown
BAAG No. 55.i ? Unknown
BAAG No. 55.ii Tung-sang Li Unknown
BAAG No. 56.i Mark, Shing-cheung Tsui Male
BAAG No. 56.ii Wai-fan Chan Unknown
BAAG No. 57.i / Septimus G.M-Butt Unknown
BAAG No. 57.ii Man-Cho Law Unknown
BAAG No. 58 Fo-yau Wong Unknown
BAAG No. 59 Fai-wan Chan Unknown
BAAG No. 60.i George Kotwall Male
BAAG No. 60.ii Kwong-tin Yan Unknown
BAAG No. 61 ? ? Male
BAAG No. 61.ii Hung Chung Unknown
BAAG No. 62 Vincent / Wing-Sin Young Male
BAAG No. 63 Joseph / Yuk-cheung Tsang / Chang Male
BAAG No. 64 Hung-Sui Lo Male
BAAG No. 65 Paul Ka-cheung Tsui Male
BAAG No. 66 Benjamin ? Unknown
BAAG No. 67.i King Hung Wu Male
BAAG No. 67.ii Po-man Cheung Unknown
BAAG No. 68 / 雷家仁 / Lui Kar-Yin / Lui Kar-yan / Li Fong / Ip Ming-yan Ka-Yin Lui Male
BAAG No. 69 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 70.i Po-sum Ng Unknown
BAAG No. 70.ii / 吳德彰 / Ng Tak-cheung Tak-cheong Ng Unknown
BAAG No. 71.i / BAAG codename "Nitram" / 馬乃光 Nelson / Nai-kwong Ma Male
BAAG No. 71.ii / James Kim Cheuk-ming Yan Male
BAAG No. 72 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 73 David Lam Male
BAAG No. 75 / Chicken Lee / 李耀標 Francis Yiu-piu Lee Male
BAAG No. 76.i Yuk Chan Unknown
BAAG No. 76.ii (?) / "Darkie" Ting-sang Li Male
BAAG No. 76.iii / 謝滌君 Dickuan Tse Male
BAAG No. 77 Kwok-Kwong Chan Male
BAAG No. 78 / LIU Yau You Li Unknown
BAAG No. 79 Kwong-fai Yip Unknown
BAAG No. 80 Yuk-wah Ho Unknown
BAAG No. 81 Fat Leung Unknown
BAAG No. 82 Kam Leung Unknown
BAAG No. 83 (?) Wah Ng Unknown
BAAG No. 84 Cheung Li Unknown
BAAG No. 85 Ying-kwan Chow Unknown
BAAG No. 86 (?) Heep Lee Unknown
BAAG No. 87 (?) Ting-hoi Tsang Unknown
BAAG No. 88 / 陳漢基 Hon-kee Chan Unknown
BAAG No. 89 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 90 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 92 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 93 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 94 / CC William / K.S. Mok Male
BAAG No. 95 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 96 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 97 ? ? Male
BAAG No. 98 ? ? Male
BAAG No. 99, 黃作梅 Raymond / Chok-Mui Wong Male
BAAG No. 100 S.B. Tan Unknown
BAAG No. 101 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 102 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 103 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 104 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 105 (?) / 楊守德 Sau-tak Yeung Male
BAAG No. 108 (?) Stern Ho Unknown
BAAG No. 112 / CHAN Wai-Shui Kai Chan Male
BAAG No. 114 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 121 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 122 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 124 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 128 (?) / BAAG codename 'Fat boy next door' George Samuel Ladd Unknown
BAAG No. 13 / Septic / Scamp / Nobby / Sir Percy Percy Selbourne Clarke / Selwyn-Clarke Male
BAAG No. 130 (?) / BAAG codename 'Shanghai Taipan' Saleh Ibrahim Unknown
BAAG No. 210 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 301 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 303 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 305 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 306 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 307 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 500 / Chung Ming / Ming Chung / C.M. Chung-man Hui Unknown
BAAG No. 501 M.C. Unknown
BAAG No. 502 / Saboteur No 1 / King ? Unknown
BAAG No. 504 Kam-wong To Unknown
BAAG No. 509 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 510 Sau-tak Chan Unknown
BAAG No. 511 Hung Wu Unknown
BAAG No. 512 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 513 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 516 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 519 (?) Cheung-lun Fung Unknown
BAAG No. 530 Yung-han Sham Unknown
BAAG No. 538 / BAAG codename "PL" / Run Chang / 梁潤昌 Y. C. Liang Male
BAAG No. 544 (?) Tui-See Ho Unknown
BAAG No. 568 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 579 / 'Another' ? Unknown
BAAG No. 580 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 591 ? Unknown
BAAG No. 865 Chek-kong Lui Unknown
BAAG No. 1066 / BAAG codename 'Norman' George Jack Male
BAAG No. 1067 Tung-choi Cheng Unknown
BAAG No. 1068 (?) Ho-fat Lam Unknown
BAAG No. 1069 (?) Ping-wah Au Unknown

Thank you to Elizabeth for sharing her research with us. This list is a small part of the Elizabeth Ride Collection, which includes a wealth of information about the BAAG. You can read more about the collection at: http://gwulo.com/node/13968

Elizabeth is always happy to receive inquiries from researchers with questions about the BAAG. 

Comments

A most comprehensive list, but I do not see a listing for Rudy Choy aka  Rudy Choa/ Choi, Wing-hay who was a member of BAAG.

I know he was imprisoned by the Japanese and released in late 1943.

 

regards

Hi Fivestar,

This list shows people that were referred to by number in a BAAG document - think of it as a way to quickly look up a person's name if you see a number given.

It only shows a small fraction of the people involved with the BAAG, as anyone without a number isn't included.

We have a slightly longer list that includes anyone tagged 'BAAG', and you'll find Rudy mentioned there: http://gwulo.com/list-of-person?tid=BAAG&title_1=&order=field_nickname&…

But again there were many more people involved with the BAAG. If you can add any more, please make a Person page for them (http://gwulo.com/node/add/person), and give them the tag BAAG so they appear in the list.

Regards, David

BAAG FIGS Group P was formed circa July 1944 as an outgrowth of the former Group M consisting largely of former HK Police Resevists.  Group M was led David Loie (M.S.) which soon met its demise in 1943 after activation.  Tso-Chun-on was amongst its instigators, although Tso did not take any role in Group M; he went to Kweilin and may have worked with the ISLD.  Group P was formed with some remnant members of Group M at the initiation of Thomas Wong Wing-tim (No.18) & Mol Kai-sang (C.C.) who was formerly the i/c of Group M Rear HQ in Free China.  Ip Kam-wing (No.49) became the leader.  There were some 18 persons known to have been involved in Group P.  Consideration was given to deploy Group P in security & counter-espionage work when it was formed.