The Lei Yue Mun (Lyemun) ammunition depot was part of a major 19th-century British military fortification complex built around in the 40s, was captured by Japanese forces on the night of December 18, 1941
Japanese troops locked 29 captured Allied defenders inside an ammunition magazine and bayoneted them to death later that night.
War Crime Case No. WO235/1030 Accused: Major General Tanaka Ryosaburo Court: Military Court for the Trial of War Criminals No. 5
Specific incidents were highlighted:
1. Lei Yue Mun and Sai Wan Fort at Sau Ki Wan: Bayoneting captured soldiers.
2. Salesian Mission (medical post): Butchering male military and civilian personnel. Women were taken away.
3. Pryce Incident at Island Road (Lei Yue Mun): Two Canadian soldiers were made to work all day then bayoneted.
4. Murder of a wounded Hong Kong Singapore Artillery officer and the bayoneting of other captured soldiers.
5. Eucliffe at Repulse Bay: A number of soldiers who had surrendered were executed.
6. Wong Nei Chung Gap to Repulse Bay: Murder of personnel at various places.
7. Post Repulse Bay: The killing of 3 officers on Shou Shan Hill; the bayoneting of the remnants of a grenadier company at Little Hong Kong.
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War Crime Case No. WO235/1030
The Lei Yue Mun (Lyemun) ammunition depot was part of a major 19th-century British military fortification complex built around in the 40s, was captured by Japanese forces on the night of December 18, 1941
Japanese troops locked 29 captured Allied defenders inside an ammunition magazine and bayoneted them to death later that night.
War Crime Case No. WO235/1030
Accused: Major General Tanaka Ryosaburo
Court: Military Court for the Trial of War Criminals No. 5
Specific incidents were highlighted:
1. Lei Yue Mun and Sai Wan Fort at Sau Ki Wan: Bayoneting captured soldiers.
2. Salesian Mission (medical post): Butchering male military and civilian personnel. Women were taken away.
3. Pryce Incident at Island Road (Lei Yue Mun): Two Canadian soldiers were made to work all day then bayoneted.
4. Murder of a wounded Hong Kong Singapore Artillery officer and the bayoneting of other captured soldiers.
5. Eucliffe at Repulse Bay: A number of soldiers who had surrendered were executed.
6. Wong Nei Chung Gap to Repulse Bay: Murder of personnel at various places.
7. Post Repulse Bay: The killing of 3 officers on Shou Shan Hill; the bayoneting of the remnants of a grenadier company at Little Hong Kong.
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