Number 2 Battery of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps (HKVDC) was created in 1941.
Key Historical Details
- Improvised Battery: Built in response to the escalating threat of Japanese invasion, it was classified as one of Hong Kong's "improvised batteries" along with Aberdeen and Cape D'Aguilar.
- Location: The unit was permanently stationed at Bluff Head 黃麻角炮台 on the southern tip of the Stanley Peninsula. Construction of the battery infrastructure required the colonial government to resume local land and relocate village families in the late 1930s.
- Armament: It was equipped with two 6-inch coastal defense guns taken from the World War I cruiser HMS Kent.
- Mobilization: The battery was officially mobilized for combat on December 7, 1941, just hours before the outbreak of the Battle of Hong Kong. They actively engaged Japanese forces until the colony's surrender on Black Christmas, December 25, 1941.
Type
Armed services
Status
Inactive
Date organisation created
(Day & Month are approximate.)
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2nd Battery name list according to Hong Kong War Diary
http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/hkvdc.html#_ftnref96
2nd Battery
3 Officers 83 Men
Crozier, Douglas James S. Captain Commanding (1)(24)(52)
Assesserow, Wadin FedorLance Bdr. 3296 NP
Arnulphy, Carlos Gunner 4688 NP (37) (XD6)
Attwell, Ken John Gunner 4165 NP (XD5)
Baker-Carr, D’Arcy Gunner 5310 NP (XD5)
Bebbington, Norman J. Sergeant 2664 NP (XD5)
Bertram, James [157] Gunner 5260 NP (9)(22)(28)(56)(XD5)
Blake, R.H. Gunner 4329 NP
Bosman, Albertus Gunner 4981 NP (XD5)
Bruce, Hugh Dalrymple Gunner DR297 NP (XD3)
Carr, Thomas William BQMS 26YM1 NP
Cheng, Po Yee Gunner NP
Cherrill, Richard Ingoldby Gunner 4859 NP (XD5)
Christensen, Jorgan Vibe Gunner 4689 NP (XD6)
Christensen, Neils Orskov Lance Bdr. 4354 NP K 18.12.42 [158]
Coates, William George Gunner 3837 NP (XD5)
Corra, Henry Lance Bdr. 3419 NP
Coxhead, Geoffrey S. [159] Gunner 4286 NP (22)(106) (Innoshima) (XD3) Died 2000
Currie, Albert Victor Gunner 4497 NP (XD5)
Davreux, George Maurice Gunner 4718 NP (XD6)
Deane, Barry O’Meare Gunner 3310 NP (XD3)
Dodwell, Michael Carr Gunner 4856 NP K 15.5.44 [160]
Dreyer, Holger Gunner 4755 NP
Dybdahl, Per ‘Happy’ [161] Gunner 5233 NP (37) (XD6)
Ellison, Edward Gunner 4832 NP (XD5)
Ferguson, John Steven Gunner 3181 NP K 25.11.42 [162]
France, Norman Hoole Gunner (22)(37) K Dec 20
Gardner, Aubrey George Gunner 3317 NP (XD5)
Garland, Neill Major NP
Gaunt, John Arthur [163] Gunner 4664 NP (61) BRH K 4.1.44
Gould, Trevor Jack Gunner 4633 NP (22) (XD6)
Gundesen, Jacob C.A. Gunner 4823 NP
Gill, Antonio Herculano Private 3564 NP (XD5)
Gillard, Arthur BSM 812 NP (37)
Hart-Davis, John AnthonyLance Bdr. 4315 NP (XD5)
Harrop, Gordon Gunner 3890 NP
Hewitt, William RQMS 3454 NP
Higgins, James Joseph Bombardier 3111 MM + Bar NP (37) K 21.2.43 [164]
Houston, Thomas JacksonGunner 3051 NP [166]
Howell, Ian Harrington Gunner 5311 NP (XD5)
Huttemeir, Erik Edvard Gunner 4336 NP
Jack, J.M. CASM 209 NP
Jones, J.G. Gunner 4991 NP
Kher Saan Sim Gunner NP
King, Thomas Henry W. Gunner 2953 NP (XD3)
Lam Yun Jaak Gunner NP
Lee Chun Chung Gunner NP
Lloyd, Norman Duplan Sergeant 2969 NP (52)(102) K 25.4.42 [167]
Lloyd-Jones, Edward Gunner 4684 NP
Long, William Garland Lance Bdr. 4045 NP (XD5)
Low, Thomas Buchanan Gunner 4207 NP (XD5)
Macfayden, Albert James Sergeant 2051 NP
Marton, Oliver Egerton Lance Bdr. 3648 NP
Mabb, Archibald Gunner NP (XD5)
Mathieu, Pierre Benjamin Gunner 4681 K 27.8.43 [168]
Maughan, Stanley L. Gunner 4717 NP (XD5)
Mok Kah Kee (37)
Moses, Ernest Steinberg Sergeant 1324 NP
Naess, E.R. Berger Gunner 4527 NP
Nguyen, Louis Gunner NP (37) Vietnamese
O’Connor, William Bombardier 3437 NP (XD5)
Oliver, Gastin Henry Gunner 3466 NP (XD5)
Ongstad, Lars Henrik Gunner 4630 NP (XD6)
Peaker, Arthur James Bombardier 3088 NP (XD6)
Peresypkin, Oleg P. Gunner 4344 NP (37) (XD5)
Pullen, William P. Gunner DR284 NP (XD3)
Quie Gunner NP
Reynolds, James Gunner 4419 NP
Riertsen, Ragndald Gunner 4360 NP
Rose, Henley Hembdon BSM 2667 NP
Ross, George Ronald Gunner DR67 NP (XD3)
Sherriff, George H. Sergeant 2948 NP (XD3)
Smeby, Nils M. Gunner 4316 NP
Solecki, Jan [169] Gunner NP (37)(50)(89) (XD5)
Stewart, Hugh Grant Gunner 3631 NP (XD5)
Tomes, Karl J. Gunner 4369 NP (XD6)
Walker, William Laird BSM 2691 (102) (XD5) K 3.3.44 Y [170]
Wan Hok Nin Gunner NP (37)
Webb, Robert Leslie S. Gunner 3539 NP
Weill, Leo Gunner 3688 NP (56) K 27.4.44 HKJ
Williamson, Harry Norm. Gunner DR113 NP
Wong Choy Pak (37)
Yaholkovsky, George Gunner 5227 NP (50)
Known Danish HKVDC Volunteers - 2nd Battery
Eight Danish volunteers served in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps (HKVDC) during the defense of Hong Kong in December 1941. Their history and service are detailed in the book Fighting for Two Kings: Danish Volunteers in the Defence of Hong Kong by Frode Z. Olsen.
Known Danish HKVDC Volunteers
The Conflict of Loyalty: The Danish consul in Shanghai ordered the Danes not to swear the oath of allegiance to the British Crown required for service. The men ignored the directive and enlisted anyway to protect their adopted home.