Gerard Horace GANDY [1896-1987]
Lieut-Commander Gerard Horace Gandy commanded MTB 10, one of the Motor Torpedo Boats that took part in the Christmas day escape from Hong Kong.
Read more about him at: http://www.mwadui.com/HongKong/Gandy.htm
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Francis Woodley KENDALL (aka Mike) [1907-1973]
Mike Kendall was the head of Z Force in Hong Kong in WW2.
Lots more information about him at http://www.hongkongescape.org/Kendall.htm
Hugh Monthermer MONTAGUE [1888-1965]
Part of the group who escaped from Hong Kong in 1941 with Chinese Admiral Chan Chak. Read more about him at:
Escape from Hong Kong by Ted Ross
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Maclean's Magazine June and July 1942. In three parts. Part one is here The other two are at the bottom of the page that is referenced.
CHAN CHAK [1894-1949]
Dates of birth & death from the Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography.
Admiral Chan Chak was a central figure in the group that escaped from Hong Kong after the Japanese victory in December 1941. The group left Hong Kong on several British Motor Torpedo Boats, sailed to the China coast in Mirs Bay, then traveled overland until they had escaped the Japanese and reached Nationalist China forces.
Read more about Chan Chak and the escape at: http://www.hongkongescape.org/