Members of 1st Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), Hong Kong, 1937 (c)

Photograph, Hong Kong, 1937 (c).

In 1937 the 1st Battalion had been converted to a machine gun battalion. That year it was also posted to Hong Kong, where it was captured by the Japanese following the Battle of Hong Kong (8-25 December 1941). Over 100 men of the battalion were killed during the fighting.

From a collection of 268 photographs relating to the 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment in Hong Kong, 1937-1941 (c).