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Part of World War II. Location. St. Stephen's College, Hong Kong. Date. 25 December 1941. Target. Wounded British, Canadian and Indian soldiers and Nurses. Attack type. Massacre, Mutilation, Gang Rape.
Aug 27, 2014 · Mrs Elizabeth ('Emma') Appleton Fidoe was was working as a volunteer military nurse at St Stephen's College Temporary Hospital in Stanley. There had been close-quarter fighting all around the grounds of St Stephens College and the nearby Prep School throughout 24 and 25 December. Early in the morning on 25 December, the Japanese troops burst ...
- Philip Cracknell
"I was sharing a 10' x 12' room in St. Stephen's Hospital with about 40 other wounded. The hospital doubled as a prison after the battle was over and we had laid down our arms.
Jul 15, 2017 · The St. Stephen’s College massacre involved a series of acts of extreme cruelty committed by the Imperial Japanese Army on 25 December 1941 during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong at St. Stephen’s College.
On the morning of 25 December, Christmas Day, Japanese soldiers entered St. Stephen's College, initiating the “St. Stephen’s College Massacre”. In the city, at 9 a.m., the Japanese sent two civilians on a mission to the Fortress Headquarters, giving the British an opportunity to surrender.
When the Japanese invaded Hong Kong on 8th December 1941 St Stephen’s College at Stanley was one of the hospitals to which wounded soldiers were taken. Before the war, it had been a school for boys. About 6 a.m. on Christmas Day 1941 the Japanese troops entered the hospital. James Barrett, who came from Quebec, was in the hospital when the ...
Dec 7, 2017 · By Christmas Day, Japanese forces had reached St. Stephen’s College in Stanley, which was being used as a makeshift hospital. Soldiers entered the hospital and took away two doctors to be tortured and killed. Canadian, Indian and British soldiers were bayoneted as they lay helpless on their beds.
