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*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1469554/Colonel-Tony-Hewitt.html Obituary of Colonel Tony Hewitt] www.telegraph.co.uk 17 Aug 2004 descibes the escape of three men in 1942 from a Japanese P.O.W. camp, following the fall of Hong Kong in December 1941, for which Anthony George Hewitt, and Captain Robert Douglas Scriven of the [[Doctor|Indian Medical Service]] were awarded the Military Cross<ref>
[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35670/supplements/3601/page.pdf ''London Gazette'' Tuesday 18 August 1942]</ref>
*[http://www.hongkongwardiary.com Hong Kong War Diary] - a project that documents the 1941 defence of Hong Kong**[http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison.html Hong Kong War Diary Search Garrison: Hong Kong Defenders ,December 1941-August 1945] Includes Indian Army Units and Indian Medical Service
*''The Battle of Hong Kong 1941: A note on the literature and the effectiveness of the defence'' by Lawrence W C Lai, University of Hong Kong , Discussion paper series, July 2000 [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:VoFgbzNO-ZwJ:ebook.lib.hku.hk/CADAL/B38630229.pdf+The+Battle+of+Hong+Kong+1941:+A+note+on+the+literature+and+the+effectiveness+of+the+defence+b&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShk--4OIxpwj7ZDQIVlwlYoHs5Il1B_MbFHES8iuYBuNu8ayy9qunZkBPKOaVa0c0wd5iITgA3R6EjIW_mxq5WMdiS2z3DWDEYkUYNYzbCIXlqSaEzqg7mh0oD1BODE1d4yK3Fn&sig=AHIEtbQgOH99ETvoM93iEvL4oQbYpZih0g html version], [http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/CADAL/B38630229.pdf original pdf]
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