[RIP] 香港保衛戰老兵Robert Lapsley先生已於7月2號歸天,享年103歲

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2024-07-15 14:26:42
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早前,100歲香港保衛戰老兵Robert Lapsley在澳洲出席巡遊,右胸更掛有1995年皇家香港軍團(義勇軍)解散紀念章,引來大家注目。

現在有更多補充資料:1938年,時年17歲的Robert Lapsley加入香港義勇防衛軍HKVDC ,屬由蘇格蘭人組成的第2連。他在1941年香港保衛戰中受傷,然後被送到日本因島的戰俘營。

1938年,時年17歲的Robert Lapsley加入香港義勇防衛軍,屬由蘇格蘭人組成的第2連。

2021年4月,100歲香港保衛戰老兵Robert Lapsley在澳洲出席巡遊,右胸掛有1995年皇家香港軍團(義勇軍)解散紀念章。
In 1938, at just 17 years old, Robert Lapsley enlisted with the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corp, No. 2 Scottish Company. “I felt that there was something to do and help whenever it was needed,” he said.

During the battle, Mr Lapsley was shot and amid the confusion during a retreat was left for dead.

“I was shot and left on the hillside. I was shot in the arms, legs and the body. I wasn’t really fearful, there was nothing much you can do about it,” he said. “The person I was with was shot through the head, he was in front of me.

“I was on the hillside until I woke from my wounds and attempted to get free by going down the bottom of the hill, which was adjoined to the sea. I went into the sea water and swam a few strokes until I found it a bit chilly being December.”

Mr Lapsley spent months recovering from his wounds in a British Military Hospital in Hong Kong, and then, six months later, on January 19, 1943, he and 100 others were captured by the Japanese. “On my birthday in 1943, I was put on a Japanese liner with 100 other Hong Kong residents and we left Hong Kong,” he said. “The ship was under control of the Japanese and in three days we reached Nagasaki.”

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https://www.northernbeachesreview.com.au/story/7214379/survivors-of-the-worlds-most-destructive-war
2024-07-15 14:27:18
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2024-07-15 14:32:52
香港義勇防衛軍第2連

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//還有在最後的戰鬥時,第二連連長科沙福少校正在努力維持赤柱村,海灘一帶的戰線。他先用照明彈引領守軍擊毀日軍裝甲車,然後又在防線間穿梭,指揮守軍。再厲害的鐵人也有倒下的一日,經過日軍數次衝鋒後,科沙福中彈受傷。部下企圖把他送到後方治療,但他卻拒絕,堅持指揮防線直到生命完結的一刻。


第二連連長科沙福少校(圖片來源:鄺智文、蔡耀倫:《孤獨前哨:太平洋戰爭中的香港戰役》)//
2024-07-15 14:52:28
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2024-07-15 14:55:55
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2024-07-15 18:57:11
Thank you for your service
2024-07-15 19:09:11
班死架仔冇人性
今時今日啲人仲咁高興去日本
2024-07-15 19:15:54
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2024-07-15 21:42:13
RIP and thank you
2024-07-15 22:11:59
Thank you for your service.
2024-07-15 23:08:27
2024-07-15 23:16:07
Thank you for your service.
2024-07-15 23:21:04
lest we forget
2024-07-15 23:38:37
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你又有咩資格仇恨佢地
2024-07-15 23:39:53
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2024-07-15 23:41:51
好唏噓
5年前英法海峽 D Day 紀念活動有250個老兵參加
今年得返25個
早排有個香港保衛戰加拿大老兵過左身
真係唔知有冇10個淨
老兵不死 只是凋零
2024-07-16 06:17:35
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2024-07-16 06:55:59
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Old soldiers never die, they just faded away
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