Typescript copy of a seven page letter sent to his mother by 6201377 Sgt George William Hodgson, 1st Bn, The Middlesex Regiment, relating to his service during the capture of Hong Kong in December 1941.
Also includes his subsequent experiences as a prisoner of war in Hong Kong, Formosa (Taiwan) and Japan, 1942-1945.
Prior to his capture, Hodgson had been in command of a detachment of volunteers from the Hong Kong Chinese Regiment.
Associated with the Fall of Hong Kong, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945) 1941 and World War Two, POWs, Far East (1941-1945).