sentences:  The 1st Battalion was part of an allied force which held out against overwhelming odds for 17 days during the Battle of Hong Kong before surrendering to the Imperial Japanese Army in December 1941.The regiment was reduced to a single regular battalion (the 1st) in 1948, and two territorial battalions (the 7th and 8th).The Kensington Regiment amalgamated with the Middlesex Yeomanry to form the 31st (Greater London) Signal Regiment (V).