Found this at the website of the Commando Veterans Association here.
India, Burma & Hong Kong, 1944 - 1946: Views and life in S.E Asia as seen through the lens of No5Commando, a collection of photos owned by Sgt Ted Tharme, No5 Cdo, kindly donated by Ted's son Paul. Posted by Nick Collins.
I guess the photos were taken after the war, so the date would be late 1945 to the end of 1946 (Set the date arbitrarily to 1946-01-01.)
Update 2024-12-30: the photo is likely pre-war. The date was set to 1936 (see comments below).
Date picture taken
1936 (year is approximate)
Gallery
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A good view of "The Towers"
A good view of "The Towers" up on Broadwood Road.
"The Towers"
"The Towers" was apparently used as a Japanese officers' mess during the war, according to my Warren cousins. Broadwood Road children used to play in it during the 1950s and called it their "castle". Jabberu previously mentioned that his family still called it "Warren's Castle" before the war, even though Charles Warren had died in 1923. Charles Warren's son, Leslie and his family lived next door in no. 19 till 1938. "The Towers" doesn't seem to have been demolished till the 1960s. It would be interesting if any photos of it from the '60s exist.
Jill
Demolition date
Thanks to new information we now know that The Towers must have been demolished in 1953.
Re: Photo
I think the main photo was taken pre-war. Post war view of Broadwood Ridge show barren vegetation. A 1945 photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/23057174@N02/7742270508/ and 1948 view below for comparison.
Pre-war photo
It is quite likely that the main photo is pre-war. In 2015, I posted a photo from the same source which was dated to 1936 after an intensive discussion. Will change the date of the main photo.
Addendum: see similar photo here.