According to Army Records on Wikipedia the following Tank units were in Hong Kong in 1961. The normal tour was 3 years. Often a unit like 16/5th Lancers would provide a squadron to bring another unit (17/21 Lancers) unit up to full strength for an overseas and/or operational tour. I was in Hong Kong at the time & in 1961 (aged 11) & watched the Centurion tanks trundle past Gun Club Barracks for the Queens Birthday parade. The tanks were based in the New Territories at Sek Kong but I was told that they had to be brought, under their own power & very slowly, to Kowloon for the parade.
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Tanks & tank units in Hong Kong in 1961
According to Army Records on Wikipedia the following Tank units were in Hong Kong in 1961. The normal tour was 3 years. Often a unit like 16/5th Lancers would provide a squadron to bring another unit (17/21 Lancers) unit up to full strength for an overseas and/or operational tour. I was in Hong Kong at the time & in 1961 (aged 11) & watched the Centurion tanks trundle past Gun Club Barracks for the Queens Birthday parade. The tanks were based in the New Territories at Sek Kong but I was told that they had to be brought, under their own power & very slowly, to Kowloon for the parade.
Royal Armoured Corps/Cavalry in Hong Kong
16th/5th Lancers (A Sqn 1953–64)
17th/21st Lancers (1960–63)