My great-great grandparents and great-grandfather (as a child) lived in the house on the left from circa 1911 to 1921 during military service from the UK to Hong Kong.
All we have to go on from family is that it's somewhere on Hong Kong Island.
Any help in identifying where this is would be greatly appreciated!
Date picture taken
1920s
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Edge Hill
After some back and forward it is conclusive that the building in the foreground is Edge Hill, formerly 6A, then 10, then 12, The Peak. The site is now 16 Mount Austin Road.
You can see the shared detail from the picture of the Umbrella Seat here, including the fences, mailbox and fences on top of the retaining wall-
https://gwulo.com/atom/19039
The 1924 map of the peak shows the lot RBL 130 (now RBL 913) just beside the Umbrella Seat
https://gwulo.com/atom/13017
And the address history/building name of the lot appears here
https://gwulo.com/node/34922
Bishop's Lodge is the building in the background, and can be seen from a similar angle here
https://gwulo.com/atom/32424
This appears to be the first clear image on site of Edge Hill
The house on the left in the
The house on the left in the foreground where your family lived was called Edgehill, see here for more information https://gwulo.com/node/9535. In 1919 the Jurors list shows a Capt T Arthur in residence, was he your great-great grandfather?
Here is a similar view today, the small shelter in the foreground of your photo, called the umbrella seat, still survives. More here on it: https://gwulo.com/umbrella-seat-the-peak