Source: Victoria Barracks (Hong Kong) 1842-1979. Edited by Lieutenant Colonel D.H. Oxley
In the mid-1840s, General D'Aguilar instructed Major Aldrich to build a [army] hospital. To isolate the sick from the main living accommodation, the building was constructed at the eastern side of the army's properties (cantonment). The name D'Aguilar's Hospital was (inofficially) used, officially the name was Military Hospital.
The building was one of three of Wellington Barracks, built in the 1840s. On the 1856 map, the building is labelled “Engineers”. After WW2, the building was named Howe Block.
Howe Block was demolished around 1972 for the straightening of Queensway, it does not appear on the 1973 map on hkmaps.hk.
Position of marker is approximate.
They are marked on the 1845 map as "West Point Barracks. Abandoned & Pulled down.", see https://gwulo.com/map-of-places#18/22.28582/114.13755/Map_by_ESRI-1845_HK/100
Built in the early 1840s when the British first took possession of Kong Kong
Hello to one and all, just joined and would like help with picture identification.My father Albert Stephenson was posted to HK for his national service arround 1952/53.He was serving as a driver in the Royal Corp of Transport,he told me his main taskes was based around transporting new tanks up to the border with China.Or recovery of broken down dead tanks, back to be serviced and overaled back to a working state.I am not sure of where his regular barracks were located,so would like to ask if anyone can help identify the location of these old black and white pictures.
At the end of WW II, probably end of the 1940's, accommodation space was needed for seamen of the Hong Kong Flotilla. A quick and comparably cheap way to build accommodation was the erection of Nissen huts (Wikipedia: a prefabricated steel structure for military use, made from a half-cylindrical skin of corrugated steel.)
These huts can be seen on a 1955 map and are labelled "Ratings Accommodation" (map cropped from https://gwulo.com/atom/20365)
Used by the Japanese as a temporary POW Camp for RAF personnel between the surrender and 1st January 1942 when the prisoners were transferred to Sham Shui Po. The prison was demolished and replaced by the Murray building in the early 1960's
