My father was posted to HK and served in the Royal Corp of Transport as a driver in 1952/3 for his national service.He often spoke about his time there with great affection.He enjoyed the work and the friendship of his pals whilst serving in the exotic location of HongKong.He came back with a small album of photos of his time there.However i have always wondered wherethe location of his barracks would havebeen.I know he was mainly employed draging new tanks up to the China border area.Also recoverind dead tanks ref broken down to the maintenance workshops whereever that was.If anyone <Read more ...>
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. <Read more ...>
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.)
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 <Read more ...>
