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The barracks compound is about 10 hectares (25 acres), although the original Gun Club Hill Barracks encompassed a much larger area. The military organised a series of tented encampments situated on where now stands Kowloon Park, Gun Club Hill and King's Park. They were connected to civilian areas by horse trails in the Chatham Road area.
The United Services Recreation Club (USRC) (Chinese: 三軍會; lit. 'three armed-forces club') is a club located on Gun Club Hill Barracks site at Gascoigne Road in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Originally it was a British colonial establishment but now is a property of the People's Liberation Army after they took over the barracks on 1 July 1997.
The following barracks still exist in Hong Kong now. [1] Central Barracks. Headquarters House; Chek Chue Barracks; Ching Yi To Barracks, formerly known as "Queen's Line" Western Barracks; Gun Club Hill Barracks; Kowloon East Barracks, formerly known as "Osborn Barracks" No. 1A Cornwall Street; Ngong Shuen Chau Barracks; Shek Kong Barracks
58th Medium Regiment, RA (1949–1951; with 118 and 175 Med Btys at Gun Club Hill Barracks) 72nd Light Anti-Air Regiment, RA (1952–1955, with 31, 206 and 216 LAA Btys at Gun Club Hill Barracks) 74th Light Anti-Air Regiment, RA (1955–1958, with 158 and 161 LAA Btys at Whitfield Camp)
The history of Hong Kong ethnic Chinese soldiers serving in the British Army can be traced back to the 1880s when Hong Kong locals were employed by the Royal Engineers in the building of barracks and defence works. [3] Many ethnic Chinese from Hong Kong fought alongside the British troops in the defence of Hong Kong in World War II.
Typhoons continued to be a threat. In one occasion, on 30 October, 1915, the internees had to be temporarily evacuated to the Gun Club Hill Barracks. [13] In January 1916, all the internees were transferred aboard SS Empire to another internment camp in Holsworthy, Australia.
Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, 55th chief of engineers and commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, visits Fort Liberty on Dec. 13, 2023, to see the progress of the Smoke Bomb Hill Barracks ...
Some buildings within the Gun Club Hill: Gun Club Hill, Austin Road, Tsim Sha Tsui: Some buildings also Grade II H0051 Whitfield Barracks, Block 58 Kowloon Park, Tsim Sha Tsui Located along Haiphong Road, east of Kowloon Park Drive. Used as a godown of Hong Kong Museum of History: H0048 Whitfield Barracks, Block S4