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Hong Kong and the New Territories

January 19, 2014 By Admin-GF

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Chapter 6

Hong Kong and the New Territories, February 1950

Before chronicling my National Service experience in Hong Kong, I would be remiss in not setting the stage on which the events played out. Here I provide a short note on Hong Kong, the events in China at the time, and global political scene in the the 1950s with relevance to Hong Kong. [Read more…]

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Lo Wu, New Territories

January 19, 2014 By Admin-GF

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Chapter 7

15 Independent Observation Battery Royal Artillery, Lo Wu, New Territories
February 28 through May 23 1950

15 Independent Observation Battery RA is Formed

Returning to my story, on the Devonshire we heard the unit was to be stationed in the New Territories under canvas but little else. After our run ashore and one more night on ship we disembarked to begin our service in Hong Kong. [Read more…]

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Ping Shan, New Territorities

January 19, 2014 By Admin-GF

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Chapter 8

15 Independent Observation Battery Royal Artillery, Quarry Camp, Ping Shan, New Territories, 23 May through 17 July 1950.

Move to Ping Shan

After our eventful weeks at Lo Wu and the trials and tribulations of serving there the Battery moved to a new camp site. [Read more…]

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Stanley Barracks Hong Kong Island

January 19, 2014 By Admin-GF

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Chapter 9

15 Independent Observation Battery Royal Artillery, Stanley Barracks, Hong Kong Island
18 July 1950 through 6 May 1951

Stanley Barracks Hong Kong became our home for the next nine months or so until we left for demobilization and home in May 1951. Before discussing my time there, I present an overview as a lot happened and some context would help. [Read more…]

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Korea, An Epitaph

January 19, 2014 By Admin-GF

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Chapter 10

15 Independent Observation Battery Royal Artillery, Korea
An Epitaph

Major CJW Pollard became CO on 16 March 1951.

15 Independent Observation Battery RA was  reformed in 1951 in Hong Kong as 15 Divisional Locating Battery RA.

On 17 December 1951 it embarked on USS Union at Victoria for Inchon, Korea arriving on 20 December. It then moved to Britannia Transit Camp en route to its operational deployment.

In Korea it was attached to 61 Light Regiment, RA, saw action and suffered casualties among  our old comrades.

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  • John Parnell’s Story
    • Parnell – Introduction
    • Parnell – Entry and Training
    • Parnell – Korea and the Korean War
    • Parnell – Korea To War
    • Parnell – 15 Divisional Locating Battery
    • Parnell – Theory and Practice
    • Parnell – 2 Frightening Experiences
    • Parnell – Random Jottings
    • Parnell – My Troop Commanders
    • Parnell – R&R
    • Parnell – Homeward Bound
    • Parnell – Discharged
    • Parnell – Thoughts
    • Parnell – General Notes
    • Parnell – Conclusion
    • Parnell – Further Reading
    • Parnell – Addendum A 61st Light
    • Parnell – Addendum B Korean War
  • John Parnell
  • George Olmit’s Story
    • Olmit – Entry and Training
    • Olmit – 192 Training Battery Larkhill
    • Olmit – Everyday Life at Larkhill
    • Olmit – Woolwich Barracks and on to Germany
    • Olmit – Luneburg
    • Olmit – Munster
    • Olmit – Exercises Spearhead One & Two
    • Olmit – Adopted by the Munster Locals – Walter
    • Olmit – Death of King George
    • Olmit – First Class Trade Test – Beginning of the End
    • Olmit – Goodge Street Deep Shelter
    • Olmit – Our Final Leave and Final Thoughts
  • Urlan Wannop
  • Wannop – Larkhill, Salisbury Plain
  • Wannop – Park Hall Camp, Oswestry
  • Wannop – To Hong Kong on the Devonshire
  • Wannop – On the Frontier: Lo Wu Camp
  • Wannop – Lo Wu Camp Diversions – Hong Kong
  • Wannop – Kowloon the Walled City
  • Wannop – A Prelude to Demobilization
  • Wannop – Return to Southampton via Empire Fowey
  • Wannop – Demobilisation
  • Wannop – Return to Hong Kong in 1990
  • Wannop – Lo Wu 1990

Book Outline

  • Foreword
  • Part One
    • Chapter 1 – Preamble
    • Chapter 2 – 67 Training Regiment Royal Artillery Oswestry
    • Chapter 3 – 192 Survey Training Battery Royal Artillery Larkhill
    • Chapter 4 – Royal Artillery Depot Woolwich – Begin
    • Chapter 5 – MV Devonshire – A Slow Boat to China
  • Part Two
    • Chapter 6 – Hong Kong and the New Territories 1950
    • Chapter 7 – Lo Wu, New Territories
    • Chapter 8 – Ping Shan, New Territories
    • Chapter 9 – Stanley Barracks, Hong Kong Island
    • Chapter 10 – Korea, An Epitaph
  • Part Three
    • Chapter 11 – MV Dunera, A Happy Return
    • Chapter 12 – Royal Artillery Depot Woolwich – End
    • Chapter 13 – 880 Forward Observation Battery, RA (Airborne) TA
    • Chapter 14 – A Reckoning
  • Appendix

All Sections

  • Foreword – National Service Memoir
  • Preamble – National Service a Memoir
  • 67 Training Regiment Royal Artillery Oswestry
  • 192 Survey Training Battery, School of Artillery, Larkhill
  • The Royal Artillery Depot Woolwich – Begin
  • HMT Devonshire, A Slow Boat to China
  • Hong Kong and the New Territories
  • Lo Wu, New Territories
  • Ping Shan, New Territorities
  • Stanley Barracks Hong Kong Island
  • Korea, An Epitaph
  • HMT Dunera, Hong Kong to Southampton
  • The Royal Artillery Depot Woolwich – End
  • 880 Forward Observation Battery, RA, Airborne Territorial Army
  • National Service – My Reckoning
  • National Service, Notes and Comment
  • Welcome to Gunner Flann – A National Service Memoir
  • How to Write a Memoir: Creative Devices
  • The Royal Artillery Band Woolwich – Moving
  • Interactive Memoirs – The Railway Station at Fanling

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