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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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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