Gun Club Hill Barracks
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| Chinese: 槍會山軍營 | |
| Hong Kong | |
Gun Club Hill Barracks
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 Gun Club Hill Barracks
Location within Hong Kong
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| Coordinates | 22°18′11″N 114°10′37″E / 22.303°N 114.177°ECoordinates: 22°18′11″N 114°10′37″E / 22.303°N 114.177°E |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site history | |
| Built | circa 1863 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1863-Present |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | People's Liberation Army |
Gun Club Hill Barracks (Chinese: 槍會山兵房 or 槍會山軍營) are barracks in King's Park, Hong Kong formerly used by British Army garrisons during British colonial rule. The military began using the area shortly after 1860 when the British acquired Kowloon. The barracks are bounded by Austin Road, Jordan Path, Gascoigne Road and Chatham Road South.
The barracks are currently occupied by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) who began using the facility after the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong on 1 July 1997. The compound now includes a hospital constructed for the People's Liberation Army, Hong Kong, completed around 1997.
A long-standing part of Hong Kong's military history, the Gun Club Hill Barracks arose out of the need to house soldiers on the Kowloon Peninsula following the cession of the area under the 1863 Treaty of Tientsin following the Second Opium War. The British were in need of additional military facilities and had begun scouting sites on the Kowloon Peninsula. The purpose was not only to house garrisons but also provide military defences on both sides of the harbour. With the shoreline being used for civilian activities, sites in the King's Park area were selected to establish encampments. The area, dotted with gardens, streams and paddy fields was a popular place to hunt birds and, once the military encampments were established, several firing ranges were set up for training. Despite the lack of verification, Sinologist R.G. Horsnell believes it is plausible that is how this area got its name.
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