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Appendix A
CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY NOTES
1860
Kowloon peninsula ceded to Britain after the China Wars.
1862
1863
Gun Club Hill & King's Park areas were tented encampments with horse lines in the Chatham Road area.
2nd Bttn. 20th Foot arrived in Hong Kong in December and encamped in Kowloon.
1885
Gun Club Hill range in existence but no buildings.
1888
1892
1899
1904
1905
1909
1910
91st Argylls arrived in December and spent first days in Kowloon matsheds at either Whitfield Bks or Gun Club.
Argylls replaced by 1st Bttn. The King's Shropshire Light Infantry and quarantined in Kowloon matsheds because of smallpox outbreak on the troop ship from Alexandria.
Several companies of Royal Welsh Fusileers quartered at Gun Club following disembarkation.
Barracks Blocks, Officers' Mess, Guard House, Soldiers' Canteen, etc. in existence.
Col. Lewis, RE(Rt.) visited Gun Club which housed the Asiatic Artillery, King's Park described as "very rough" presumably still being used for army training. Rosary Church built same year in Chatham Road (then named De Voeux Road).
Mohammedan/Sikh Cookhouse and Followers' Hut in existence.
1st Bttn. The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at