1860-1889
During this period, there were no permanent structures so troops were rotated in from the Murray and Victoria Barracks. Tents and matsheds were used for accommodations and soldiers carried out shooting practice with rifles and larger weapons (Harfield, 1990) The first garrison to be stationed there were the ‘Gun Lascars’, a group of Muslim artillery gunners originating from India.
The following is a list of some of the regiments that stay in the encampments during that time:
1863 Second Battalion 20th Foot (arrived in December)
1888 91st Argylls (arrived in December) stayed in matsheds during quarantine period
1892 Argylls replaced by the 1st Battalion, The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry and quarantined in Kowloon matsheds because of smallpox outbreak on the troop ship from Alexandria
1899 Several companies of Royal Welsh Fusileers quartered
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