Elliott Battery, Mid Levels [c.1900-c.1920]

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Submitted by Rob on Mon, 2012-03-19 21:43

Current condition:

Demolished / No longer exists

Date Place completed:

c.1900-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Date Place demolished:

c.1920-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Year completed is: Approximate
Condition at last visit: Demolished
Date of last visit: Apr-1998
Ref: ROB-00114
Other:

Timeline:

Actual date of construction is unknown, but probably about 1900.
1903: 2 x 12 pdr QF guns. (CAB 11/57).
1904: 2 x 12 pdr QF guns, 1 x M/G. (CAB 11/57).
1906: 2 x 12 pdr QF guns. (CAB 11/57).
1907: 2 x 12 pdr QF guns, to be reduced. (CAB 11/57).
1910: 2 x 12 pdr QF guns. Practice Battery. (CAB 11/57).
1911: 2 x 12 pdr QF guns. Practice Battery. (CAB 11/58).
1913: 2 x 12 pdr QF guns. Closure as unwanted, to become a service reservoir. (CO 129/403).
1915: There is an old battery called Elliott Bty SE of Belchers which is still in military control. (WO 32/5316).
1916: A portion of Elliott Bty was transferred to the Colonial Government from the War Department, to allow a sustantial improvement to be made in the alignment of Pokfulam Road. (HK Government Public Works Report for 1916).

For a background to these notes, and a glossary of terms used, please see: http://gwulo.com/node/24630

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