The name 'Laffan's Plain' seems to have fallen out of use, but it marked a flat area in the north-east New Territories, near the border with China. We heard about it from Peter Binstead, who said that one of the tank ranges in the 1950s was located there.
Moddsey gave us the background on the name: Laffan's Plain comes from the former British Army parade ground in Aldershot, England and is named after Lt. Gen Sir Robert Laffan of the Royal Engineers. I think, today the area is known as Ta Kwu Ling.<Read more ...>
