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Pillbox notice on Sentosa

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2009-08-19 11:40

Pillbox on Sentosa

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2009-08-19 11:40

Pillbox 17 & Lyon Light 17

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2009-04-05 21:06
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2009
Places shown in this photo: 
Pillbox 017, Repulse Bay [1939- ]
LL 017, Repulse Bay Beach [1939-????]

Pillbox 017, remains of sliding metal shields in tower

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2009-04-05 21:03
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2009
Places shown in this photo: 
Pillbox 017, Repulse Bay [1939- ]

Not PB45 (b)

Submitted by HillWalker on Sat, 2009-01-17 16:19
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2009

This ruin is just off the track above the war time cooking stoves, and below Country Parks service buildings, near Mt Parker Rd. But I don't think it's PB45.

My GPS put it at N 22 degrees 16.673 N, 114 degrees 12.517 E

Pillbox 045 [1939-????]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2009-01-14 11:07
Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

[Location on map above is just a rough guess]

Hillwalker writes:

On P96 of Tony Banham's 'Not the slightest chance' there's a map of HK's pill boxes. It shows PB45 as due north of Mt Butler, about midway between the mountain and the shoreline. I haven't managed to find it yet.

Does anyone know it's location, and whether anything remains of it still?

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pillbox
pillbox 045
Unknown
Island-Coastal PB

Pillbox 061, Central (near No 8 Des Voeux Road) [1939-????]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2008-11-10 21:31
Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

Thanks to Rob Weir for locating this pillbox.

If you have any memories or photos of this pillbox that you are willing to share, please leave a comment below.

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pillbox
pillbox 061
Unknown
Beach Defence Unit
Island-Coastal PB

Pillbox 060, Central (VRC Steps) [1939-????]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2008-11-10 21:31
Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

Thanks to Rob Weir for locating this pillbox. It was built on the steps of the Victoria Recreation Club (VRC). The VRC was built on the western edge of the reclamation for the Royal Navy's dockyard, and so the steps led down into the waters of Victoria Harbour.

If you have any memories or photos of the old VRC and the pillbox on its steps that you are willing to share, please leave a comment below.

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pillbox 060
Unknown
Beach Defence Unit
Island-Coastal PB

Pillbox near Wanchai Gap [1940- ]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2008-11-03 12:05
Date Place completed: 
1940-01-01

Tim Ko's 'War Relics in the Green, ISBN: 962 993 295 4' has a section 'Wanchai Gap and Lady Clementi's Ride'. The map on that page shows three pillboxes. T has already added the one by the dam, and the one to the East of the reservoir. Here's the third.

If you walk down Aberdeen Reservoir Road from Wanchai Gap, a short way down a clear trail leads off to the left. The trail goes straight for a short distance, before u-turning back to the left. From memory, the Pillbox is on that bend.

Tags: 
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Line-of-gaps PB
2 Loophole

Pillbox besides main dam of Upper Aberdeen Reservoir [1940- ]

Submitted by tngan on Sun, 2008-11-02 23:40
Date Place completed: 
1940-01-01

This vent prompted me to go after it.

This appears to be one of those waterworks stone markers to me. 

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Aberdeen
Aberdeen Reservoir
4 Loophole
Line-of-gaps PB

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