Fan Ling Barracks

hello there,this is a photo of my Grandpa,Gordon Lain from Norfolk,he was in number 5 commando,6 troop......hope I`ve got that right or Hockhamlain will be after my hide!!!(only kidding Dad!!)On the back of this photo,all he has written is Fan Ling Barracks 1945 Hong Kong.Does anyone have any info or tales about this place,maybe you took the photo???? Would love to hear from anyone,take care all,see you at Alrewas,from Denise xx

Here is the picture:

hello admin,did i mess up? thanks for helping me if i did,guess it`s too late to announce my name on the posting,from Denise xx

Hi Denise,

No problems, if you upload images that are either '.gif' or '.jpg' format then the picture will be displayed automatically. Your original upload was a bitmap (.bmp) file, which means that the web browser cannot display it. So I converted it to a .jpg so that users could see it without needing to download it.

With a bit of luck this will help jog someones memories.

Good luck.

Dan

Hi Denise
Nice photo. My dad was i n HK as well but was demobbed very early in 1946
I have a souvenir mug with 3 Commando Brigade on and the words "South East Asia 50th Anniversary Reunion 13th august 1995 I believe it was held in HK

hello Stephen,how are you? Do you know if Fan Ling was the main barracks in Hong Kong,my ignorance is shining through at the moment!!!!
If it was,there must have been hundreds of people there.

Was it a bad place that people would rather not share their experiences??See you soon,from Denise.

Hi Denise
Actually I had never heard of Fan Ling before you mentioned it. Perhaps theres something on the net or someone knows of it
My neice lives in HK now . I 'll ask her if its still there
Stephen

I`m beginning to think my Grandpa was in the barracks on his own!!

please tell me your story and let me find out what it would have been like for Gordie boy!! :wink:thank you,take care,Denise xx

Hi Denise
Ive been checking up on Fan Ling barracks on Google Quite alot about it. They seem to have it as one word Fanling.
Check it out

Hello Stephen,
Thanks for getting back to me,I wrote it as Grandpa had written it off the back of his photo,so did`nt know it was spelt wrong,I have been surfing myself but was hoping someone out there would have some tales/info of their own to tell.Books for reference are good but there`s nothing like the horses mouth!!!Take care,Denise.

well folks,you`ve left me no other choice but to question all of you that I meet at Alrewas!!!! Only kidding,but someone must have been there,please ask anyone that you know,thank you,Denisexx

Wiki pedia has this information on the town, but not the barracks:

Fangling Wikipedia

hello Mr Admin !! Thanks for that,that`s a pint i owe you at either alrewas of FW,find me someone who was there and i might make it 2 !! take care and thanks again,Denise

I have found a reference that indicates that Fan Ling had a Japanese POW camp. http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/powresearch.html.

Maybe your granddad helped with the liberation of that camp, at the end of the war.

If you have a look around that website, there is lots of information about the Hong Kong garrison which had a lot of international troops, very interesting.

hello again Mr Admin,you really are a "mucker",thanks again,that`s 2 pints i owe you now!! Find me someone who was there and i`ll throw in the kebab as well!!thanks again,Denise xx