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Whitfield Barracks

Barracks in Hong KongEngvarB from July 2014Former buildings and structures in Hong KongMilitary of Hong Kong under British ruleTsim Sha Tsui
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Whitfield Barracks were barracks in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was named after Henry Wase Whitfield, who was appointed commander of the British Army in Hong Kong in 1869. The area is now the site of Kowloon Park, where four reconverted barrack blocks and parts of the former Kowloon West II Battery remain.

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Whitfield Barracks
Kowloon Park Drive, Kowloon Tsim Sha Tsui (Yau Tsim Mong District)

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Kowloon Park Drive
Kowloon, Tsim Sha Tsui (Yau Tsim Mong District)
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