Audio Guide

Permanent Exhibition - "The Story of Hong Kong Coastal Defence"

Atrium, Redoubt

1. AN-M65 Type 1000-lb GP Bomb

Gallery 1 - Military Presence under Successive Dynasties

2. Qing Dynasty Cream-coloured Satin Armour

3. Southern Ming Dynasty Iron Cannon




4. Bow Used by Qing Dynasty Troops




Gallery 2 - Unequal Treaties and the Cession of Hong Kong

5. Clay Container of Opium Paste




6. Model of the British East India Company Iron Steamer Nemesis 1:55




Gallery 3 - Military Arrangements

7. Model of Murray House




8. 'Opening of RAF Station Sek Kong' First Day Cover, Issued on 17 November 1978




Gallery 4 - Port Facilities

9. USS New Jersey (BB-62) in Junk Bay, 1953




10. Plaque Engraved with the Crest of Naval Shore Station HMS Tamar




11. Model of HMS Tamar, Made According to its Configuration Before the 1895 Refit 1:96




Gallery 5 - The Volunteers

12. Drum Major's Sash of the Middlesex Regiment, presented to the Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers)




13. Medals awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald David Walker (1982-1952), Field Company Engineers, HKVDC




Gallery 6 - Multi-Ethnic Soldiers

14. Service Dress for British Army Officers after the Second World War




15. Pattern 58 Webbing




Gallery 8 - Join Hands to Resist Japanese Invasion

16. The First Issue of the New Dazhong Shenghuo (Mass Life), a Weekly Magazine Re-issued in Hong Kong on 17 May 1941 (Replica)




Gallery 9 - Japanese Invasion of Hong Kong

17. Air Raid Siren Used in the Battle for Hong Kong




18. Lee Enfield Rifle with Bayonet




19. Price Record Sheet of Food and Daily Necessities in Sham Shui Po POW Camp, 1942-1945




Gallery 10 - Anti-Japanese Guerrillas behind Enemy Lines

20. Victoria Cross Posthumously Awarded to Sergeant-Major John Robert Osborn (1899-1941), 'A' Company Winnipeg Grenadiers (Replica)




21. Wrapping Cloth




22. Mauser M712 Rapid Fire Pistol, Also Known as 'Box Cannon', Used by Members of the Brigade




23. BAAG Insignia




24. Letters Hidden in the Lid of a Food Jar, 9 February 1942 (Replica)




25. Stamps Commemorating the Return to Peace in Hong Kong, Issued in 1946




Gallery 11 - The Chinese People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison

26. Type 07 Ground Force Colonel Spring/Autumn Service Uniform




27. Model of the Liaoning, China's aircraft carrier 1:350




Lyemun Fort Gallery

28. Officer Collar Pins of the 5th Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment, British Indian Army




Thematic Gallery - Old Servicemen and Society

29. Hong Kong Plague Medal, Awarded to Private G. Price of the Shropshire Light Infantry, 1894