Sham Shui Po Camp, Hong Kong, 1937 (c)-1941 (c)

Photograph, 1937 (c)-1941 (c).

Sham Shui Po Camp was a British Army camp built in the 1920s in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It comprised on Hankow Barracks and Nanking Barracks with a large parade ground in the middle. During World War Two (1939-1945), following the fall of Hong Kong, it was used as a prisoner of war camp for British, Indian and Canadian soldiers by the Imperial Japanese Army.

From a collection of 268 photographs relating to the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in Hong Kong, 1937-1941.