World War Two – BAAG agent’s drawings from the Japanese occupation, industrial locations
HF: Elizabeth Ride has sent information about the British Army Aid Group’s (BAAG) drawings of Japanese installations which were made by agents to supplement written intelligence reports about Hong Kong during the Japanese Occupation in WW2.
Some of the drawings and accompanying notes mention locations and companies directly connected with Hong Kong’s industrial history. Unfortunately the pages are not numbered. However I here list these places in the order in which they appear in the full account shown below beneath the final drawing.
On Hongkong Island
- Taikoo Dockyard – important military facility for the Japanese, shipbuilding, repair and maintenance
- Taikoo Sugar Refinery
- North Point Power Station
- North Point oil depot
- North Point – Commercial Press
- Japanese Imperial Navy Facilities Department, Arsenal Street
- Tai Hing Metal Factory, Hennessy Road
On Kowloon Peninsula
- Kerosene Depot, Tsuen Wan
- Whampoa Dockyard, Hung Hom
- To Kwa Wan Cement Works, Chatham Road
- Former Kowloon Motor Bus Company, Nathan Road
See: British Army Aid Group Drawings – the full report
Further information:
- For general information about the Elizabeth Ride collection, her father Sir Lindsay Ride, and the British Army Aid group during WW2 a very useful introduction is through http://gwulo.com/node/13968
- The BAAG papers are kept at the Hong Kong Heritage Project –
- http://www.hongkongheritage.org/Archive/internet/eng/ArchiveSearchResult.aspx?parent_code=6482&searchType=1
Related Indhhk articles – WW2
- World War Two – 1945 BAAG report – dairy supplies in occupied HK
- World War Two – 1945 BAAG report – intro and contents
- World War Two -1945 BAAG report on Dockyards in occupied Hong Kong
- HK Industry during World War Two
- Hong Kong Industry during World War Two – Transport
- World War Two – Hong Kong Industrial Images from the Imperial War Museum
- World War Two – BAAG, Mateys and Allied attempts to disrupt Hong Kong Dockyards
- CLP’s Hok Un Power Station – immediately post World War Two