Time Guns, Time Balls thoughout the world
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http://www.rma-searcher.co.uk
(admissions registers, statistical data of the
military schools with data on enlistments to the Royal Artillery. This provides searchers with data on boys from the military schools (The Royal
Hibs and Duke of York's) who enlisted in the Royal Artillery as far back as 1803
http://www.achart.ca
(a major Canadian resource of Military History)
http://groups.msn.com/ArmyApprenticeSoldiers
HONG KONG
In 1842 the British Army occupied Hong Kong and established a noon time gun. The gun and time service were taken over by Jardines Trading Company.
The present weapon (left) - a Hotchkiss Mark 1 - was purchased in 1948, and built in 1900 for the Royal Navy. Situated at East Point the gun is still fired daily by the company's gunner.