Photo of the enlisted troops barracks. The original building was further expanded during the Royal Marines occupation, and can be toured today.
This file appears in: The Royal Marines of Garrison Bay
This file appears in: The Royal Marines of Garrison Bay
The Royal Marines of Garrison Bay – The sun never set on the British Empire, thanks in part to the Royal Marines of Garrison Bay.
Following their victories in the Opium Wars of East Asia, some Royal Marine veterans of the Second Opium War came here to Garrison Bay. They agreed to extend their service for extra pay. Earlier, conflicts between British and American settlers on…