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<description><![CDATA[[Photo courtesy of Helen Fielke].<br />
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Peter Hensman advises &quot; This is a bailey bridge called Chick Bridge and guarded the border crossing. The original bridge was underneath it but had been blown up by Middlesex Regiment when they left HK in the retreat&quot;]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[The Bailey Bridge was invented by a Donald Colman Bailey who had been called to come up with this form of design.  It proved an essential ‘bit of kit’ and he was Knighted for his contribution after WW2. The famous Allenby Bridge across the River Jordan between Jordan and Israel was originally a British Army Bailey Bridge!]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[My father was in 44 Commando and we were just looking at photo's on website (he also has many of these. The ones marked Malaya were actually HK - New Territories/Chinese border crossing. Malaya 4 is a bailey bridge called Chick Bridge and guarded the border crossing. The original bridge was underneath it but had been blown up by Middlesex Regiment when they left HK in the retreat<br />
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