Fort Siloso: Codenames for Defences
CASL at Pulau Sejahat. 2005 photo
It is standard military practice to give locations code names, and in Singapore it was no different. I’ve found the following list for fixed defences, but there will have been others for RAF, Naval and other locations.
| H.Q., F.D. | ART |
| F.C. Faber | FABER |
| P.W.S.S. Faber | PORT FABER |
| F.P.R. Faber | GEESE |
| F.O.P. Tanjong Gul | GUL |
| F.O.P. Panjang | JANG |
| F.O.P. Faber | BERT |
| Pasir Laba Battery | LABA |
| Labrador Battery | DOR |
| Siloso Battery | SILO |
| Serapong Battery | SPUR |
| Silingsing Battery | SING |
| Connaught Battery | CONN |
| Buona Vista Battery | VIS |
| Buona Vista B.O.P. | BONE |
| Buona Vista B.O.P. (Mount Faber) | BOFA |
| F.C. Changi | CHAN |
| F.P.R. Changi | FOX |
| F.O.P. Changi | GIN |
| P.W.S.S. Changi | PORT CHAN |
| F.O.P. Powder (Bedok) | POW |
| F.O.P. Pengerang | PEN |
| Beting Kusah Battery | KUSA |
| Changi Battery | RAT |
| Sphinx Battery (C.B. B.O.P.) | SPHINX |
| Sphinx Battery (Cl. Def. B.O.P.) | SPHINX NIGHT |
| Tekong Battery | TEAK |
| Pengerang B.O.P.(For Tekong Battery) | ANG |
| Pengerang Battery | TIGER |
| Johore Battery | JO |
| H.M.S. Terror (15 Inch Monitor) | TERROR |
| Pulau Sejahat | SARGE |
| Ladang | LAD |
| Calder Harbour | CAWLD |
| Changi Outer | OUTER |
| Changi Inner | INNER |
| Ubin | UBE |
Ammunition Hoist Shaft. Labrador Battery No.1 gun
Modified from the Shell Hoist of the Pasir Panjang No.1 9·2 Inch Gun