Mount Davis Battery is unusual in that it is one of the largest batteries in Hong Kong but few records concerning the building of the battery appear to have survived. It is first mentioned in 1907 with five 9.2-inch Mark 10 BL, but the guns do not appear to have been mounted until at least 1911 when four guns were mounted. All five 9.2-inch guns were in position by 1915 (TNA WO 32/5316). In 1926 two of the five 9.2-inch guns were removed for a new heavy battery being built at Stanley Fort (TNA WO 106/2418).
A Position Finding Station was built on the slopes of Mount Davis adjacent to the main path.
The three 9.2-inch guns were active during the Japanese invasion of 1941 and were used to shell the Shing Muen Redoubt area. The guns were destroyed by their crews with the British surrender on 25th December 1941.
From 1945 the battery site remained in military use but was never rearmed. Now open to the public with lots to see but overgrown.