 After World War Two the island became host to British Army units including 415 Maritime Unit RCT and the Ammunition Sub-Depot RAOC.Explosive storage became more important following the 1967 riots and the Hong Kong Mines Division elected to have all commercial explosives stored on Stonecutters prior to being issued to the various blasting sites around the colony.British Royal Army Ordnance Corps soldiers oversaw all commercial explosive issues post-1968 until the colony was transferred to China in 1997.