`B` LOCATIONS

B.

BABDOWN FARM, GOUCESTERSHIRE AIRFIELD. FSG DB:

BACHELORS HALL, HUNDON, NEAR BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK. BRITISH RESISTANCE TRAINING DURING WW2. EADT OCT 13 2008:

BACKGEORGE STREET, BIRMINGHAM . REF.WAR PLAN U.K. PAGE 253:

BACNINH, FORTRESS OF.PLAN.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1884):

BACTON AIRFIELD, NORFOLK. TG 343325, 1915-1919 NIGHT LANDING GROUND:

BADAJOZ 1812, FORTRESS OF. CASEMATE 65, 69:

BADEN, FORT. CASEMATE 68:

BADMONDISFIELD HALL, SUFFOLK. ITALIAN POW CAMP WW2. 20c DEFENCES IN BRITAIN, SUFFOLK. M. OSBORNE:

BAGINBUN, CO. WEXFORD, EIRE. MARTELLO TOWER c1804. SEE PILLBOXES BY MIKE OSBORNE:

BAGLEY HILL, DEVON P/B. ST 317- 007- FSG DB:

BALADO BRIDGE, KINROSS NATO COMS STATION. SEE FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

BALA HISSAR, FORTRESS CITADEL, AFGANISTAN. THE ARMOURER No 50:

BALAKLAVA, SUBMARINE BASE UNDERGROUND COMPLEX FOR 3,000 PEOPLE. CASEMATE 72:

BALA MURGHAB, FORT AT. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1885):

BALDBERTON, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, BOMBER AIRFIELD No 56. OPENED 1941 CLOSED 1954

BALFOUR BATTERY, ORKNEY. ND 403931. FORT 9:
2 x TWIN 6 PDR 3 x DELs FILE B, ALDIS 52:
MANNED BY 209 COAST BATTERY RA OF 533 COAST REGT RA. IN CLOSE SUPPORT OF THE BATTERY 2 x 12 PDRS 20 CWT IN CASEMATES HY 310035. A SIGNAL STATION & MINEFIELD NEAR BY (HOUTON HEAD) WAS MANNED BY 158 COAST BATTERY RA OF 534 COAST REGT RA. UKFC DATA:
SEE ALSO UNDER HOXA FORT:

BALLATER, VICTORIA BARRACKS. INFANTRY DEPOT.SEE FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

BALLENCRIEF CASTLE, SCOTLAND. BUILT IN 1586. FILE B:

BALLINCOLLIG POWDER MILL. CASEMATE 49:

BALLINSKELLIGS BAY, BARRACKS, IRELAND. CASEMATE 42:

BALLINTUBER CASTLE, COUNTY ROSCOMMON, SEE LIST IN FILE I (1880):

BALLOON SITES, SOUTH EAST LONDON WW2 SEE LONDON:
SEE ALSO EQUIP. FILE:
SEE LANDGUARD FILE REFERENCE WW2 INCENDIARY BALLOONS & ALSO BRITAIN AT WAR No 14:
WAXHAM, NEAR GREAT YARMOUTH, OLD STAIRS IN KENT & LANDGUARD FORT, FELIXSTOWE, SITES FOR THE BALLOON OPERATION 'OUTWARD BOUND' IN WW2.SEE BRITAIN AT WAR MAGAZINE No 14:
PRO. ADM 199.848:

BALLSBRIDGE BARRACKS, EIRE 1827. CASEMATE 48:

BALMORAL CASTLE. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1885):

BALTIC, THE. CASEMATE 52:

BAMBER CASTLE. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1872):

BAMBURGH CASTLE. CASEMATE 24:SEE LIST IN FILE I (1884):

BAMPTON DEVON ROC POST. SS 960- 234- FSG DB:
BAMPTON DEVON ROC POST. SS 973- 187- FSG DB:

BANDEATH, STIRLING. RN ARMS DEPT. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK. FILE S:
HAMPSHIRE RECORD OFFICE, WITHIN PRIDDY'D HARD COLLECTION HAVE NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SITE, SEE LIST IN FILE B:
SEE PETER COBBS FILE IN UKFC FILE:

BANGKOK, THAILAND. FORTS ON THE RIVER CHAO PHRAYA RIVER. CASEMATE No 84:
PHRA CHULACHOMKLAO FORT, PHI SUA SAMUT FORT, PLAENG FAIFAH FORT, NAKARAT FORT:

BANKLAND, SOMERSET P/B. ST 3084 2981 FSG DB:
BANKLAND SOMERSET P/B. ST 3086 2994 FSG DB:

BANK OF ENGLAND WW2 DEFENCE PLANS. CASEMATE 50:

BANTRY BAY, IRELAND.REDAN 37:

BANTS CARN, SCILLY ISLES.CASEMATE 25:

BARBADOS. CASEMATE 32,45:

BARBARA, SAINT. PATRON SAINT OF ARTILLERY MEN, MILITARY ENGINEERS, MINERS, EXPLOSIVE WORKERS & FIREMAN. FILE B:
SEE ALSO ATTACHED GERMAN WW2 BLOCKHOUSE WITH BARBARA NAME IN THE CONCRETE ABOVE THE ENTRANCE:

BARBERTON BLOCKHOUSE, SOUTH AFRICA, FORT 34:

BARBETTES, ARMSTRONG. REDAN 26:

BARCELONA, MONTJUICH, CASTLE OF CASEMATE 57:
BARCELONA, THE HARBOUR. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1893):

BARCOMBE MILLS. DEFENCE AREAS, PUBLISHED NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD:

BARDHEAD BATTERY, BRESSAY, SHETLAND. HU 516358.CASEMATE 32:

BARD HILL. NORFOLK. RSG GROUP:
TG 075428 NORTH NORFOLK CHL RADAR SITE 1942. SEE SUB BRIT WEB SITE:

BARDNEY, LINCS. RAF BOMBER AIRFIELD. OPENED 1943 CLOSED 1963:

BARFORD ST JOHN, OXON. RAF BOMBER AIRFIELD. OPENED 1941 CLOSED 1946:

BARHAM, SUFFOLK. AA SITE AT MILITARY GRID REF M5975700 B COY 7 SUFFOLK HOMEGUARD. WO 166.6779:
BARNAM WORKHOUSE USED AS A BARRACKS DURING BOTH WORLD WARS. SEE PICTURE & ARTICLE FROM EADT FEB 7 2007, FILE B:

BARKING TYE, SUFFOLK. PILLBOXES AT, REPORT DATED 1992 ABOUT SAVING OR DEMOLISHING THEM SUFFOLK REC OFFICE HD 1654, DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY LOCATIONS:
PILLBOX TYPE FW3/22 HEX ON COMMON AT BARKING TYE VILLAGE, ON B1078 ROAD, 3.5 MILES SW OF NEEDHAM MARKET, CONDITION: GOOD (GRID REF: TM 0645 5205 ) DOB PROJECT:
PILLBOX TYPE FW3/23) RECTANGULAR BARKING, SUFFOLK, ON COMMON AT BARKING TYE VILLAGE, ON B1078 ROAD, 3.5 MILES SW OF NEEDHAM MARKET, CONDITION BAD GRID REF. TM 064 521 DOB PROJECT:
BARKING TYE ALSO HAD AA GUNS & S/Ls ON FOOTBALL FIELD AS WAS IN 1992:
PILLBOX AT TM 073534 PROTECTED THE S/L SITE:

BAR LEV LINE, CASEMATE 32:

BAR LODGE, PORTHLEVEN SANDS. CORNWALL P/B SW 6400 2438 FSG.DB:

BARMOUTH BATTERY, SEE DOLGELLY BATTERY:

BARNARD CASTLE, SOUTH DURHAM MILITIA BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

BARNHAM.'H' BOMB DUMP OWNER KEITH ELORED, THETFORD, GORSE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. FROM EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES, AUG.18TH 1981:
THE SITE IS NOW USED AS AN INDUSTRIAL SITE BUT CAN BE VISITED, WHAT STATE THE FISSLE CORE STORES ARE IN IS UNKNOWN:
MAP & PLAN OF FILE B:
SEE ENGLISH HERITAGE BOOK-COLD WAR:
SEE PICTURES:

BARNHAM HEATH. SUFFOLK/NORFOLK BORDER. 3 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF THETFORD GAS WARFARE FORWARD FILLING DEPOT, NOW TANK MUSEUM. SEE AFTER THE BATTLE 79:
THE SITE SURVIVES WITH MANY OF ITS BUILDINGS. SEE PHOTOGRAPHS:

BARNHAM HEATH, SUFFOLK (SEE ALL OTHER BARNHAMS THERE COULD BE SOME CONFUSION AS TO THIS SITES NAME) US GAS WARFARE DEPOT IN ENGLAND.AFTER THE BATTLE 79:
SEE PICTURES:

BARNSLEY PARK, GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRFIELD. SP 075075 FSG DB:

BARNSTAPLE, DEVON. AIRFIELD SU 505345 FSG DB:

BARON VON STEIN, FORT No 1. 1870s SEE THE ARMOURER No 65:

BARONY, SCOTLAND. CAMP WW2. WO 166.3445 WAR DIARY SEE UNI FILE:

BARRACK ROOM ACCOMODATION. SEE REDAN 18:

BARRACK CELLS FOR 20 PRISONERS (VICTORIAN) FILE B:

BARRACK EQUIPMENT & LIFE IN DURING THE VICTORIAN PERIOD REDAN 46:
SEE ALSO FORTBASE & DW EQUIP. FILES:

BARRACK LIFE IN VICTORIAN TIMES. FILE CONTAINING PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATING THIS FILE B:

BARRACK OFFICE, RECORDS. PRO. REFERENCES TO. FILE B:

BARRACKS, AIRFIELDS. SEE AIRFIELDS:

BARRACKS & BATTERIES MICRO FILM 8 VOLS IN NAT.ARMY MUSEUM CARD INDEX.UNDER SUBJECTS: SEE ALSO EQUIPMENT FILE INFORMATION ON 1805-06:

BARRACKS GENERAL. VIEW 1800s FILE B:
PORTMAN STREET BARRACKS GENERAL VIEW. FILE B:
GUARDS BARRACK ROOM 1904, 1930s FILE B:
SEE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHS FROM NA MUSEUM (BLACK BOOK):
BARRACK LIFE DURING THE VICTORIAN PERIOD, VARIOUS ILLUSTRATIONS FILE B:
BARRACKS, USA FROM BRITANNICA 1947. FILE B:
BARRACKS VIEWS OF VARIOUS PERIODS (BLACK BOOK):

BARRACKS & HOSPITAL. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1867):

BARRACKS IN GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND 1827 PRO WO 44.585.ALL REPORTS IN THESE FILES RELATE TO IRELAND. LISTING INCLUDES UK. ALSO SOME INFORMATION RELATING TO BARRACKS & THE MILITIA:

BARRACKS, NEW.FOR THE GUARDS.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1861):SEE ALSO BRADFORD:

BARRACKS, FOR THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS AT GOSPORT & THE PORTSDOWN FORTS. REDAN 44:

BARRAGE BALLOON CENTRES. SEE LIST IN FILE B:
SEE LIST IN FILE L (LONDON):
SEE ALSO BALLOON & EQUIP. FILE:

BARRANCAS, FORT. FLORIDA, U.S.A.CASEMATE 32, 75:
REDAN 23:

BARRIER FORTS. CLOSE TO RIVA, LAKE GARDA. CASEMATE 76.
BATTERY MEZZO.
FORT ALESSANDRO.
FORT BELLAVISTA.
FORT GARDA.
FORT NAGO
FORT ST NICOLO.
FORT TEODOSIA.
FORT TOMBIO.
JAGLIATA COMPLEX.
MEZZO BATTERY.
TAGLIATA COMPLEX, U/G WORKINGS:

BARROGILL CASTLE, CAITHNESS. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1876)

BARRIER BATTERY, HARTLEPOOL AREA, WW2 1 x 12 PDR MK III, NZ 417570. UKFC DATA:

BARRONS BATTERY, SUNDERLAND FILE F: FSG TOUR (TYNESIDE) 1988 FILE T:
2 x 12 PDRS QF 20 CWT ON THE PIER HEADS NZ 417570 & NZ 411584 ONE ON EACH HEAD. SEE UKFC COASTAL BATTERIES DOCUMENT:

BARROW BATTERY. BARROW IN FURNESS, WW2, 3 x 75mm, 1 x S/L, LOCATION UNKNOWN. UKFC DATA:

BARROW IN FURNESS. CUMBRIA. SEE ABBOTSWOOD:
BATTERY WHICH WAS IN OR NEAR, RE-ARMED AUGUST 1940. PFS NEWSLETTER No 51:
AA BATTERY SOUTH OF SE MAP FILE B:

BARROW ISLAND. DEFENCE AREA, UNPUBLISHED NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD:

BARRY BUDDON, ANGUS. ARMY TRAINING CAMP. SEE FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

BARRY, GLAMORGANSHIRE. US GAS WARFARE STATION IN ENGLAND AFTER THE BATTLE 79:

BARRY ISLAND, SEE NELLS POINT BATTERY:

BARTON BENDISH, NORFOLK, Q/K DECOY SITE, TF 720045, FOR MARHAM AIRFIELD:
ALSO REFERED TO AS EAST MOOR LANDING GROUND:

BARTON HALL, PRESTON . REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 243:

BARTON QUARRY. SEE WAR PLAN UK PAGES 238,ALSO BENEATH THE CITY STREETS. SEE FILE B. BUILT IN THE EARLY 1950s. BECAME RSG 11 IN 1957.LATER WAS A SRHQ & SRC:
SEE DESCRIPTION IN FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:
FILE B. PICTURE OF:

BARTONS BATTERY, EMB.8.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 242,266,268, 280,282:

BARTONS HALL, PRESTON. REF.WAR PLAN UK PAGE 243:

BARTONS POINT BATTERY, SHEERNESS. 1902 ARMED WITH 2 x 9.2" BL MK VI & 2 x 6" BL MK IV, 2 x MGs/PC. TQ 940759, SITE ALSO REFERED TO AS HMS WILDFIRE. WW2 2 x 6" BL, 2 x 4" BL MK 7 & 1 x 4" QF LATER 2 x TWIN BOFORS. MAINLY USED FOR TRAINING OF SHIPS GUN CREWS. BATTERY BUILT OVER VICTORIAN BATTERY (MOATED DEFENCE WORK). UKFC & DOBINSON DATA:
ENGLISH HERITAGE REPORT A1/7/2001 BY P. PATTISON, £10:

BARTOW, FORT.ROANOKE ISLAND.U.S.A. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1862):

BARWICK DORSET AA BATTERY SY 556- 138- FSG.DB:

BASENBRIDGE SOMERSET G OP ST 786- 678- FSG DB:

BASILDON, SEE VANGE AAOR:

BASING HOUSE, HAMPSHIRE.ALDIS 57:
CASEMATE 72:

BASINGSTOKE . REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 52,278,279,280 & LOOSE SHEETS:

BASINGSTOKE HOUSE. TWO STOREY BUNKER BUILT IN THE LATE 1960s. BELOW CAR PARK IN THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION HQ AT ALENCON LINK. SRHQ62:

BASINGSTOKE INVASION COMMITTEE WW2. EXTRACTS FROM FORMER LOCAL DEFENCE COMMITTEE PAPERS VIA P. COBB. FILE B:

BASSETT, SOUTHAMPTON CONTROL CENTRE CD BUNKER. FILE B:

BASLE, 1526 MAGAZINE EXPLOSION AT. CASEMATE 70:

BASSINGBOURNE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE. RAF BOMBER AIRFIELD. OPENED 1938:

BASTILLE, PARIS.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1889):
SIEGE OF SEE ARTILLERY SCRAP BOOK:

BASTION, AT COVENT GARDEN, SEE WHITEHALL, REF WAR PLAN U.K:
SEE LONDON-UNDERGROUND:

BASTION, FORT.CASEMATE 33:

BASTION BATTERY, No 1. SHEERNESS. 2 x 6" BL MK 13, TQ 917753. MANED BY 220 COAST BATTERY THEN 334. SEE UKFC COAST BATTERIES DOCUMENT:

BASTIONED ENTRENCHMENTS IN HOLAND FORT 16:

BASTION No 4, PART OF FALMOUTH DEFENCES, LOCATION UNKNOWN. 2 x 12 PDRS, 4 x DELs, MANED BY 442 COAST BATTERY RA. GUNS EMPLACED IN VICTORIAN POSITIONS. UKFC DATA:

BASTION POINT, NR AUCKLAND. COASTAL BATTERY AT AFTER THE BATTLE No 124:

BATAVIA, FORT. CASEMATE 58:

BATHPOOL, NR TAUNTON SOMERSET R B. ST 2502 2578 FSG DB:

BATHSIDE BATTERY, DOVERCOURT.E.A.D.T. DEC 20th 1990.FILE F:CASEMATE 32: BUILT 1810 MODIFIED HALF WAY THROUGH CONSTRUCTION, WAS SQUARE FRONT WITH TWO SIDES BUT WAS CHANGED TO SEMI CIRCULAR SHAPE.FROM C.TROLLOPE:
ALDIS 54:
FILE B:
SEE ESSEX COUNTY COUNCILS NEWS LETTER IN FILE FE
WO 78.2781 1863.ALSO SHOWS THE REDOUBT SEE FILE H HARWICH:

BATHSTONE QUARRY.ALDIS 44:

BATHURST BARRACKS, WEST COAST OF AFRICA.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1894):

BATTERIES, BARRACKS PLANS OF.NAT.ARMY MUSEUM 8 VOLS OF ON MICRO FILM. REF. FROM THEIR CARD INDEX UNDER SUBJECTS:

BATTERY CONTROL POST (FIELD) 1921 FILE B:

BATTERY FOR 6" & 9.2" GUNS ON HP MOUNTINGS.SEE LEWIS ILLUS:
BATTERY FOR 6" BL. HP GUNS. SEE LEWIS ILLUSTRATIONS:
BATTERY FOR 10",6" & 6 PDR GUNS. SEE LEWIS ILLUSTRATIONS:
BATTERY BARBETTE FOR M.L. GUNS. SEE LEWIS ILLUSTRATIONS:
SEE ALSO EMPLACEMENTS REF. LEWIS ILLUSTRATIONS:

BATTERY BOP & OPs. PLANS:
BATTERY PLOTTING ROOM COUNTER BOMBARDMENT USING FIRE DIRECTION TABLE MK II. 1946 DRG 55554 SHEET 9:
BATTERY PLOTTING ROOM COUNTER BOMBARDMENT USING FIRE DIRECTION TABLE MK III. 1946 DRG 55554 SHEET 10:
BATTERY PLOTTING ROOM COUNTER BOMBARDMENT USING FIRE DIRECTION TABLE MK IV. 1946 DRG 55554 SHEET 11:
BOP, CLOSE DEFENCE & EXAMINATION BATTERY WITH RADAR CA No 1 MK 2 OR 3. 1946 DRG 55554 SHEET 18:
BOP & BPR FOR COUNTER BOMBARDMENT BATTERY, 1934 DRG 2/34:
BOP COMBINED VISUAL & RADAR USING FORTRESS RF SYSTEM 1946. DRG 55554 SHEET 17:
BOP FOR CLOSE DEFENCE & EXAMINATION BATTERY 1942. FW3 55378 SHEET 5:
BOP COUNTER BOMBARDMENT, HIGH SITED USING BATTERY PF 1946, DRG 55554 SHEET 1:
COMMAND POST, COUNTER BOMBARDMENT BATTERY & WIRLESS ROOM 1940. DRG 55554 SHEET 18:
FIRE COMMANDERS POST 1946 (4 ROOMS) DRG 55554 SHEET 15:
FIRE CONTROL POST & CLOSE DEFENCE BOP 1934 (BOTH 2 ROOMS) DRG 3/34:
FORTRESS O.P. FOR PF WITH 220º ARC (TWO ROOM) 1940 DRG 54936:
FORTRESS O.P. FOR PF WITH 220º ARC TYPE T MK III TABLE DRG 54937:
FORTRESS PLOTTING ROOM, WITH FORTRESS PLOTTER No 2, 1946. DRG 55554 SHEET 13:
FORTRESS PLOTTING ROOM, WITH FORTRESS PLOTTER No 2, 1946. DRG 55554 SHEET 18:
FORTRESS RANGE FINDING FALL OF SHOT PLOTTING ROOM, COAST DEFENCE DIRECTOR ROOM & FORTRESS PLOTTING ROOM 1934. DRG 1/34:
FIRE COMMAND POST. 1946 CLOSE DEFENCE BATTERY WITH BPR. DRG E40 1 OF 4:
BOP1946 CLOSE DEFENCE BATTERY WITH BPR. DRG E40 2 OF 4:
D OF P & COMMAND POST. 1946 CLOSE DEFENCE BATTERY WITH BPR. DRG E40 3 OF 4:
BATTERY PLOTTING ROOM. 1946 CLOSE DEFENCE BATTERY WITH BPR. DRG E40 4 OF 4:
ALL RANGE F FILE:

BATTERY POINT, BRISTOL. FORT 11:

BATTICE, FORT. BELGIUM? FILE B:
CASEMATE 44, 52:

BATTLE BOX, SINGAPORE. OPERATIONS & COMMAND CENTRE WW2. CASEMATE 51,52:
FILE B:

BATTLE HQ (AIRFIELDS) SEE PRO WO 199.13 THERE IS A PLAN OF ONE LIKE MARTLESHAM AIRFIELD PLAN No D OF W 11008/41 DATED 1941: ALSO A SECOND DESIGN PLAN No D OF W 10993/41 ALSO 1941. IT IS THE BASIC SHAPE OF THE OTHER WITH AN EXTENSION FOR A SIGNAL & APPARATUS ROOM, THE P.BOX DESIGN IS ALSO DIFFERENT:FILE B:

BATTLE HQs (ARMY & ARMY PLOTTING ROOMS).
PRO WO 33.2363 1940. CONCERNS ORGANISATION OF B HQs:
PRO WO 199.119. SCOTTISH COMMAND. SHOWS PLANS OF LOCATED AT LUTON HOO WITH TATMORE PLACE AS AN ALTERNATIVE OCT 1941. THE HQ WAS SITED IN A HOUSE BUT HAD UNDERGROUND HQ ADJACENT TO THE BLDG:
FOUR OTHER PLACES MENTIONED. TREVALYN HOUSE, DARLAND HALL, CAM-YR-ALYN (WALES?), STONELEIGH:
LONDON BATTLE HQ EAST SIDE OF HYDE PARK IN CURZON STREET, LECONFIELD HOUSE:
GHQ HOME FORCES BATTLE HQ WAS NEAR YORK IN A PLACE CALLED No 1 REINFORCEMENT CAMP 1941. THERE IS A MAP BUT WILL NEED FURTHER RESEARCH:
SOUTHERN COMMAND BATTLE HQ NEAR SAILSBURY/COMBE BISSETT/SHAFTSBURY, SITE ALSO HAD AN EMERGENCY HQ:
SOUTH EASTERN COMMAND BATTLE HQ WAS (PROVISIONAL) DUG OUT ACCOMODATION:
SEE ALSO PRO 199.121 BATTLE HQ EASTERN COMMAND & GHQ COMMAND POST:
FROM CROMWELL DOB PROJECT NEWSLETTER ISSUE 6. SOUTH-EAST ARMY COMMAND ESTABLISHED A SYSTEM OF UNDERGROUND BATTLE HQs FROM THE LATE 1940s, SURVIVING TUNNELS AT HARGATE FOREST, NEAR TUNBRIDGE WELLS, WHICH WAS THOUGHT BY LOCAL RESIDENTS (TODAY) TO BE PART OF MONTGOMERY'S HQs, THESE ARE IN FACT DEEP GALLERIES OF THE BATTLE HQs OF 12 CORPS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN MAY & SEPTEMBER 1941:
Recent research at the Public Record Office has shown that South-East Army Command established a system of underground battle headquarters from late 1940. Surviving tunnels at Hargate Forest near Tunbridge Wells, today thought by local residents to have been part of 'Montgomery's Headquarters', are in fact the deep galleries of the Battle Headquarters of 12 Corps constructed between May and September 1941.
An enormous underground complex for South-East Command itself was also built at, and a brigade headquarters was deeply buried at Sarre in East Kent, which had previously been heavily fortified by Canadian troops. To the best of our knowledge, neither of these two underground sites is known today - the chances are that they survive. The tunnels are now sealed, are in a quarry near the village. (KWard). (TQ 255520-P. COBB. SEE ALSO LETTER REGARDING HQs)
This command system, which appears little known, indicates clearly the massive nature of Britain's anti-invasion preparations of 1940-41, and the very detailed planning behind them. Did the other Army Commands also establish such underground headquarters? It seems likely. More research is needed
SEE ALSO SUB BRIT WEB SITE, CD & BOOK ON DEFENCE AREAS BY WILLIAM FOOT:

TUNBRIDGE WELLS U/G COMMAND POST CALLED THE WILDERNESS. AFTER THE BATTLE No 92, SEE FILE T. IN HARGATE FOREST. OPPOSITE No 10 BROADWATER DOWN. WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE 172 TUNNELLING COMPANY, TUNNEL SYSTEM IS FLOODED:
CHELSEA SPELAEOLOGICAL SOC RECORDS VOL 27 REPORT 2001 & SUB BRIT WEB SITE:
SEE PLAN FILE B:

IN THE BOOK CONTROL CHAIN BY S. COX (SEE BOOKS LIST) TUNBRIDGE WELLS IS MENTIONED AS AN SRHQS (1964) WITH STOUGHTON BARRACKS AT GUILFORD COULD ALSO BE USED, BUT IT HAD NO SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION.

A LARGE UNDERGROUND COMPLEX WAS ALSO BUILT AT REIGATE, A BRIGADE HQs WAS BUILT AT SARRE IN EAST KENT, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FORTIFIED BY CANADIAN TROOPS. SEE ABOVE:

LANDGUARD FORT REFERENCE TO BATTLE HQs IN PRO WO 192.209.
SAYS 'C' TROOP WERE IN COMMAND & IT CONSISTED OF TWO SECTIONS, NOT DATED:

HARWICH APR WAS NUMBERED No 9 IN NOVEMBER 1941. PRO WO 199.1109:

WO 199.120 SHEET DATED OCTOBER 1940 REFERENCE BOMB PROOF BATTLE HQ FOR EASTERN COMMAND, THE COST WHICH IS ESTIMATED AT £80,000 TO £100,000. THE DOCUMENT STATES THE PARAMOUNT NEED FOR THIS HQ.
HOUNSLOW IS MENTIONED AS A SITE, BUT TUNNELING WOULD BE DIFFICULT:
MARCH 1941 TUNNELED ACCOMODATION APROVED SEE PLAN OF FILE B (SYSTEM SHOWN IN PLAN IS VERY BIG): It appears that the Hounslow u/g complex was not constructed, but the Keep in the Barracks was used as a major command center during WW2 (see letter in Battle HQ file).

GHQ TACTICAL HQ WW2 MOVED OUT TO THE FENS (IAN S.) WENTWORTH, TUNNELED THEIR WAY INTO A RIDGE:

PRO WO 166.329 SHOWS SKETCH THAT INDICATES HOUNSLOW AS THE EASTERN COMMAND HQ. 11th 1940 CORPS IS SHOWN AS A MAJOR PART OF EAST ANGLIAN SET UP, HOWEVER ITS LOCATION IS NOT SHOWN:

WO 199.120 YORK BATTLE HQ JULY 1941 IN THE NEW AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BLDG., 3 MILES WEST OF YORK:

WO 199.120 BATTLE HQs MENTIONS AN EXTENSION TO A TUNNEL AT REIGATE WAS PUT FORWARD BY S.E.COMMAND:
LETTER DATED AUGUST 1941, OWING TO THE FORMATION OF A NEW RAF WING HQs EXTENSIONS TO THE TUNNELING IS REQUIRED, CHAMBERS 1,2 & 3 & A BACK GALLERY 98 FT IN LENGTH, A FURTHER 2,000 SQUARE FEET OF ACCOMODATION EST COST OF £1,200 SEE PLAN FILE B:
WO 199.120 SE COMMAND MARCH 1941 TALK ABOUT A VENT SHAFT & ACCESS TUNNEL FROM THE OLD FORT ON REIGATE HILL:

WO 199.120 NORTHERN COMMAND BATTLE HQs BRAMHAM PARK, 5 MILES WSW OF TADCASTER AUGUST 1941:
WORK FOR U/G ACCOMODATION WAS CANCELED IN AUG 1941:
FOR SECURITY PURPOSES THE HQ WAS TO BE CALLED No 1 REINFORCEMENT CAMP.'

WO 199.120 STATES THAT 172 TUN. COY HAD ARRIVED AT FORT SOUTHWICK, FEB 1942:

WO 199.120 TUNNELLED ACCOMODATION REQUIRED AT FOLKSTONE, DRESSING STATION & AMN. STORE:

WO 199.120 GARRISON HQ AT TONBRIDGE. PROPOSED DESCRIPTION OF WORKS IN LETTER FEB 1942, SINGLE CHAMBER 50 FOOT LONG UNDER CENTRAL AREA OF THE CASTLE MOUND, COVER WOULD BE ABOUT 40 TO 50 FOOT, APPROACHED BY TWO HORIZONTAL ADITS 90 FOOT LONG FROM THE PATH BORDERING THE MOAT:

WO 199.120 BATTLE HQs CHURCH HILL, NR FINDON Q548278:

WO 199.120 HOWBURY HALL, MAY 1943 FOR USE AS AN EMERGENCY CORPS HQ. L549711:

WO 199.120 FORTRESS CURON STREET, LONDON COULD BE AVAILABLE AS A BATTLE HQs FEB 1942:

WO 199.120 DOVER CASTLE, LETTERS ABOUT CRAMPED ACCOMODATION IN THE EXISTING TUNNELS, ASKING FOR MORE SPACE. 1942:

WO 199.120 LETTER MENTIONS GHQ WAR BOOK WHICH SHOULD CONTAIN PLANS & LAYOUTS OF BATTLE HQs, DATED 1941:

NORTHERN COMMAND WO 199.120 NUMBERS OF PEOPLE REQUIRED FOR BATTLE HQs 1st ECHELON 78 OFFICERS 462 ORs 2ND ECHELON 101 OFFICERS & 547 Ors DATED SEPTEMBER 1941:

WO 199.120 NEWHAVEN MENTIONED FREQUENTLY REGARDING A COMBINED NAVAL & MILITARY BATTLE HQ-NO LOCATION GIVEN, APRIL 1941, HOWEVER THERE IS A PROPOSAL TO TUNNEL IN THE VICINITY OF THE PRESENT HQ OF N.O.I.C. NEWHAVEN:

WO 199.538 BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR APRs 1941? & LIST OF SITES WHERE NAVAY SHARED THE FACILITIES. FILE A:

WO 199.2508 EASTERN COMMAND. COMBINED CIVILIAN & MILITARY BATTLE HQs. A LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 1943 STATED THAT A MILITARY BATTLE HQ HAD MOVED & THE COMMANDER HAD NOT INFORMED THE CIVILIAN COUNTERPART. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE HQs ARE COMBINED.
IN MAY 1943 TALKS ABOUT COMBINED HQs AT COLCHESTER & IPSWICH, BUT DOES NOT STATE LOCATION. HOWEVER A MENTION OF ONE OF THE MILITARY HQs AS BEEN IN THE GROUNDS OF THE NAVAL BASE, P.A.I. NORTHGATE STREET, YARMOUTH-PRESENT HQ. ON FIRST FLOOR. THE CIVILIAN HQ WAS AT THE ART SCHOOL, TRAFALGAR ROAD, YARMOUTH
GREAT YARMOUTH MENTIONED AS A POSSIBLE SITE FOR A COMBINED HQ. AN ESTIMATE FOR THE WORK WAS ENCLOSED £2,750.
A SECTION PLAN OF THE PROPOSED YARMOUTH SEMI SUNK, SINGLE STORY HQ IS INCLUDED IN THE FILE:
WO 192.82 YARMOUTH APR No 11. WAS OPENED AT THE ROYAL NAVY BARRACKS IN APRIL 1942, AND WAS ORIGINALLY STAFFED BY ONE PLOTTING OFFICER, SUBALTERN & FOUR ATS CORPORALS, WHO HAD BEEN TRAINED IN PLOTTING DUTIES BY THE NAVY. THE CORPORALS IN TURN TRAINED A FURTHER TWELVE ATS. DISBANDED JUNE 1 1945. AT THE LATER END OF 1942 THE APR WAS ALMAGAMATED WITH THE RN PLOTTING ROOM MANNED BY THE WRNS.
THE ROLE OF THE APR IS COORDINATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NAVAL STAFF THE MOVEMENTS OF SURFACE VESSELS RECEIVED FROM RDF STATIONS & OTHER SOURCES.CASSINI GRID USED ON AL CHARTS. INSIDE RECORD BOOK IS PLAN OF EASTON WOOD GUN BATTERY:

REGIONAL COMMISIONER 1939.EASTERN REGION.SIR WILLIAM SPENS.HQ IN CAMBRIDGE.HE HAD FULL POWERS OF CIVIL GOVT. IN THE EVENT OF INVASION. HAD A WAR ROOM WHICH WAS LINKED TO ALL THE SERVICES. THE WAR ROOM LATER BECAME A BATTLE HQ CRANBROOKE WAS HIS ASSISTANT FOR ALL OF EAST ANGLIA:

NORTHERN EIRELAND, LISBON FROM PETER COBB:
PH STATES THAT RECENT ARMY EXPLORATION OF MANHOLES EXPOSED THIS ARMY HQ CHECK WITH DEFENCE OF BRITAIN PROJECT, SEE FILE B:
THIS REFERS TO THIEPVAL BARRACKS SEE FILE B FOR DATA ON THIS SITE:

LIST OF ARMY PLOTTING ROOMS IN PRO WO 199.1109:

LUTON HOO EASTERN COMMAND 1940-45 U/G HQ IAN S:

PLOTTING TABLES WERE TO BE MARKED OUT IN CASSINI GRID, SIMILAR IN LAYOUT TO A GUN OPERATIONS ROOM. PRO WO 199.1109:

SEE ALSO APRs (ARMY PLOTTING ROOMS):

SHEERNESS. APR. FOR 'NORE'. WO 199.1109:

From: "A.L.S Hounslow" <nq29@dial.pipex.com>
Dear Mr. Wood, I referred your enquiry about a plan to construct an underground HQ beneath the 'Keep' building in Hounslow Barracks during WW II to my friend Barry Raymond, a local military historian and researcher. Barry has spoken to elderly contact of his who worked as a G.P.O. Telephone Engineer attached to the ATS Signals Unit that was housed in the 'Keep' building in Hounslow Barracks. He was at Hounslow Barracks from 1940 right through to late 1945 when he and the ATS Unit were transferred to RAF Uxbridge. Mr. Gill worked all shifts, on a rota, in the 'Keep' itself, during this period and was never aware of any construction activity that could be linked to the provision of an underground HQ within Hounslow Barracks. This busy Signals Unit filled the 'Keep' and handled Observer Corps traffic from all over Southern England, for onward transmission to Fighter Command at Uxbridge. Mr. Gill and Barry Raymond also mentioned the solidity of the construction of this building - originally designed as an armoury and magazine. It would certainly have been the heaviest duty building within the Barracks. Significant alterations to it would have been a major undertaking, so maybe the plan you saw was never implemented. Barry Raymond and I would be interested to know more about the plan for the underground HQ at Hounslow. Perhaps you will send us the PRO's Document Reference Number? Yours Sincerely James Marshall, Hounslow Library Local Studies, 24 Treaty Centre, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW3 1ES. Tel. 020 8583 4545.
Further correspondence from Barry Raymond (see Battle HQs file) states 'local man who is now in his 90s was a GPO Engineer working alongside the Royal Signals, who were the predominant Corps here during the war. There was also a large amount of ATS who manned the switchboards. He worked 24 hour split shifts in the Keep between 1939-45….. He did not recall any underground section.'

WILDERNESS [HARGATEWOOD] IS FLOODED, GOT TO BOTTOM OF LONG ,DEEP STAIRCASE IN AUGUST, THEN HIT WATER. ENTRANCE BLOCKHOUSES[BRICK WITH SLAB ROOF ] SURVIVE.(K WARD):

WO 166.329 EASTERN COMMAND SIGNAL BLOCK DIAGRAM STATES HOUNSLOW AS EASTERN COMMAND, SHOWS LINE TO 11th CORPS HQ FROM HOUNSLOW-DATED 1940. IT ALSO SHOWS A BLOCK, WHICH IS UNIDENTIFIED (NO LOCATION) THE BLOCK APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM:
WO 199.538 1942 MENTIONS CROMARTY, INVERGORDON, SOUTH SUTOR, DUTIES OF MILITARY LIASON OFFICERS;
OFFICERS ON Cs; C.C.A.; HQ & APR DUTIES HARWICH-AT PRESENT. REGTS UNDER COMMAND 4, CCCA 4; APR 1, TOTAL 5. PROPOSED IS TO REMAIN THE SAME:
WESTERN COMMAD INFORMED THAT PLOTTING ROOM AT MILFORD HAVEN SHOULD CONSTRUCT TUNNELED BOMB PROOF ACCOMODATION WHICH SHOULD TAKE SIX MONTHS TO CONSTRUCT MARCH 1942:
1941. BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR PLOTTING ROOMS SEE FILE A:

WO 199.1109. PORTS AT WHICH COMBINED ARMY & NAVAL PLOTTING ROOMS TO BE ESTABLISHED; LERWICK, LYNESS, INVERGORDON, ABERDEEN, PITREAVIE, NEWCASTLE, IMMINGHAM, YARMOUTH, HARWICH, NORE, DOVER, NEWHAVEN, PORTSMOUTH, PLYMOUTH, DARTMOUTH, FALMOUTH, MILFORD HAVEN:

WO 199.538 1941?
PART COPY OF BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR APRs & LISTED 18 PLOTTING ROOMS, WHICH WOULD BE NAVAL & ARMY-SEE WO 199.1109. SEE FILE B:
STATES. 1. PLOTTING TABLE SHOULD HORIZONTAL & LAID OUT IN A SIMILAR WAY TO A FORTRESS PLOTTER. THE CHART TO BE GRIDDED IN CASSINI.
2. "OUT" MULTIPHONE.
3. RAISED DAIS. WHICH PLOTTING OFFICER CAN OVERLOOK TABLE.
4. OTHER OFFICE FURNITURE AS NECCESARY.
5. SIMILARITY TO GUN OPERATIONS ROOM, BUT ON A SMALLER SCALE.
6. COMMUNICATIONS-APRs DIRECT LINES TO FIRE COMMANDER, COAST REGT COMMANDERS, CORPS-DIVISIONS, FLANK ARMY PLOTTING ROOMS & HQs OF CCCA OR CFD:

END OF BATTLE HQs:

BATTLE OF BRITAIN ADVERT FOR AFTER THE BATTLE BOOK . REFERENCES HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THIS BOOK.FILE A:

BATTLE OF BRITAIN CONTROL ROOM. RAF UXBRIDGE, MIDDLESEX. TEL 01895237144. CONTACT WARRANT OFFICER CHRIS WREN. UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS ROOM AS 1940:

BAUTZEN, GERMANY. STRONGHOLD OF THE SORBS. CASEMATE No 84:

BAVARIA-CASTELLOLOGY.FORTRESS 5:

BAWBURGH . REF. WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 242,280,281.THIS PLACE IS No 41 R.S.G. WEST OF NORWICH: SEE SALES DOCUMENT & PLAN FILE B:
BUILT IN EARLY 1950s LATER BECAME SRHQ41:

BAWDRIP SOMERSET P/B. ST 3308 4000. FSG DB:
BAWDRIP SOMERSET R B. ST 3302 3997. FSG DB:
BAWDRIP SOMERSET R B. ST 3361 3960. FSG.DB:
BAWDRIP SOMERSET R B. ST 3398 3924 FSG.DB:
BAWDRIP SOMERSETR B. ST 3280 3939. FSG DB:
BAWDRIP, NR BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3504 4006 FSG.DB:

BAWDSEY. PRO WO 166.329 MARCH 1941 10 SUPER HEAVY BATTERY WILL BE DISMOUNTED FROM ITS RAILWAY TRUCKS & RESITED AT BAWDSEY UNDER CONTROL OF 15 DIVISION:
SEE ARTICLE WITH PICTURE OF MASTS & RAF MEN SITTING ON GUN. FILE B:
BAWDSEY AREA FIRING OF GOLDEN RAIN ROCKETS WW2. FEBRUARY 20 1942. SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE, SUFFOLK POLICE RECORDS REGARDING WARNINGS OF LIVE FIRING UNSORTED DOCUMENTS ED400: 14703:

WO 166.958 BATTLE PLAN FOR SUFFOLK (FILE S) LISTS GUN POSITIONS FOR BAWDSEY AS.
1 x 40mm, 1 x TWIN LEWIS & 1 x L.G. (G.D.) AT MIL GRID REF 795565.
1 x 40mm, 1 x QUAD LEWIS & 1 x LEWIS AT MIL GRID REF 781555.
1 x 40mm, 2 x LEWIS AT MIL GRID REF 781563.
LISTS LOCATIONS OF ROAD MINES, MILITARY GRID REFERENCE 795585, 795589, 796583 JUST NORTH OF BAWDSEY VILLAGE:
END:

BAWDSEY BATTERY (EAST LANE) PRO WO 192.84. 1943-44.
PLAN OF BATTERY & COMS LAYOUT.
CASL No 2 WAS TO THE NORTH OF THE BATTERY WITH AN ENGINE ROOM TO THE REAR. TO THE NORTH OF THE BOP TOWER (AS IS NOW) EIGHT NISSEN HUT BUILDINGS, BILLETS, SGTS & BATTERY OFFICE NEXT TO BOP.A FURTHER 8 HUTS WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE APPROACH ROAD TO THE BATTERY. THE SECOND CASL (No 1) WAS SITED IN FRONT OF THE MARTELLO TOWER TO THE SOUTH OF THE BATTERY.
RANGE FINDER WAS BARR & STROUD (NAVAL) 9 ft TYPE FQ 11. CELL. THE RANGE FINDER IS HOUSED IN A RE-INFORCED CONCRETE CELL WITH ROOF SUPPORTED BY CIRCULAR CORNER POSTS SO AS TO GIVE ALL ROUND VISION. LET DOWN SHUTTERS ARE PROVIDED.
TWO SIX INCH GUNS (NAVAL) Mk X11 ON PVII MOUNTINGS. No 2 GUN (NORTH) DATED 1915 No 1 GUN (SOUTH) 1918. LISTS SHIPS GUNS WERE PREVIOSLY MOUNTED ON.
2 x S/Ls Mk V (AA) 90cm. ENGINES WERE LISTER 38 hp DIESEL GENERATING 22 Kw.
THE ESTABLISHMENT AS DECEMBER 1943 WERE 1 CAPTAIN, 1 SGT, 2 BOMBARDIERS, 3 GUNNERS, 1 ACC COOK, REST OF MADE UP FROM HOME GUARD (4th SUFFOLK BATALLION HG) TOTAL STRENGTH 61 ORs & 3 OFFICERS. 25 MEN & 1 SGT MADE UP THE GUARD. 1 CPO ROYAL NAVY RECOGNITION & 4 ROYAL MARINES EXAMINATION SIGNALLERS:
MANNED BY 332 COAST BATTERY OF 515 OR 315 COAST REGT RA, TM 358401 UKFC DATA:
SEE PLAN IN FILE B OF BATTERY:
BATTERY BOP FOR SALE 2003 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FILE E:
BATTERY, WHICH IS NOW (2003) IN POOR CONDITION & PART OF THE SEA WALL: BEFORE THE NEXT MARTELLO TOWER, AT THE BACK OF THE BEACH ARE TWO SMALL UNIDENTIFIED LOW WALLS. BREEZE BLOCK CONSTRUCTION WITH ANGLE SECTIONS EITHER END, ANGLED TOWARDS THE SEA?:

PICTURE IN EADT 19/1/2009. GUNNERS STANDING IN FRONT OF GUN. FILE B:

WO 166.331 WAR DIARY X1 CORPS. SEP 1940 6" HOWITZERS OF D TROOP 72 MDM REGT FIRE AT BAWDSEY-SHINGLE STREET:
FEB 1941 5 & 6 INDOOR EXERCISE COUNTER BTY AT FELIXSTOWE HQRA HQMA 56 MED REGT, 70 MED REGT, 72 MED REGT, 53 HEAVY EGT & 2 SVY REGT TOOK PART:

BAWDSEY MANOR, RDF. RADIO DIRECTION FINDING STATION.PURCHASED IN 1935.
THERE IS A PICTURE OF BAWDSEY CONTROL ROOM 'R' BLOCK IN THE BOOK 'SCIENCE AT WAR':
28 S/L COMPOSITE DET HQ WAS C/O RAF BAWDSEY (DG):
SEE ALSO RADAR FILE R:
EXPERIMENTAL STATION & WARTIME HQ OF THE RDF. CHAIN.EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES JAN.5TH 1967 ARTICLE ON{IN IPSWICH RECORD OFFICE}.AUG 16TH 1945 RADAR OPERATORS PICTURES RELEASED TO THE PRESS, SEE PHOTOS DATA.SOME OF THESE NOTES FROM GORDON KINSEYS BOOK. TYPE 54 CHAIN HOME EXTRA LOW AT BAWDSEY INTENDED FOR OBSVN. OF SHIPPING AND LOW FLYING PLANES. SITED ON CLIFF TOP JUST OUTSIDE THE MAIN CAMP, IT HAD A ROTATING DISH AERIAL,GUARD ROOM CONCEALED ENTRANCE TO TWO STORY U/G PART.THERE IS PICTURE OF DISH IN G.Ks BOOK.THIS RADAR SECTION WAS BUILT IN THE 1950s BY TROLLOP & COLES LTD WITH MARCONI RADAR.INFORMATION SHEET ON BAWDSEY & PICTURE OF THE MASTS IN FILE R.SOME REF. IN FILE U:
EVENING STAR 21ST MARCH 1974, PRESS VISIT THE U/G SECTIONS.SEE PHOTOS DATA.PLAN & ARTICLE BY ROBERT MALSTER.SEE WAR PLAN U.K. PAGE 242:
IPS.REC.OFFICE NEWSPAPER FILES 551-772 ARTICLE BY R.MALSTER ON THE UG SECTION:
SEE SALES CATALOG.HAVE:
FROM E.A.D.T:-
1936 PURCHASED BY AIR MINISTRY.
1974 RADAR STATION CLOSED.
1979 AIRDEFENCE UNIT WITH BLOODHOUND MISSILES.
1991 BASE DECOMMISSIONED & UP FOR SALE. SEE PAPER IN FILE B:
NEWS PAPER CUTTING SHOWING INSIDE OF BLOODHOUND MISSILE CONTROL ROOM. FILE B:
FROM PRO SUPP 6.645. BAWDSEY IN 1917 HAD 4 x 15 PDRS BLC GUNS UTALISED FOR GENERAL DEFENCE & MANNED BY THE HOME SERVICE INFANTRY:
SURVEY OF RADAR SITE BY D.WOOD & A.LOCKWOOD FILE B:
PRO SUPP 6/645 1917 STATES THERE WAS 4x15 PDRS BL C WHICH WERE UTILIZED FOR GENERAL DEFENCE & WERE MANNED BY HOME SERVICE INFANTRY:
MASTS AT.SEE RADAR FILE:
BAWDSEY RADARS TYPES 1,2,13,55 & POSS 80:
R x TOWERS 4 240 FT WOOD & T x TOWERS 360 FT STEEL OPERATING FREQUENCY 22.69:
PICTURE OF ROTOR R3 TYPE BUNKER SEALED IN 1991, TO BE OPENED IN 2000. GUARDHOUSE AT. SEE RADAR FILE & PICTURES:
THE REMAINING RADAR TOWER WAS DEMOLISHED IN 2001?:
PICTURE OF ANTI GLIDER POLES 1941 IN FRONT OF MANOR IN 'THE BEAM No 13':
RAF BAWDSEY PRINT OUT FROM WEB PAGE REGARDING 1970s. FILE R:
A SEMI SUNK R7 TYPE BUILDING WAS CONSRUCTED ON ALDERTON MARSHES 2KM NORTH EAST OF BAWDSEY, THE SITE WAS FOR A TYPE 7 MK 3 RADAR FILE B:
BAWDSEY HAD A BOFORS GUN (AA COMMAND BOOK BY ENGLISH HERITAGE):
HOMEGUARD SHELTER AT TM 155437 TO BE INVESTIGATED (SOURCE DOBP):
BAWDSEY WO 199.2528 PBs TO BE STRENGTHENED 784556, 806575:
SEE ENGLISH HERITAGE BOOK-COLD WAR BELIEVED VIEW INSIDE OPERATIONS BLOCK:
PLAN OF BLOODHOUND SITE AT. FILE B:
SEE RCHME REPORT FILE B:
SEE PICTURES FILE VARIOUS VIEWS:
DEFENCES OF BAWDSEY BY SIMON PURCELL, LOOPHOLES No 19 SEE ARTICLE FILE B:
BAWDSEY POINT. DEFENCE AREA, BOOK & CD NMR/EH PUBLICATION BY W FOOT:
CANADIAN PIPE MINE AT MILLITARY GRID REFERENCE 793565 & ROAD MINES AT 794567 CROSSED OUT), 783559, 781558 WO 166.958:
END OF BAWDSEY SECTION:

BAYFIELD, NORFOLK. SEE HOLT:

BAYNARDS COVE CASTLE. (DARTMOUTH AREA) ALDIS 44:
REDAN 30:

BAY PARK, SWANGE AREA, SZ 03047913. WW2 1 x 6 PDR QF, EX WW1 TANK GUN. UKFC DATA:

BBC:
BBC. BRISTOL WARTIME HQ IN CLIFTON ROCKS RAILWAY.FROM AMATEUR RADIO MAGAZINE SEE ALSO FILE B & C (CLIFTON) & SEE SECRET UNDERGROUND BRISTOL BY SALLY WATSON:
BBC BUILDING 10 MAN FALLOUT SHELTER IN WASHFORD, SOMERSET FILE B. FROM THE DAILY EXPRESS JAN 4th 1992:
BBC BUNKER REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 108,318,320:
BBC BRICKLOW HEATH, BBC PROTECTED TRANSMITTER FILE B:
BBC CONTROL ROOMS WW2. DESCRIPTION OF DURING WARTIME FILE B:
BBC MONITORING UNIT EVESHAM, WW2. FILE B:
BBC OTTRINGHAM TA 276241 WW2 RADIO STATION FILE B:
BBC ROLE IN THE EVENT OF NUCLEAR WAR. DAILY EXPRESS JULY 12th 1999. FILE B:
BBC SCHEME FOR BUNKER IN WEST SOMERSET IN THE DAILY EXPRESS SEP 9 1991 FILE F:
(SEE BOOK LONDONS SECRET TUBES):

BCF HUT 1942.FILE F:

BEACH DEFENCES. SCAFOLDING NOTES ETC.FILE D:
SEE PHOTOGRAPHS OF ON BEACH AT EAST LANE:
PRO WO 199.85 BEACH DEFENCES & BEACHES DOVER COMMAND, SOME EAST ANGLIA. SEE DEFENCE OF THE EASTERN AREA:
PRO WO 199.85 EASTERN COMMAND BEACH DEFENCES LETTER FROM ADMIRAL DREYER REGARDING BEACH DEFENCES JUNE 1940 FILE S (SUFFOLK):
PRO WO 199.86 SOUTHERN COMMAND BEACH DEFENCES:
PRO WO 199.87 NORTHERN COMMAND BEACH DEFENCES:
PRO WO 199.88 SCOTTISH COMMAND BEACH DEFENCES:
PRO WO 199.1425 PLAN FOR BEACH HURDLES-SCAFOLDING. FILE E:
BEACH DEFENCES, EXAMPLE OF FILE B:
ALSO SEE EQUIPMENT FILE FOR TYPES PF:
GERMAN BEACH OBSTICALS CROSS SHAPED WW2 IWM PHOTO A23992. FILE E:

BEACH LIGHT. FORM OF SEARCH LIGHT. SEE PILLBOX STUDY GROUP WEB SITE:
EXAMPLE AT AUBURN SANDS, BRIDLINGTON FILE S/L:

BEACH OBSTACLES A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MHI SOURCES
LADD, JAMES D. ASSAULT FROM THE SEA, 1939-1945. NY: HIPPOCRENE, 1976.
PP. 227-33. U260L3.
U.S. DEPT OF ARMY. BARRIERS & DENIAL OPERATIONS. FIELD MANUAL 31-10,
1956, 1962 & 1968. AR.
U.S. FORCES, EUROPEAN THEATER. SEACOAST ARTILLERY EVALUATION BOARD.
GERMAN SEACOAST DEFENSES, EUROPEAN THEATER, 20 DEC 1945. UF616G3U5.
U.S. WAR DEPT. MIL INTELL SERVICE. GERMAN COASTAL DEFENSES. SPECIAL
SERIES NO 15, 15 JUN 1943. PP. 14-49. U15U635NO.15.
JAPANESE DEFENSE AGAINST AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS. SPECIAL SERIES NO 29,
FEB 1945. 122 P. U15U635NO.29.
OBSTACLE TECHNIQUE: FM 5-30, 1940 & 1943. AR.
OPERATIONS DIVISION. REDUCTION OF BEACH DEFENSES. AMPHIBIOUS SUPPLEMENT
NO 8, 9 JUN 1945. 8 P. U740O633NO8.
FIELD FORTIFICATIONS: FM 5-15, 1944. AR. ALSO EDITIONS OF 1956 & 1962.
WINSLOW, EBEN. NOTES ON SEACOAST FORTIFICATION. WASH, DC: GPO, 1920. 483
P. UG410W56.
MISS INDEX TO INTELLIGENCE PUBLICATIONS: SPECIAL SERIES NO 23 AND 23A
(1944) FOR U.S. INTELL INFO ABOUT FOREIGN OBSTACLES, AS WELL AS WARTIME
ISSUES OF MIL ENGR & COAST ARTY JRNL:
PRO WO 199.86 BEACH SCAFOLDING, REMOVAL OF 1944:
PRO 199.88 SCOTISH BEACH DEFENCES 1940:
PRO 199.87 NORTHERN COMMAND BEACH DEFENCE 1941:
END:

BEACHY HEAD, ROTOR STATION/CHAIN LOW RADAR STATION CASEMATE 40, 42:
SKETCH PLAN OF LOCATION FILE B:
SEE OS MAP OF RADAR LOCATIONS FILE B:
RAF HOME DEFENCE UNIT INTERCEPT STATION. FROM THE BOOK GCHQ:
FILE B:
AFTER THE BATTLE No 39:
WW2 BATTERY AT, 2 OR 4 x 6 PDRS, TV 583953 EX WW1, COVERED CUCKMERE HAVEN. UKFC DATA:
RAF COMMUNICATIONS SITE AT, IN THE BOOK FRONT LINE SUSSEX BY P. LONGSTAFF-TYRELL:

BEACON HILL, HARWICH, ESSEX. TM 263327:
ACCOMMODATION AT, WO 192.213. POSSIBLY AFTER WW2? FILE B:
CORNWALLIS BATTERY TM 262316 1 x TWIN SIX POUNDER. WO 192.211:
PRO INFORMATION SHEET (YELLOW). FILE L:
SEE LANDGUARD DISC FOR REFERENCES:
SEE PLANS DISC: W.O.078-5140 REF. E/L EMPLACEMENTS (PRO):
SEE DRAFT ACTION & MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE SITE:
SEE RCHM BOOKS & SURVEY DOCUMENT:
FROM W.O. 192-213 (R. BTY LANDGUARD) GIVES FOLLOWING HISTORY:-
1889-1892 1 x 10" & 2 x 4.7" QF.
1893 INCREASED BY 1 x 8" HP.
1900 3 x 6" B.L.C.
1906 OLD ARMAMENT REDUCED & REPLACED BY 2 x 6" MK VII & 2 X 4.7".
1922 TWO NEW 4.7" GUNS TO REPLACE THE ONES ABOVE.
PRO SUPP 6.645 1918 DELs No 5 CONCENTRATED MOVING TYPE POWERED BY 1 x 40 HP OIL UNIT & No 6 POWERED BY 2 x 16 HP? UNITS:
ARMAMENTS OF HOME PORTS PRO SUPP 6.645 1905 BEACON HILL ARMED WITH 2 x 6" BL MK VII. IT ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT 2 x 6" BLC SHOULD BE REPLACED BY 6" BL MK VII:
PRO SUPP 6.645 1905 TWO ELECTRIC LIGHTS (DEL) AT HARWICH SHOULD BE KEPT:
PRO SUPP 6.645 1905 APPROVED ARMAMENT 1 x 10" BL & 2 x 4.7"; ALTERATIONS PROPOSED SCRAP 10" & 2 x 6" CONVERTED; TO BE ADDED 2 x 6" MK VII; APPROVED & REDUCED ARMAMENT 2 x 12 PDR QF:
CASEMATE 45,51:
SEE BOOKLET ISSUED BY COUNCIL ON PLANNED RESTORATION OF:
FILE B. REPORT & PLANS ON SITE BY RCHM:
SEE HMSO 1931 BYE LAW BOOKLET IN LANDGUARD FILE RELATES TO FIRING THE GUNS OUT TO SEA:
PRO ANGEL GATE BATTERY WO 192.210 1940-53:
PRO BEACON HILL FORT RECORD BOOK WO 192.212 1941-46. WITHIN IS REFERENCE TO SEARCH LIGHTS Nos 1 & 2 LATE 1940s BOTH 90cm POWERED BY TWO 80 Kw RUSTON 4 CYLINDER ENGINES. LARGE SECTION ON PAD PASSIVE AIR DEFENCE:
PRO CORNWALLIS BATTERY WO 192.211 1940-54:
PRO WO 78.4054 FEB 1900 6" BL GUN CONVERTED ON QF MOUNTING DETAIL OF EMPLACEMENT & 6" GUNS ON GROUND PLATFORMS (SEE AL DESCRIPTION):
RADAR AT, PICTURE OF SURVING CD RADAR IN TOWER FILE?:
UKFC ARCHIVES FILE No 44 (88 TO 90):
WW2 ARMAMENT 2 x 6" BL & 1 x TWIN SIX POUNDER:
END:

BEAL BATTERY (LINDISFARNE), 3 x 4" BL MK 9, NU 032481 TO NU 161158. UKFC DATA. FOR HISTORY OF GUNS SEE UKFC COASTAL BATTERY TEXT:

BEATRICE ROAD, SOUTHALL. NORTH WEST LONDON GROUP WAR HQ (CONTROL 51E) UNDER THE SRHQ SCHEME:

BEAUCLERKS BATTERY.SEE LANDGUARD FORT DATA FILE:

BEAULIEW HAMPSHIRE AIRFIELD SU 350- 005- FSG DB:
BEAULIEW HAMPSHIRE AIRFIELD SU 350- 005- FSG DB:
BEAULIEW HAMPSHIRE AIRFIELD SU 350- 005- FSG DB:

BEAUMARIS CASTLE, WALES.PICTURE FILE M:

BECKTONN HAA SITE.ALDIS 45:

BECCLES, SUFFOLK REMOVAL OF PILBOXES WO 199.2528 AT G889088, G894070, G888077, G871066:
AIRFIELD, TM 450.885. CONSTRUCTED 1943:
HOLES FOR A/T RAILS IN ROAD & PATH LOCATION UNKNOWN, SEE PICTURE FILE B:
DEFENCE OF WW2 WO 166.953:
DRILL HALL, PEDDARS LANE. SEE THE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

BEDFORD. RSG GROUP. ROC GROUP HQ No 7. FILE B:
CASEMATE 69:

BEDFORD, FORT. GEORGETOWN, ASSENSION ISLAND TWO 5.5" GUNS. AFTER THE BATTLE No 124:

BEDFORD, FORT. GRENADA. CASEMATE 47:

BEDFORD. BEDFORDSHIRE. KEMPSTON BARRACKS.SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:
DRILL HALLS. ASHBURNHAM ROAD, GWYN STREET & KEMPSTONE ROAD. SEE THE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

BEDFORDSHIRE. SEE AMPTHILL & BEDFORD:

BEDHAMPTON, SITE OF NAVAL CAMPS 1941 SEE BOOK LIST:

BEDLOE ISLAND, NEW YORK HARBOUR. FILE B:

BEEJAPORE, GREAT GUN AT.SEE ARTILLERY SCRAP BOOK:

BEERCROCOMBE SOMERSET A/T B. ST 3232 2086 FSG DB:
BEERCROCOMBE SOMERSET A/T B. ST 3246 2072 FSG DB:
BEERCROCOMBE SOMERSET A/T B. ST 3273 2046. FSG DB:
BEERCROCOMBE SOMERSET P/B. ST 3228 2098 FSG DB:
BEERCROCOMBE SOMERSET P/B. ST 3230 2090 FSG DB:
BEERCROCOMBE SOMERSET P/B. ST 3258 2066 FSG DB:
BEERCROCOMBE SOMERSET P/B. ST 3281 2052. FSG DB:
BEERCROCOMBE SOMERSET P/B. ST 3284 2047. FSG DB:
BEERCROCOMBE SOMERSET P/B. ST 3287 2010. FSG DB:

BEER, DEVON P/B SY 2303 8913 FSG.DB:

BEESANDS, DEVON BEACH BATTERY SX 819- 405- FSG.DB:

BEESTON CASTLE, SEE BOOKLET ON CHESTER FILE C:
CASEMATE 82:

BEESTON ST LAURENCE, NORFOLK, Q SITE FOR COLTISHALL AIRFIELD:

BEGOT, BATTERIE DU. FRANCE FSG TOUR 2006, CASEMATE 77:

BEITH, RNAD:
HAMPSHIRE RECORD OFFICE, WITHIN PRIDDY'D HARD COLLECTION HAVE NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SITE, SEE LIST IN FILE B & DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS:
SEE PETER COBBS FILE IN UKFC FILE:

BELAKANG MATI EAST BATTERY SINGAPORE. (FORT CONNAUGHT) FORT 7:
BELAKANG MATI SOUTH BATTERY, SINGAPORE. FORT 7:

BELAN, FORT. CAERNARFON, WALES, ALDIS 41:
CASEMATE 69 (& REF TO DINAS DINLLE):
WW2 BATTERY AT 2 x 4" BL MK 7, SH 440609, MANNED BY 403 COAST BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:

BELCHALWELL DORSET S/L SY 797- 087- FSG.DB:

BELEM CASTLE, LISBON. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1873):

BELEM TOWER CASEMATE 14:

BELFAST, IRELAND. VICTORIA BARRACKS. ONLY GM REMAINS!'SAVE':
BELFAST LOUGH, DEFENCES OF, HISTORY (UKFC FILE No 90) FILE B:
SEE LISBURN & RSG GROUP:
SEE ALSO FILE B THIEPVAL BARRACKS BATTLE HQs:
SEE DUNREE HILL BATTERY:

BELFORT, FRANCE CASEMATE 37,44:

BELGIUM & FORTS. CASEMATE 20, 60:
FILE F & B:
BELGIUM FORTS IN. FORT 12, 17, 32:
FSG TOUR OF THE LOW COUNTRIES, CASEMATE 62:
SEE ALSO LIEGE & EBEN EMAEL:
SIEGE GUNS, GERMAN WW1 ARMOURER No 87:

BELGRADE, FORTRESS OF.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1876):
BELGRADE. MILOSEVIC'S BUNKER UNDER THE FEDERAL PALACE. DAILY EXPRESS MAY 25th 1999. FILE B:

BELLAHOUSTON, SCOTLAND. CAMP WW2. WO 166.3445 WAR DIARY SEE UNI FILE:

BELLEEK FORT, LOUGH ERNE. CASEMATE 69:

BELLE ILE EN MER, BRITTANY. CASEMATE 52:

BELLE-ILE, SIEGE OF 1761. FORT 18:
CITADELLE ROYALE CASEMATE 52:

BELLUZZI.MILITARY ARCHITECTURE FORT 14:

BELLVER CASTLE, MAJORCA.CASEMATE 38:

BELMONT CASTLE, DORSET AA SITE TQ 608- 795 ALDIS 39:

BELMONT SOMERSET A/T EMPLACEMENT. ST 3151 2171 FSG DB:
BELMONT SOMERSET A/T EMPLACEMENT. ST 3169 2152 FSG DB:
BELMONT SOMERSET P/B. ST 3156 2160 FSG DB:
BELMONT SOMERSET P/B. ST 3190 2128 FSG DB:
BELMONT SOMERSET P/B. ST 3214 2096 FSG DB:

BELSAY CASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND. ALDIS 47:

BELSIZE PARK TUBE. REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 270:
FILE S:
SEE ALSO LONDON TRANSPORT:
(SEE BOOK LONDONS SECRET TUBES):
HAD 62,000 SQ FT OF SPACE (WORK 28.47 PRO):
FILE B:

BELSTEAD, SUFFOLK. SEARCH LIGHT SITE DURING WW2 SEE LETTER IN FILE B:
FURTHER SITE BEHIND, SHEPPARD & DOG PUBLIC HOUSE ON THE OLD FELIXSTOWE ROAD. PILL BOX SURVIVES IN THIS AREA-GRID REF UNKNOWN:

BELVEDERE, FORT.NORTHERN ITALY CASEMATE 50:

BELVELLY TOWER .IRELAND.CASEMATE 25:

BELVOIR CASTLE.FILE F:
SEE LIST IN FILE I (1890):

BEMBRIDGE FORT I.O.W. SZ 626859. ALDIS 45.SEE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHS OF FORT & WINCH FOR THE DRAWBRIDGE:
FILE B:
LETTER FROM LEASERS IN LETTERS FILE:OWNED BY NATIONAL TRUST:
FORTRESS No 7:
BEMBRIDGE FORT ISLE OF WIGHT P/B. SZ 6234 8606 FSG DB:
BEMBRIDGE FORT ISLE OF WIGHT P/B. SZ 6248 8605 FSG DB:
PRO WORK 43.213 TO 225:
MICRONAIR WHO HAD A FACTORY WITHIN THE FORT ARE NOW IN LIQUIDATION:
SEE ALSO UKFC COASTAL BATTERY DOCUMENT:

BEMPTON RSG GROUP. ROTOR STATION FILE B:
PICTURES/PLAN OF BUNKER INSIDE & OUT FILE B:

BENACRE HALL, SUFFOLK. SOUTH/WEST OF KESSINGLAND WAS BRIGADE HQ WW2 (MIL GRID REF 9501). WAR DIARY WO 166.1061 & 4599:
BENACRE PARK, WO 166.7247 MENTIONS GUN POSITIONS IN PARK, NEED TO GET THE PITS DUG 75 SHROP. YEO. MED REGT R.A. FILE B:
BENACRE RECTORY 1940, 348 BATTERY 'F' TROOP HAD 2 x 75mm GUNS AT MILITARY GRID REF 965020 WITH O/Ps AT 993016, 985998, 966022 & 961022. ARC OF FIRE WAS HUNDRED RIVER TO GREEN HEATH. PRO WO 166.1037:
BENACRE NESS, 1940, 348 BATTERY 'MATTHEW' HAD 1 x 75mm GUN AT MILITARY GRID REF 993016 PRO WO 166.1037 (SEE ALSO SOUTHWOLD REFERENCE GUN LOCATION 'MARK'):
BENACRE RADAR, SITE HAD TYPE 54:

BENART U/G STORAGE, KINROSS-SHIRE 1942. FROM WORKS & BLDGS HMSO:

BENBECULA. WESTERN ISLES. RADAR STATION. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

BENEDETTO DA RAVENNA c1485-1556 FORT 22:

BENHALL GREEN, SUFFOLK. SOUTH OF SAXMUNDHAM 1940, 'A' TROOP 53 HEAVY REGT RA 4 x 9.2" HOWITZERS AT MILITARY GRID REF 848799. ARC OF FIRE THE SLUICE & NORTH ALDEBURGH. O/Ps AT 927812, 928783, 917745, 843805, 847800 & 864896 THE LAST THREE WERE RESERVES. PRO WO 166.1037 (SEE ALSO 'B' TROOP UNDER UGGESHALL:

BENHOLE SOMERSET HG OP ST 631- 672- FSG DB:

BENJEMMA, FORT HAS LIFTING BRIDGE LEWIS BOOK 1890 FILE F:

BENSON, OXON. BOMBER AIRFIELD, OPENED 1939:

BENTINCK TOWER. CASEMATE 58:

BENTLEY PRIORY . REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 286,242,288.AIR DEFENCE CENTRE IN WW2, HAS U/G BUNKER.MODERN USE IS FOR FIGHTER COMMANDS OPERATION ROOM.ITS A TWO STOREY COMPLEX ENTERED FROM THE STATION HQ BUILDING:
SEE THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN THEN & NOW BOOK:
FILE B:
VIEW OF CONTROL ROOM & DATA ON FILE B:
SEE BOOK DOWDING & THE HQs FIGHTER COMMAND. BY PETER FLINT-HAD:
FROM ABOVE BOOK. 58,270 TONS OF EARTH REMOVED OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUNKER. 23,500 TONS OF CONCRETE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION. THE THEN GPO WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE A STANDBY OPERATIONS ROOM WHICH COULD TAKE OVER IN THE EVENT OF THE PRIORY BEEN DESTROYED. THEY WERE ADVISED IT SHOULD BE NEAR LISCOMBE PARK, TWO MILES WEST OF LEIGHTON BUZZARD, THE STANDBY CENTRE BECAME OPERATIONAL IN JULY 1939. BENTLEY PRIORY BECAME OPERATIONAL IN MARCH 1940. THERE WERE 167 TELEPHONE LINES SERVING THE FILTER & OPERATIONS ROOMS:
END:

BENTLEY, SUFFOLK S/L POSITION IN FIELD 'HIGH FIELD' ON THE IPSWICH SIDE OF THE CAPEL ST MARY TO TATTINGSTONE ROAD. TWO S/Ls BETWEEN 1940-44. ACCOMODATION CONSISTED OFONE OR MAYBE TWO WOODEN HUTS SEE LETTER IN FILE B:

BENTWATERS AIR BASE, SUFFOLK:
CONSTRUCTED IN 1943 OPERATIONAL TILL 1993, TM 350530:
PRESS CUTTINGS RELATING TO THE SALE OF BY BIDWELLS. FILE B:
COLD WAR MUSEUM IN EX COMMAND POST. FILE B:
SEE AIRFIELD DEFENCES FOR DESCRIPTION OF PILLBOX AT AIRFIELD:
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE AIRFIELD IN NOVEMBER 1997:
VISITED THE CONTROL BUNKER (COMMAND POST) FOR THE AIRFIELD NOV 1997. CONCRETE BUNKER NEXT TO COMMANDERS OFFICE BUILDING, ABOVE GROUND. CONTAINS THREE BLAST DOORS & DECOMTAMINATION FACILITIES. THE CONTROL BUNKER CONTAINS SOME FIXTURES & FITTINGS. THERE ARE TO COMMAND BUNKERS ON THE AIRFIELD THE OTHER IS SITED ON THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE AIRFIELD NEAR THE TAXI RUNWAY. ALSO EXAMINED ONE OF THE HARDENED AIRCRAFT HANGERS:
THE BUNKER IS TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ARTICLE & PICTURES IN EADT OCTOBER 10 2002. FILE B:
THE HARDENED WING COMMAND POST IS NOW (2007) OPENED AS A MUSEUM. THIS LARGE ABOVE GROUND CP HAS MASSIVE BLAST DOORS & DECOMTAMINATION ROOMS. THE CONTROL ROOM/BATTLE CABIN HAVE BEEN RESTORED.
A3 & A2 SIZE DRAWING OF BASE 1978 MISC DRAWING FILES:
PART O.S. MAP SHOWING RUNWAYS (IAN S.) FILE B:
SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE EF 11/1/3/40 FILE 1083 1948-57. 1948-1957 CONCERNS CLOSING OF ROADS, COMPLAINTS ABOUT LOW FLYING & DOMESTIC ACCOMODATION PLANNING ETC:
ALDIS 63:
EADT ARTICLE ON SEPTEMBER 27 2003. FILE B

REPORT OF VISIT NOVEMBER 1997:
BENTWATERS EX USAF BASE.

I VISITED THE BASE IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR TO RECORD BUILDINGS FOR THE DEFENCE OF BRITAIN PROJECT THAT WERE DUE TO DEMOLISHED. ARMED WITH A RATHER SMALL SECTION OF AN O.S. MAP AND MY OWN PERSONAL SECURITY GUARD WE COVERED MOST OF THE AIRFIELD. THE AIRFIELD IS STILL OWNED BY THE MOD BUT WILL SHORTLY BE TAKEN OVER BY PRIVATE ENTERPRISE. THEY INTEND TO RENT OUT BUILDINGS, KEEP THE AIRFIELD OPEN AND TURN OTHER PARTS OF THE AIRFIELD INTO AN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. SOME LAND IS TO BE ALLOTTED TO WILD LIFE PRESERVATION.

DUE TO SHEER SIZE OF THIS AIRFIELD THE TRIP ENDED UP AS A PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY RATHER THAN A FULL RECORDING TRIP AND I SHALL HAVE TO RETURN AT A LATER DATE.
WE VENTURED INTO ONE OF THE MANY HARDENED AIRCRAFT HANGERS, THROUGH THE PERSONNEL ENTRANCE IN THE SIDE. THE HANGERS LOOK TWICE AS BIG INSIDE AS THEY DO OUT SIDE, CATHEDRAL LIKE. THE INNER WALLS ARE CONSTRUCTED OUT OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE HALF ROUND STEEL PIPE, LOOKING LIKE SOME LARGE ANIMALS RIBS! THE SECURITY MAN OPENED THE REAR DOOR (BY WINCH) SO I COULD GET A LITTLE LIGHT TO SEE BY. THE ECHOES IN THIS HANGER ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD, WHEN THIS DOOR CLOSED IT WAS LIKE BEEN IN A THUNDER STORM. THERE ARE TWO SETS OF WINCHES AT BOTH ENDS. ONE SET OPENED THE MAIN DOUBLE DOORS, WHICH WEIGHED MANY TONS AND THE SECONDARY SET THE SMALLER REAR DOORS. THE HANGERS WILL SURVIVE DUE TO THE COST OF DEMOLITION. THE COMPANY IS HOPING THEY WILL FIND SOMEONE TO RENT THEM TO, BUT THEY SUFFER FROM HIGH HUMIDITY INSIDE. ON A NOTICE BOARD OFFICIAL WARNINGS AND NOTICES STILL SURVIVED, TELLING AIRMEN WHERE TO SEEK SHELTER.
WE LEFT AS WE CAME IN VIA THE PERSONNEL ENTRANCE, THIS ARMOURED DOOR WAS OVER A FOOT THICK!
THE BOMB DUMPS WERE ALL LOCKED UP, BUT ONE OF THEM HAD AN INTERESTING DEFENDED ENTRANCE. ON TOP OF THE ENTRANCE GATE BUILDING WAS A SQUARE BLOCKHOUSE WITH LARGE STEEL FACED LOOPHOLES, TWO ON EACH FACE. THE WHOLE ENTRANCE AREA WAS CONSTRUCTED USING STEEL FENCE WORK AND RAZOR WIRE, YET THE PERIMETER FENCE WAS A STANDARD CHAIN LINK, WITH ANGLED TOP!
THE AIRFIELD CONTAINS A NUMBER OF MODERN DEFENCE WORKS, THESE INCLUDE PILLBOXES, VEHICLE BLOCKS AND A NUMBER OF WHAT MAY BE LAA POSITIONS. THE PILLBOXES ARE BUILT AROUND THE OUTER PARTS OF THE AIRFIELD, ALTHOUGH IN SOME CASES THEY ARE WELL IN FROM THE PERIMETER FENCE COVERING THICKLY WOODED AREAS. THESE MODERN PILLBOXES ARE OF A SQUARE DESIGN (SEE PLAN), WITH A DOUBLE ENTRANCE. THE LOOPHOLES (FOUR OFF) ARE VERY WIDE AND UNLIKE WW2 BOXES THERE IS NO CENTRAL PILLAR TO DEFLECT BULLETS. AN ODDITY IS THAT THERE IS A SQUARE SECTION CUT OUT OF THE FLOOR WHICH IS FILLED WITH PEA SHINGLE WHICH ACTS AS A DRAIN. TIME DID NOT PERMIT THE PLOTTING AND LOCATION OF THE PILLBOXES, IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE BETWEEN EACH ONE.
THE PRESUMED LAA POSITIONS ARE NOT MUCH MORE THAN FIELD WORKS AND ARE CONSTRUCTED USING PRE-FORMED STEEL WORK WITH AN EARTH IN FILL, APPROXIMATELY THREE FOOT HIGH AND THREE FOOT WIDE. I ALSO PHOTOGRAPHED A SANDBAGGED POSITION WHICH WAS BEGINNING TO SHOW ITS AGE.
THE VEHICLE BLOCKS CAME IN TWO FORMS, LARGE OBLONG CONCRETE BLOCKS WITH LIFTING EYES THAT COULD BE DRAGGED ACROSS A ROADWAY (OR LIFTED INTO POSITION) AND SOME MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES ABOUT SIX FOOT HIGH, THESE COULD BE SEEN ALL OVER THE AIRFIELD.
I WAS INFORMED BY THE SECURITY GUARD THAT THERE WERE NO UNDERGROUND BUNKERS, BUT THERE HAD BEEN TWO UNDERGROUND PASSAGES ONCE, THESE HAD BEEN FILLED IN BY THE USAF BEFORE THEY LEFT THE SITE AND WERE NOT SHOWN ON ANY PLANS (EVERY SITE HAS THESE STORY'S!). THE COMMAND BUNKER (ONE OF TWO) WAS AN ABOVE GROUND CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION NEXT TO THE COMMANDERS OFFICES. ENTRANCE WAS GAINED THROUGH NO LESS THAN THREE BLAST DOORS, WITH DECONTAMINATION SHOWERS BETWEEN THEM. THE COMPLEX CONTAINED THE BARE SHELLS OF THE EQUIPMENT IT CONTAINED AND SOME IDEA OF ITS ORIGINAL LAYOUT COULD BE DEDUCED FROM THIS. SOME COMMS EQUIPMENT WAS STILL INSIDE THIS BUILDING.
IT WAS SURPRISING HOW MANY WW2 BUILDINGS HAD SURVIVED AND HAD BEEN USED RIGHT UP TO THE LAST. MOST OF THE SITES NISSAN TYPE HUTS WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND EVEN SOME NEW BUILDINGS!
THERE WAS AN OBSERVATION POST CONSTRUCTED ON THE TOP OF A SOIL SPOIL HEAP ON ONE PART OF THE AIRFIELD, BUT I WAS UNABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THIS AREA.
THE AIRFIELD PROMISES TO YIELD MUCH MORE AND I HOPE TO MAKE ANOTHER VISIT, HOPEFULLY WITH A FULL SIZE PLAN.
END OF REPORT:
IN THE BOOK 'LEFT AT THE EAST GATE' BY LARRY WARREN & PETER ROBBINS HE MENTIONS AN UNDERGROUND COMPLEX AT THE AIRFIELD RUN BY THE SECURITY. EXTRACTS :-
1. 'FILE CONTAINING SECURITY PLANS FOR A MAJOR SUBTERRANEAN CONSTRUCTION UNDER BENTWATERS BETWEEN THE YEARS 1966-68. MOST OF THE DOCUMENTS WERE DEDICATED TO THE SECURITY OF THE UNDERGROUND SITES & CONTAINED INSTRUCTIONS DEALING WITH CIVIL ENGINEERS & BRITISH CONTRACTORS. THEY ALSO CONTAINED REFERENCES TO CONSTRUCTION DATA =-LISTED AS RESTRICTED, MOST OF WHICH WAS NOT IN THE FILE.'
2. 'CONTINUING SUB-FACILITY SECURITY & OPS.'
3. 'REMARK ABOUT THE VAST TUNNEL SYSTEM AROUND THE BASE.'
4. 'UNDERGROUND COMPLEX BY THE PHOTO LAB.'
5. 'THERE'S AN EXIT NEAR THE PHOTO LAB.' SEE FILE B PICTURE OF LAB:
6. HOW BIG IS THIS PLACE UNDERGROUND? 'HOLD A GOOD 500 PEOPLE, LIKE A SHELTER.' (MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND):
PLAN OF FACILITIES & OVERALL OS PLAN FILE B:

BERCHTESGADEN (OBERSALZBERG/EAGLES NEST). SEE AFTER THE BATTLE No 9, 100:
SEE ALLIED REPORTS 1945 BOOKS SECTION:
THE ARMOURER No 67:

BERECHURCH HALL, ESSEX POW CAMP:

BEREHAVEN, IRELAND. REDAN 37:

BERG, CASTLE OF. BAVARIA.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1886):

BERGEN OP ZOOM, SPAIN. CASEMATE 73:

BERGUES, FRANCE. SEE THE BOOK WALKING THE WALLS:

BERKLEY CASTLE, GLOUCESTSHIRE. KEEP DATES FROM 1117, SEE LIST IN FILE I (1873):
SEE BOOKLET & PAMPHLET IN FILE B.

BERLIN. 1737.FILE B:
CASEMATE 60:

BERLIN BUNKER, SEE HITLER:
SEE ALSO AFTER THE BATTLE REFERENCES:

BERLIN, SPEERS MILITARY ACADEMY HAD MULTISTOREY BUNKER SYSTEM. THE GUARDIAN JUNE 19 2007. FILE B:

BERLIN, FLAK TOWERS, SEE CASEMATE 54 & AFTER THE BATTLE MAGAZINE ARTICLE:

BERLIN WALL. FILE G:
SEE ALSO BOOKS DATA.
CASEMATE 60:

BERMUDA, FORTS, CASEMATE 19,21,26,46,53:
AMERICAN DEFENCES 1941-45 FORT 32:
FORT No 15:SEE LIST IN FILE I ( )(1890):
REDAN 42. BOOK REVIEW:
SEE ALSO BELOW LISTED UNDER THEIR OWN NAMES.
FORT GEORGE.
FORT HAMILTON.
FORT PROSPECT.
FERRY POINT TOWER.
FORT ST.CATHERINE.
FORT UANSTON.
WHALE BAY BATTERY.
FORT ALBERT.
ALEXANDRA BATTERY.
FORT CUNNINGHAM.
ST.DAVIDS BATTERY.
SCOUR HILL FORT FILE B:
FORT MOULTRIE.CASEMATE 21.
FILE B FSG SHEET:
PRO WO 44.129. ST GEORGES HARBOUR 1815 SKETCH OF:

BERNBECK PIER, WESTON SUPERMARE CASEMATE 45:
BIRNBECK, H.M.S. WAR TIME EXPERIMENTAL STATION OF D.M.W.D. AT WESTON SUPER MARE. SEE BOOK THE SECRET WAR 1939-1945:

BERNERA BARRACKS, SCOTLAND. 'SAVE':

BERROW CHURCH.SOMERSET.P/B. ST 2941 5231 FSG DB:

BERROW SOMERSET P/B. ST 2985 5372 FSG DB:
BERROW SOMERSET P/B. ST 2989 5360 FSG DB:
BERROW SOMERSET P/B. ST 2990 5234 FSG DB:
BERROW SOMERSET P/B. ST 2990 5240 FSG DB:
BERROW.SOMERSET.P/B ST 2932 5226 FSG DB:
BERROW.SOMERSET.P/B. ST 2919 5271 FSG DB:
BERROW.SOMERSET.P/B. ST 292- 532- FSG DB:
BERROW.SOMERSET.P/B. ST 2921 5400 FSG DB:
BERROW.SOMERSET.P/B. ST 2940 5250 FSG DB:
BERROW.SOMERSET.P/B. ST 2940 5326 FSG DB:

BERRY HEAD BATTERY. SEE 'SAVE' SEPERATE SHEETS:
THREE DETACHED BATTERIES ERRECTED 1779:

BERRY HILL. CONTROL ROOM HERE FOR RAF SPADEADAM. MISSILE RANGE FILE S:

BERWICK, BATTERIE DE. CASEMATE 8O:

BERWICK CASTLE.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1883):

BERWICK-UPON-TWEED.
CASEMATE 24, 72:
FILE F:
FSG TYNESIDE TOUR 1988 FILE T:
ENGLISH HERITAGE BOOKLET FILE B:
ALDIS 76:
UKFC ARCHIVES FILE No 43 (90) FORTIFICATIONS AT:
WINDMILL BASTION CASEMATE 72:
WW2 2 x 6" BL MK II, 2 x DELs, NU 005520

BESELER BATTERY 4 x 6".MICHELIN GUIDE:
FILE B:

BESSONCOURT, FORT DE. 1883-1886 CASEMATE 70:

BETCHWORTH. FOOD BUFFER DEPOT, SURREY. FILE B:

BETHELEHEM FARM BATTERY. (PEGWELL BAY) TR 350642, 2 x 6" BL MK 7, 2 x CASLs, UNDER 399 COAST REGT RA. UKFC DATA:

BETHNAL GREEN . REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 250,252:
DISASTER AT SHELTER FILE S:

BEVERLEY, VICTORIA BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

BEXELY EMERGENCY CENTRE, BEXLEY HEATH, LONDON. FILE B:

BEXHILL (ON SEA) BATTERY, TQ 747071, 2 x 4" BL MK 13 GUNS THEN 2 x 6" BL, MANNED BY AND/OR 301/385 COASTAL BATTERY RA OF 551 COAST REGT RA. UKFC DATA:
WAR DIARY FOR DEFENCE OF WO 166.4598:

BEZYMIANNAYA BATTERY, RUSSIA. CASEMATE No 79:

BIBERKOPF, STRONGPOINT. ALDERNEY CASEMATE 70:

BICESTER, ORDNANCE DEPOT. DEFENCE LINES No 4 FILE R:
SEE ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP IN FILE B:
RAF AIRFIELD, BOMBERS OPENED 1939:

BICKLEIGH RM CAMP FILE F SECTION D LIST OF:

BICKLEIGH DEVON ROC POST SS 885- 032- FSG DB:

BIGBURY 0N SEA DEVON ROC POST SX 664- 448- FSG.DB:
BIGBURY-ON-SEA DEVON P/B SX 651- 442- FSG.DB:

BIGELOW, BATTERY.U.S.A.CASEMATE 32:

BILO. BATTERY AT. AFTER THE BATTLE No 96:

BINBROOK, LINCS. RAF BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1939, CLOSED 1988:

BINGLEY, YORKSHIRE. MONUMENT WITH MARTELLO TOWER ON. CASEMATE 74:

BINN HILL, MORAY. S.A. RANGE & TRAINING AREA. SEE FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

BIRCHAM NEWTON AIRFIELD, TF 790.340. NORTH NORFOLK HAVE BOOKLET ON THIS SITE, NOW A TRAINING CENTRE:
DECOY SITES FOR Q-BURNHAM SUTTON, K/Q COXFORD HEATH, Q-SALTHOUSE, Q-SEDGEFORD:
DEFENCE OF WO 166.993:
SEE BOOK MILITARY AIRFIELDS OF BRITAIN, NORFOLK & SUFFOLK:

BIRCOTES, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. RAF BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1941, CLOSED 1944:

BIRDLIP. RAF COUNTER-MEASURES TRANSMITTER. FROM THE BOOK GCHQ:

BIRKENHEAD, DRILL SHED AT; FOR THE 1ST CHESHIRE VOLUNTEER ENGINEERS.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1862):
BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH EMERGENCY CENTRE. FILE B:

BIRKENSHAW . REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 244:
FILE B:

BIRMINGHAM, ANCHOR UNDERGROUND EXCHANGE FILE B:
SEE ALSO ANCHOR:
DEFENCE OF WW2 WAR DIARY WO 166.1332, 4276 & 6855:
BIRMINGHAM, FORT DUNLOP, ALDIS 46:
SEE WYLDE GREEN:
UNDERGROUND TUNNEL FROM BIRMINGHAM STATION TO THE MAILBOX SORTING OFFICE (1960S). UNCLEAR IF THE TUNNEL HAD AN EARLIER USE:

BIRNBECK, H.M.S. WAR TIME EXPERIMENTAL STATION OF D.M.W.D. AT WESTON SUPER MARE. SEE BOOK THE SECRET WAR 1939-1945.

BISHOPS CASTLE, GLASGOW.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1888):

BISHOPS COURT . REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 242:
RADAR STATION KNOWN AS KILLARD POINT:

BISHOPSTEIGHTON DEVON ROC POST SX 917- 751- FSG.DB:
BISHOPSTEIGHTON DEVON ROC POST SX 999- 740- FSG.DB:
BISHOPSTEIGHTON DEVON ROC POST SX 917- 751- FSG.DB:
BISHOPSTEIGHTON DEVON ROC POST SX 999- 740- FSG.DB:

BISHOPSTONE STATION, KENT. PILLBOXES ON THE ROOF OF THE STATION.DEFENCE LINES No 5 FILE D:

BISHOPTON, RENFREWSHIRE ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY.SEE FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

BISLEY, PROPOSED RANGES AT.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1889)(1890):

BISMARK BATTERY, CHINA. CASEMATE No 79:

BISTERN HAMPSHIRE AIRFIELD SU 155- 030- FSG DB:
BISTERN HAMPSHIRE AIRFIELD SU 155- 030- FSG DB:

BITCHE, CITADEL. FRANCE CASEMATE 37, 81:
FORT 24:

BITTESWELL, LEICS. RAF BOMBER AIRFIELD. OPENED 1942:

BIZMILIANA IN RINCON DE LA VICTORIA (MALAGA), 19c FORTIFIED HOUSE. CASEMATE 58:

BLACK DOG, ABERDEEN. COASTAL S.A.RANGE SEE FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

BLACK DOWN SOMERSET A/T BLOCK, ST 479- 5614

BLACKHEAD DORSET AA BATTERY SY 725- 825- FSG.DB:

BLACKHEATH, NEAR COLCHESTER, ESSEX WW1 AIRFIELD:

BLACKHEATH WOOD, TM 423578. SUFFOLK. WEST OF ALDEBURGH NORTH BANK OF RIVER ALDE. SITE OF WW2 RADIATOR ROCKET SITE. O.P. BUILDING & OTHER REMAINS SURVIVE. PRIVATE LAND. APPROX GRID REF 423578:
WO 166.1104 DEFENCE SCHEME STATES THAT 547 COAST REGT RA ARE BASED HERE:
SEE ALSO RIVER ORWELL:

BLACKLAND DORSET AA BATTERY SY 931- 088- FSG.DB:

BLACKFRIARS TOWER, YARMOUTH.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1882):

BLACKHEATH DRILL SHED USED BY THE 25TH KENT VOLUNTEER CORPS .SEE LIST IN FILE I (1862):

BLACKHEATH HILL, GREENWICH. U/G TUNNEL. SEE CRYSTAL PALACE:
ALSO IN THIS AREA (BLACKHEATH) REFERENCE TO USING OLD MINE WORKINGS FOR AIR RAID SHELTERS SEE MAIDSTONE HILL:

BLACKNOR BATTERY, PORTLAND, SY 679716, ARMED 1902 2 x 6" BL VII THEN 1913 TO 1947 2 x 9.2" BL, MANNED BY COAST BATTERY103 RA OF 552 COAST REGT RA (DOBINSON):
CASEMATE No 84:

BLACK PARK. DEPOT SOMETIMES CALLED IVER HEATH 1942 WAS INTERMEDIATE AMMO STORAGE AREA. CLOSED 1944:

BLACKPOOL. DEFENCES AT. SEE O.S. MAP FILE B:
SEE ALSO SEE LYTHAM ST ANNES (FILE L & UNDER BLACKPOOL):

BLACK ROCK BATTERY, LEITH, SCOTLAND 2 x 6" BL WW2 AT OS GRID 275775:
SEE ALSO LEITH:

BLAENAU FESTINIOG . REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 219,231:
SEE PRO NOTES EITHER FILE B OR C:

BLAIR ADAMS, KINROSS S.A.RANGE SEE FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

BLAIRGOWRIE, PERTHSHIRE.SUGGESTED IN 1980 AS SITE FOR FALL BACK U/G HQ NO EVIDENCE OF IT BEEN CONSTRUCTED. SEE FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

BLAKANG MALTI & ISLAND NEAR SINGAPORE ORIGINALLY HAD A NUMBER OF FORTS ON IT, FORT SERAPONG, FORT CONNAUGHT, BERHALA BATTERY & FORT SILOSO (SEE FILE S):

BLAKE HALL ESSEX. EX WW2 RAF CONTROL ROOM. NOW OPEN AS MUSEUM. FILE B:
SEE GUIDE BOOK:

BLAKEHILL, WILTSHIRE.EX RAF STATION NOW USED BY GCHQ AS RADIO INTERCEPT STATION:
FROM THE BOOK GCHQ:

BLAKESHALL COMMON.SEE DRAKELOW:

BLANDFORD, NR. AUTUMN CAMPAIGN. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1872):
SEE BOOKS SECTION:
CASEMATE 60:

BLARRICK, SMALL ARMS SCHOOL RMs SEE FILE F D LIST OF:

BLAUWKAPEL, FORT. UTRECHT. CROSSING THE LINES PROJECT BOOKLET, FILE F:
SEE ALSO JAYWICK MARTELLO TOWER, FORT AAN DE KLOP, UTRECHT IN SAME BOOKLETS:

BLAXHALL, SUFFOLK. CANADIAN PIPE MINE AT MILLITARY GRID REFERENCE 812761, 813758 & ROAD MINES AT 811762 & 799757. WO 166.958:

BLEADON SOMERSET ROC POST. ST 345- 578- FSG.DB:

BLENOD, FORT DE,. CASEMATE 70:

BLETCHLEY, PROTECTED ABOVE GROUND RAILWAY CONTROL OFFICE WW2 (SEE BOOK LONDONS SECRET TUBES):

BLETCHLEY PARK. AFTER THE BATTLE No 85:
DEFENCE LINES No 4 FILE D:
FILE B:

BLOCKHOUSE, CORRUGATED IRON CIRCULAR.FIELD. 1921 FILE B:

BLOCKHOUSE, FIELD.TYPES.1888, 1892, FILE B:

BLOCKHOUSE, FORT. (HMS DOLPHIN) ALDIS 40:
REDAN 27:
FILE B:
CASEMATE 55:
SUBMARINE MINING ESTABLISHMENT AT FORT BLOCKHOUSE (WORK 41.472). CABLE PONDS CIRCULAR 15' DIA & 8' DEEP:
WORK 41.473 CASE STORE, MINING STORE, BOAT STORES & CABLE SHED. PIER HAND CRANE & 5 TON STEAM CRANE, TWO 18" GAUGE TRAMWAY:
WW2 4 x 12 PDRS 20 CWT FOR BOOM DEFENCE, 1 x 40mm BOFORS, 1 x 4" QF, 2 x 3 PDR QF, 1 THEN 2 x TWIN 6 PDR, SZ 626993, FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE UKFC COASTAL BATTERIES DOCUMENT:

BLOCKHOUSE, GRAVESEND, KENT. FILE F SECTION N. NUMBER OF PAPERS TOGETHER:

BLOCKHOUSE, MILTON FORT 10:

BLOCKHOUSES, MASONRY, BOER WAR. FORT 26:
CASEMATE 69:

BLOODHOUND ROCKET OPERATIONS ROOM. IDR MAGAZINE 1977 FILE A:
SEE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHS OF NEATISHEAD & DUXFORD:

BLOQUE, FORT. FRANCE FSG TOUR 2006, CASEMATE 77:

BLUE ANCHOR BAY SOMERSET P/B. ST 0076 4428 FSG DB:
BLUE ANCHOR BAY SOMERSET P/B. ST 0097 4418 FSG DB:

BLUE ANCHOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 0070 4386 FSG DB:
BLUE ANCHOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 0075 4410 FSG DB:
BLUE ANCHOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 0086 4367 FSG DB:
BLUE ANCHOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 0214 4350 FSG DB:
BLUE ANCHOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 0240 4338 FSG DB:
BLUE ANCHOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 0257 4353. FSG DB:
BLUE ANCHOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 0272 4336. FSG DB:

BLUE STREAK PROPOSED SILOS.SEE RSG NEWSLETTER FILE R:

BLUNDERBORES CASTLE. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1888):

BLUNSDON, THAMES WATER BUNKER. FILE B:
BLUNDSON, WILTSHIRE ALDIS 52: FILE B:

BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND. WW2 DECONTAMINATION BUILDING FILE B:
SEE ALSO SUBBRIT WEB SITE:

BLYTH BATTERY, NORTHUMBERLAND. 2 x 6" BL MK 12 ON ARROL WITHERS PLATFORMS, 2 x CASLs, NZ 321795. SITE WAS KNOWN AS SEATON FORT DURING WW1, MANNED BY 266 COAST BATTERY PART OF 510 COAST REGT RA. UKFC DATA, SEE THEIR COASTAL ARTILLERY DOCUMENT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
ALDIS 42:
FILE B:
FSG TYNESIDE TOUR 1988 FILE T:
PRO WO 192.243 1939-51:
CASEMATE 22, 34, 68, 84:
ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN WW1:
ALSO KNOWN AS FORT COULSON; LINK HOUSE BATTERY & SEATON BATTERY:
SEE THE BOOK GUNS OF THE NORTH EAST BY J FOSTER. 2004:

BLYTHBURGH, SUFFOLK. TWO WW2 MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENTS. TM 456.747:
SEE AERIAL SHOT FILE B:
WO 166.4680 WAR DIARY 2/4TH SOUTH LANCS 164 INFANTRY BRIGADE 55 DIVISION 1939-41 SHOWS SKETCH PLAN OF DEFENCES IN & AROUND. 1940 SKETCH, FILE B:
PILLBOX BETWEEN A12 & A1095 APPROX TM 456765:
4" GUN WW2 APPROX TM 453763:
DEMOLITION LOCATIONS 1943 FROM PRO WO 166.11004. ROAD BRIDGE AT MIL GRID REF 906934, CANADIAN PIPE MINES AT THE FOLLOWING 906933, 907928 & 904930. TO BE LOWN BY THE R.E. ON ORDERS FROM THE GARRISON COMMANDER:

BLYTH, RIVER. SUFFOLK. WO 166.4680 WAR DIARY 2/4TH SOUTH LANCS 164 INFANTRY BRIGADE 55 DIVISION 1939-41. 20 MAY 1940 ENTRANCE TO RIVER BLYTH BLOCKED BY BLOCKSHIPS. MARSHES ALSO FLOODED ON THIS DAY:

BLYTON, LINCS. RAF BOMBER AIRFIELD. OPENED 1942, CLOSED 1954:

BOARD OF ORDNANCE. PRO RECORDS & HISTORY OF SEE FILE ART:
SEE ALSO RECORDS OF ORDNANCE DEPARTMENTS AFTER 1855 PRO. FILE ART:
SEE BOOKS:

BODDINGTON. REF. WAR PLAN U.K. PAGE 245:

BODELWYDDAN CASTLE, WALES. CASEMATE 39:
BODELWYDDAN PARK, BRITAIN AT WAR MAGAZINE No 19 REMAINS OF WW1 PRACTICE TRENCH SYSTEMS, SEE ALSO PENALLY:

BODINNICK CORNWALL P/B SX 1294 5214 FSG.DB:

BODIUM CASTLE, HAMPSHIRE. ALDIS 43:
SEE LIST IN FILE I (1866)(1893):
SEE BOOKS:

BODMIN, DUKE OF CORNWALLS LIGHT INFANTRY BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

BODMIN, EMERGENCY CENTRE FILE B:

BODMIN ROAD STATION, CORNWALL P/B SX 1123 6430 FSG.DB:

BODNEY AIRFIELD, NORFOLK, STATION 141, TL 850.990, OPENED 1940 CLOSED 1945:

BODNEY DECOY SITE, NORFOLK, FOR WATTON AIRFIELD, TL 8398:

BOG HALI, DARDANELLES. CASEMATE 30:

BOGNOR REGIS BATTERY, WW2 2 x 5.5" BL MK I, 2 x DELs, SZ 750982, MANNED BY 149 COAST BATTERY RA OF 553 COAST REGT RA. BATTERY HQ WAS IN HOTEL IN ALDWICK AVENUE, LATER 4 x AA MGs WERE ADDED FOR DEFENCE. ADDITIONAL DATA IN UKFC COASTAL BATTERIES DOCUMENT:
WAR DIARY DEFENCE OF WO 166.4331:

BOLTHEAD. REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 269,270:
SIREN ISSUE 5 SUMMER 1997. FILE R:
ROTOR GCI BUILT EARLY 1950s. BECAME RSG7 IN 1957, SITE ALSO CALLED HOPE COVE & GULL PERCH:
SOON TO GO MARKET JULY 31st 1998 DAILY MAIL FILE B:
BOLT HEAD DEVON AIRFIELD SX 713- 373- FSG.DB:
BOLT HEAD DEVON ANCILLIARY BUILDING SX 715- 375- FSG.DB:
BOLT HEAD DEVON MAGAZINE SX 714- 374- FSG.DB:

BOLTON CASTLE, WENSLEYDALE. FILE B:
SEE PAMPHLET FILE B:

BOLT TAIL, DEVON RADAR STATION SX 686- 384- FSG.DB:

BOMARSUND, ALUND ISLAND.FORTIFICATIONS SEE LIST IN FILE I (1854):

BOMBING DECOY, SITE COMMAND POST AT SANDERN POINT CASEMATE 40:
SEE DECOYS FILE D:
SEE BOOK ON SITES:
SEE DOB PROJECT SPIRAL BOUND BOOK:

BOMB DUMP, PURPOSE BUILT WW2. SEVEN ARCHED TUNNELS CUT & FILL METHOD FOR LOCATION SEE DEF.OF BRITAIN PROJECT SLIDES. FILE B:

BONCELLES, FORT. BELGIUM.FILE F SECTION B:

BONIFACE DOWN RSG GROUP:

BOONESBOROUGH, FORT. USA. CASEMATE 81:

BOOTLE, MERSEYSIDE COUNTY EMERGENCY CENTRE FILE B:

BOREHAM AIRFIELD, ESSEX. TL 740120. NO FURTHER DETAILS:

BOREK, FORT 52 POLAND CASEMATE 40:

BORODINO, RUSSIA PILLBOXES AT CASEMATE 36:

BORRAS, WREXHAM. RSG GROUP:
FILE B:

BORSTAL, FORT. TQ 737657:
SEE CHELSEA SPELAEOLOGICAL SOC RECORDS VOL 27 REPORT 2001 REFERENCE
HISTORY OF (UKFC FILE 28) FILE B:
U/G REPORT:
SEE REDAN 17, 22:
PFSoc NEWS LETTER FILE B:
ALDIS 47:
SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:
RECORD PLAN OF 1905 FROM ALEC BEANSE FILE B:
PLANS OF PRO WO 78.4197 SET OF. THIS INCLUDES PLAN SHOWING THE DRAWBRIDGE WHICH IS No 6 OF 8:
CASEMATE 58, 60:
SOLD IN 2000 FOR £170,000:

BORVE CASTLE, ISLE OF BORVE, CHB RADAR STATION (I.S.):

BOSCOMBE, DORSET P/B. SZ 118- 924-FSG.DB:

BOSCOMBE DOWN, WILTSHIRE AIRFIELD SU 182- 398- FSG DB:

BOSMERE PARK, SUFFOLK. SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE FILE HD 1689/2 MENTIONS THAT THE RASC & RE WERE THERE:

BOSPHORUS, FORT No 35:

BOSTON, FRISTON SHORE.ALDIS 43:

BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE. DAILY EXPRESS MARCH 2nd 1999. SITE IN CARLTON ROAD MILITARY DUMPED WASTE (TOXIC) HERE:

BOTHWELL CASTLE SEE LIST FILE I (VARIOUS YEARS)(1891):

BOTTESFORD, LINCS. RAF BOMBER AIRFIELD. OPENED 1941 CLOSED 1945:

BOUILLON, FORT. FRANCE, CASEMATE 75,81:

BOULAIR LINES, GALLIPOLI.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1878):

BOULDNOR BATTERY, I.O.W. SZ 379902. FORT 13:
BOULDNOR BATTERY ISLE OF WIGHT HARBOUR BATTERY. SZ 379- 902- FSG DB:
SEE BOOKS:
WW2 2 x 6" BL MK VII, CONSTRUCTED IN 1937-1938, MANNED BY 210 COAST BATTERY RA OF 530 COAST REGT RA, 3 x DELs LATER REDUCED TO 2, 40mm GUN ADDED IN 1942. UKFC DATA:

BOULMER. REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 242:
ROTOR GCI BUILT EARLY 1950s, LATER BECAME MASTER RADAR STATION:

BOULOGNE, FRANCE:
SEE THE BOOK WALKING THE WALLS:
CASEMATE No 84:

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, FORT, CRECHE. CASEMATE 66:

BOUNDRY OF AIR DEFENCE, 1923-30s FOR LONDON FILE D:
BOUNDRY OF MARITIME, RADAR & FIGHTER SECTORS WW2 MIDLANDS SOUTHWARDS FILE D

BOURGUIGNON, FORT. PULA, SOUTH OF ITALY. CASEMATE 76:

BOURLEMONT, FORT DE. FRANCE CASEMATE 66, 82:
PLAN & PAMPHLET FILE B:

BOURN, CAMBS. RAF BOMBER AIRFIELD. OPENED 1941 CLOSED 1948:

BOURNE END, BUCKS SHELTERS. AFTER THE BATTLE 100:

BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET A/T B. SZ 106 - 921- FSG.DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET A/T B. SZ 185- 918- FSG DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET A/T EMPLACEMENT. SZ 150- 923- FSG DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET COAST BATTERY. SZ 170- 907- FSG DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET CP. SZ 136- 968- FSG.DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET GUARD ROOM. SZ 147- 933- FSG.DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET GUARD ROOM. SZ 155- 914- FSG DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 061- 921- FSG.DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 089- 907- FSG.DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 089- 925- FSG.DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 106- 922- FSG.DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 112- 912- FSG.DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 113- 923- FSG.DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 128- 924- FSG.DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 146- 932- FSG.DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 147- 912- FSG.DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 148- 930- FSG.DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 156- 935- FSG DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 159- 910- FSG DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 159- 920- FSG DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 161- 921- FSG DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 163- 909- FSG DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 176- 926- FSG DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 177- 905- FSG DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ 185- 918- FSG DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET P/B. SZ AT LEAST 19 IN THIS SQUARE. FSG.DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET R B. SZ 154- 934- FSG DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET R B. SZ 163- 908- FSG DB:
BOURNEMOUTH DORSET BEACH BATTERY. SZ 131- 913- FSG.DB:
END:

BOURTANGE, FORTRESS. BELGIUM, FORT 16:

BOUTELLE, BATTERY.U.S.A.CASEMATE 26:

BOVERTON CASTLE, GLAMORGAN, WALES. SALES ARTICLE. 2007. FILE B:

BOVINGDON AERODROME. WEST OF HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, AFTER THE BATTLE No 123:

BOVISAND FORT, PLYMOUTH, DEVON SX487507:
PFSoc NEWSLETTER 62:
BOVISAND FORT, PLYMOUTH DEVON P/B SX 486- 506- FSG.DB:
BOVISAND FORT, PLYMOUTH DEVON P/B SX 486- 506- FSG.DB:
BOVISAND FORT, PLYMOUTH DEVON P/B SX 4866 5073 FSG.DB:
1860s CASEMATED BATTERY:
FILE B:
FORT RECORD BOOK WO 192.295:
BUILDING COMMENCED 18 OCTOBER 1845 & COMPLETED 22 NOVEMBER 1847.
THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION WAS £13,782.12s.7d.
IN 1870 THE CASEMATED BATTERY WAS BUILT BELOW THE ORIGINAL FORT CONSISTING 23 CASEMATES DESIGNED TO HOUSE 14 x 10 INCH & 9 x 9 INCH RMLs. IN 1896 THE 9 INCH WERE REMOVED. IN 1903/4 THE 10 INCH WERE REMOVED.
FOUR 12 PDR QFs 12 CWT WERE MANNED DURING WW1. DURING THE LATER PART OF 1942 & EARLY 1943 THE 12 PDRs WERE REPLACED BY TWO 6 PDR 10 CWTs.
THE SDHQ WAS SITUATED HERE & WORK BEGAN ON 28 JUNE 1951 & WAS COMPLETED ON 27 MARCH 1954. MAPS IN THE RECORD BOOK SHOW THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FORT IN ITS ROLE AS A SDHQ & ALSO COMMS LAYOUT.
THE SDHQ WAS LOCATED NEAR No 1 GUN POSITION IN CASEMATES 6 TO 10.
THE FORT HAD BEEN SERVED BY SIX SEARCHLIGHTS.
ALL MANNING DETAILS REFER TO THE 1950s.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING MOUNTING OF GUN:
ARMAMENT 1902 14 x 10" RML, 1914-1927 4 x 12 PDR QF REDUCED BY ONE IN 1941 IN MARCH 1942 ONLY 1 x 12 PDR LISTED, 1943 TO 1956 2 x TWIN 6 PDRS. WW2 MANNED BY 157 OR/AND 137 COAST BATTERY RA OF 566 COAST REGT RA. UKFC & DOBINSON DATA:
END:

BOVIS, FORT. (IS THIS BOVISAND?) ELEC LIGHTS PRO WO 78.4058:

BOW & ARROW CASTLE, WEYMOUTH SEE LIST IN FILE I (1891):

BOW BRIDGE, AXMINSTER. PART OF THE TAUNTON STOP LINE SY 29081 BRIDGE WITH SLOT & A/T EMPLACEMENT. FILE B:
SEE ALSO TAUNTON:

BOWDEN FORT/BATTERY, PLYMOUTH SX497583:
1863 FILE B:
PFSoc NEWSLETTER 62:

BOW, DEVON ROC POST SS 734- 028- FSG DB:

BOWER, CAITHNESS.SIGNALS ORGANISATION. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE F?:

BOWES MOOR, DURHAM.GAS WARFARE STORAGE CENTRE.AFTER THE BATTLE 79:

BOWLING PDL, WW2 DEPOT. ALDIS 41:

BOWATERS FARM, ESSEX AA SITE REPORT FILE AA

BOX, BATHSTONE QUARRIES . REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 219,220,242:
SEE PRO NOTES EITHER FILE C OR B:
PRO WO 32.3343.1934.BOX IS 80 FT UNDERGROUND FREE FROM WATER & IS LARGER THAN RIDGE QUARRY:
ROTOR SOC BUILT EARLY 1950s:

BOXFORD, SUFFOLK, KQ32 SITE FOR WATTISHAM AIRFIELD AT TL 955385:

BOXHILL, 1890s MOBLN CENTRE. 'SAVE': FILE B:
PRO WO 78.4265 CARETAKERS QUARTERS:
SEE BOOKLET ON MOBLN. CENTRES:

BOXLEY, RIFLE RANGE. EMB.7:

BOXTED HOUSE, SUFFOLK. MIL GRID REF 448517. WO 166.958 BATTLE PLAN FOR SUFFOLK (FILE S). 48 LIGHT AA REGT RA HQ WW2:

BOYARD, FORT. CASEMATE 31,54:
SEE COLOUR PLAN OF DRAWINGS BOX:
SCENE OF CHANNEL 4 GAME SHOW SERIES:

BOYASD, FORT. SEE FSG TOUR 1991:

BOYTON MARSHES, SOUTH OF ORFORD. ODD CONCRETE EMPLACEMENT TYPE STRUCTURES, PHOTOCOPIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS FILE B:
USED FOR TOWING TARGET TANKS FROM ETC. SEE FILE B & PICTURES:

BRACKENBURY BATTERY, FELIXSTOWE, SUFFOLK:
TM 358401: WO 33.942 AMAMENT APPROVAL 1919. HARWICH.
BRACKENBURY BATTERY 2 x 9.2" BL X ON BARB V. 5 x MG ON TM MOUNTS.
Q TOWER, UNDERCLIFF ROAD, 1 x MG EACH ON TM MOUNTS. DOCK I x MG ON CM MOUNT, WALTON N TOWER 1 x MG ON PC MOUNT, GOLF CLUB HOUSE TO RIVER DEBEN 2 x MGs ON CM & TM MOUNT. ALSO A LIST OF PRACTICE BATTERIES, SEE PICTURE:

IWM PHOTOGRAPHS OF H697 TO H711 FIELD DEFENCES? H20726 (HAVE COPIES):
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM LANDGUARD, BRACKENBURY, DARELL, BEACON HILL & S/L EMPLACEMENTS. 1941. WO 192.213 FILE LF:

SUFFOLK (IPSWICH) RECORD OFFICE NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS FILE.E.A.D.T. MAY 14TH 1969 REF DEMOLISHING OF THE BATTERY:
EVENING STAR FRI MAY 30 1969 PICTURE OF THE DEMOLISHING OF:
IPSWICH RECORD OFFICE FELIXSTOWE COUNCIL FILE REF. No EF 12/1/8/129 FILE CONTAINS PLANS & TENDER DOCUMENTS ON THE DEMOLITION OF IT 1969:
THE BATTERY WAS BUILT IN WWI ON THE CREST OF WHAT WAS KNOWN TO THE ANCIENTS AS REED POND VALLEY.TWO LARGE HOUSES WERE PULLED DOWN TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE BATTERY.THE ONE ON THE ACTUAL SITE WAS CALLED THE DUNKERY,& WAS BUILT BY THE RT.HON.A.H.D.ACLAND.THE OTHER WAS CALLED THE CROSSWAYS WAS ON THE SITE OF THE PRESENT BARRACKS.DURING EXCAVATIONS HUMAN REMAINS WERE FOUND AND TWO RINGS EVIDENTLY TO DO WITH THE AJACENT PRIORY.FOR SOME TIME LOCAL PEOPLE CALLED THE BATTERY DUNKERY FORT UNTIL THE WD CALLED IT BRACKENBURY BTY.A RAILWAY LINE FROM FELIXSTOWE STATION WAS SPECIALLY BUILT TO TRANSPORT THE GUNS.JOBSON STATES THE GUNS WERE NEVER FIRED BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE SOIL ON THE CLIFFS? HE STATED IT COULD ONLY BE FIRED ON HALF CHARGE ALSO THE BATTERY (IN THE LANDGUARD FORT RECORD BOOK THEY REFER TO BRACKENBURY BEEN BUILT ON THE SITE OF AN EARLIER FORT CALLED THE DUNKERRY!) WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MOCK UP WOODEN GUN.THE GUNS WERE 9.2" WITH AN UNDERGROUND MAGAZINE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE EMPLACEMENTS.JULY 11TH HM KING GEORGE V1 INSPECTED BEACH DEFENCES LANDGUARD & BRACKENBURY. BATTERY WAS NAMED AFTER GENERAL BRACKENBURY FORMER DIRECTOR OF MILLITARY INTELLIGENCE. THE GUNS WERE BROUGHT FROM BEREHAVEN ON THE WEST COAST OF IRELAND (LAST TWO NOTES FROM PETER KENT):
SOLDIER MAGAZINE VOL 12 No 2 APRIL 1956 HAS SOME PHOTO'S SHOWING BRACKENBURY-THE MAGAZINE DOES HAVE MORE PICTURES IN ITS FILES (SEE CONTACT PRINTS IN FILE F-FELIXSTOWE):
FOLLOWING FROM PRO WO 192-205 FORT RECORD BOOK.WW2 RECORDS:
2 x 9.2" BL GUNS. MK XX ON MK V MOUNTINGS.
30 FOOT B & S RANGE FINDER.No 9 MK 1:
DRF WAS A MK 2, POSITION FINDER P/Q?
PERSONEL:- BATTERY COMMANDER, SECTION COMMANDER, TWO THER OFFICERS, EIGHT RF SPECIALISTS, NINETEEN TELEPHONISTS. TWO ASSISTANTS TO THE BATTERY COMMANDER, ONE GUN STOREMAN, FOUR LMG AA MEN, ONE ARTIFFICER & OTHER RANKS MAKING TOTAL OF 83 MEN:
BATTERY ROLE. LONG RANGE AGAINST HOSTILE VESSELS & SOME CLOSE DEFENCE IF REQUIRED:
FORT BUILT 1914-15:
GUNS REPLACED 1929-30:
1941 EXTENSIVE CHANGES MADE TO LAYOUT OF THE BATTERY & LISTER ENGINES INSTALLED IN ENGINE HOUSE NEAR GUARD ROOM THE SAME YEAR:
BATTERY WAS ISSUED WITH SPIGOR MORTARS (NO NUMBERS DETAILED) & FIVE STATIC MOUNTS WERE ERRECTED WITHIN THE BATTERY AREA:
ACCOMODATION FOR 185 MEN:
BATTERY WAS MANNED SEPTEMBER 1938 BY 176 BATTERY OF THE SUFFOLK HEV.REGT. (TA) THEY WERE STOOD DOWN FOR AWHILE AFTER THE INITIAL PANIC WAS OVER:
THE FORT RECORD BOOK CONTAINED GUN/RANGE FINDING CALIBRATION DETAILS, HOW THE BATTERY IS TO BE DEFENDED, LAYOUT OF THE WIRING FOR THE BATTERY SEE FILE B, PLAN OF BATTERIES CLOSE BY ETC SEE FILE B:
PHOTO OF GUNS FIRING; BARR & STROUD TURRET; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH AFTER FELIXSTOWE FLOODS:
GUNS REMOVED 1954s:

RANGE FINDERS FROM WO 192.213 LANDGUARD FORT RECORD BOOK.
RANGE FINDER No 9, REGD No 3497, MK 1, GUNS L1 & L2. DISTANCE TO GUNS 69.76 YARDS. ARC OF FIRE 360º.
POSITION FINDER CONVERTER 'P' REGD No 429C, MK 1, GUNS LI & L2. DISTANCE TO GUNS 42.54 YARDS, ARC OF FIRE 40º TO 199º:
END:

W.O. 192.206 GUNS REMOVED IN 1954.
RANGE FINDERS DRF MK V, PF 'T'MK IIA, CA No 1 IIIx (60 FOOT TOWER):
PRO SUPP 6/645 1917 STATES 2 x 9.2" BL X ON BARBETTE MOUNTING V. THERE WAS ALSO FIVE MGs ON (TM) TRIPOD MOUNTINGS:
REPORT ON AIR ATTACK ON BATTERY 1943 FILE B:
PRO WO 32.558 IN JANUARY 1915 THE ADMIRALTY PRESSED FOR 2 X 9.2" MK X GUNS FOR A SITE (BRACKENBURY) TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM BEREHAVEN, AS HARWICH WAS LIABLE FOR ATTACK, WORK BEGUN IN APRIL 1915 & THE SITE WAS READY FOR ACTION IN OCTOBER 1915. THE WAR ACCOMMODATION WAS FOR 2 OFFICERS & 71 OTHER RANKS. INFANTRY WAS SUPPLIED. THE COST WAS £40,000.
END:

WO192.205 BRACKENBURY C12 PB OUTSIDE FORT 6 TO 9 MEN 1 x BROWNING MG, C13 SLIT TRENCH OUTSIDE FORT 12 MEN 1 x BREN 1x BROWNING MG, C14 2 x SLIT TRENCHES 8 MEN 1 x BROWNING & I SPIGOT MORTAR, C15 PB IN FORT 6-9 INFANTRY 1 x BROWNING MG MEN TO BE RELIEVED ASP BY H/GUARD. SEE ALSO WIRING LAYOUT & GENERAL PLAN OF BATTERIES IN THE AREA FILE B:
END:

MANNED BY (WW2) 278 BATTERY RA OF 515 COAST REGT RA. 2 x DELs, UKFC DATA:

PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING BLOCKHOUSE WITH S/L EMPLACEMENT BEHIND IN ONE CORNER OF THE BATTERY ON THE BEACH, TAKEN DURING DEMOLITION. SEE PHOTOS:

PRO WO 78.4322 BRACKENBURY BATTERY:
FELIXSTOWE DEFENCES WAR ACCOMODATION 1915, ALL THE DRAWINGS ARE SIGNED H.V.KENT. THERE IS A NUMBER ON EACH DRAWING.
93832 BLOCKHOUSES 'A' 'B' & 'C.'
93858 BLOCKHOUSE 'A' FOR BARR & STROUD RANGE FINDER.
93859 BLOCKHOUSE 'D' FOR BARR & STROUD RANGE FINDER.
93860 SHELTER & BLOCKHOUSE.
93861 MOULD FOR SQUINT QUOINS IN ? BLOCK.
93880 BATTERY & BATH HOUSES.
93893 DRAINAGE PLAN.
93895 OFFICERS QUARTERS (POOR QUALITY PRINT).
93896 BARRACK BLOCKS FOR 20 MEN & ABLUTIONS.
93897 OVER ALL PLAN OF SITE.
93898 MENS QUARTERS.
93899 PLAN OF DINING ROOM, COOK HOUSE, SHOWER BATHS-CENTRAL BUILDINGS.
53900 CENTRAL BLOCK.
53901 LATRINE BLOCK 1915.
53926 SHOWER BATHS & WASH UPS.
DIGITAL COPIES OF PARTS OF PLANS IN PHOTO FILE:

PRO WO 78.4262 BRACKENBURY STEELWORK-DATE UNKNOWN:
PRO WO 78.42322 BRACKENBURY BATTERY ACCOMODATION:

NOTHING SURVIVES ABOVE GROUND REGARDING THE BATTERY OR THE BARRACKS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE U/G MAGAZINES & LOWER SECTIONS OF THE GUN EMPLACEMENTS REMAIN, BUT ARE BURRIED:
PLAN OF WITH BUILDINGS LISTED IN READINESS FOR DEMOLITION. SEE FILE B. SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE IPSWICH REF. EF12/1/8/129:

FIRING WARNING AT, 2 INCH MORTARS & .303 18 APRIL 1945. SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE, SUFFOLK POLICE RECORDS REGARDING WARNINGS OF LIVE FIRING UNSORTED DOCUMENTS ED400: 14703:
END OF BRACKENBURY:

BRACKLA, WALES SEE BRIDGEND:
ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY-MAGAZINES ADAPTED TO FORM RGHQ 8.2:
FILE B:

BRADENHAM, IN THE CHILTERN HILLS. HQ STRIKE COMMAND & CINCUKAIR. BUNKER. FROM MAIL ON SUNDAY 'YOU MAGAZINE' JAN.17TH,1988:

BRADFORD ON AVON. REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 219.272:
LOOPHOLES No 41:

BRADFORD, VOLUNTEER BARRACKS AT.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1861)

BRADING, ISLE OF WIGHT P/B. SZ 6090 8632. FSG DB:
MAP OF DEFENCES WW2 WO 166.4461:

BRADWELL ON SEA, ESSEX. SEE PHOTO FILES PICTURE OF PILLBOX WITH AMMUNITION LOCKER FOR RADIATOR ROCKET SITE:

BRAEFOOT BATTERY (BAY), SCOTLAND. 2 x 9.2" BL GUNS ALDIS 76:
CASEMATE 72, SKETCH PLAN OF & PICTURE OF THE DEFENSIBLE BARRACK:
PLAN OF BATTERY PRO WO 78.5169:
LETTER UKFC FILE PC:

BRAEMAR CASTLE. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1864):

BRAFFERTON, NEAR RIPON GAS WARFARE STORAGE CENTRE.AFTER THE BATTLE 79:

BRAINTREE, ESSEX. MOD ESTABLISHMENT FOR UNDEFINED PURPOSE, DOES HAVE INDOOR RANGES. FILE B:
DRILL HALL, CORN EXCHANGE THEN VICTORIA ROAD, COGGESHALL ROAD. SEE THE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

BRAMBER CASTLE, SEE LIST IN FILE I (1872):

BRAMBLE ISLAND, ESSEX. SEE LITTLE OAKLEY:

BRAMCOTE, WARKS. RAF BOMBER AIRFIELD, OPENED 1940:
PRO W0 166.965:

BRAMFORD, SUFFOLK. SPIGOT MORTAR POSITION IN CHURCHYARD NEXT TO RIVER SEE PHOTO & PRESS REPORT FILE B:
SEE ALSO SPIGOT MORTAR & NANT FRANCAN PASS:

BRAMLEY, SURREY. SURFACE AMMUNITION DUMPS. ALDIS 44:
PRO WO 32.3343 1934 MENTIONS THAT THE WHOLE OF THE RESERVE AMMUNTION WAS STORED AT BRAMLEY FOR THE 'FIELD FORCE' WAS NOW TO SMALL 20,000 SQ FT OF SPACE:
BRAMLEY, SURREY. REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 220:
IN THE 1930s BRAMLEY HELD VIRTUALLY ALL THE BRITISH ARMY'S AMMUNITION STOCKPILE. IN 1978 IT WAS LEASED TO THE U.S. ARMY:

BRAMLING. DEFENCE AREA, PUBLISHED NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD:

BRANCASTER BAY BATTERY (BURNHAM MARKET), NORFOLK. 2 x 6" BL MK I3, MANNED BY 219 COASTAL BATTERY OF 546 COASTAL REGT RA, 2 x CASLs, TF 772452. UKFC DATA:
EXTENSIVE DEFENCE POSITIONS LOCATED AROUND THE ROYAL WEST NORFOLK GOLF COURSE. THERE WAS ALSO A RADAR STATION IN THIS AREA:
SEE NORFOLK RECORD OFFICE WEB SITE VARIOUS DEFENCE REPORTS:

BRANCEPETH CASTLE, DURHAM SEE LIST IN FILE I (1858):

BRANDENBURG, GERMANY. FORTRESSES AT. CASEMATE 73, 78:

BRANDON Q165 SITE, NORFOLK, TL 7876:

BRANKSOME, POOLE DORSET A/T B SY 0622 9220 FSG.DB:
BRANKSOME, POOLE DORSET A/T B SY 0628 9228 FSG.DB:

BRANSCOMBE, DEVON P/B SY 2064 8816 FSG.DB:
BRANSCOMBE DEVON P/B SY 2086 8814 FSG.DB:
BRANSCOMBE DEVON RADAR STATION SY 172- 905- FSG.DB:
RAF RADAR STATION EAST OF SIDMOUTH. CHAIN HOME:

BRANSTY, WHITEHAVEN, COAST BATTERY 422, 561 COAST REGT RA:
SEE PICTURE OF GUN FILE B:

BRATTON, SOMERSET P/B SS 9485 4566. FSG DB:
BRATTON SOMERSET SLIT TRENCH SS 9480 4566. FSG DB:
BRATTON SOMERSET SLIT TRENCH SS 9482 4574. FSG DB:

BRAUNTON, DEVON TRAINING ESTABLISHMENT SS 4690 3280. FSG DB:
BRAUNTON DEVON TRAINING ESTABLISHMENT SS 470- 353- FSG DB:

BRAYE BATTERY, ALDERNEY. REDAN 30:

BRAZIL. CASEMATE 51,54:
FORTE DUQUE DE CAXIAS. CASEMATE 54:

BREAKNECK BATTERY, GIBRARLTER. FORT 1:

BREAKWATER BATTERY. FILE B:

BREAKWATER FORT, AUSTRALIA FILE F:

BREAKWATER FORT, SEA FORT, SY 707762, DORSET. FILE F. FORT 7:
ALDIS 46,58:
CASEMATE 10, 78:
SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:
FILE B:
SEE LIST OF ARMAMENT IN DOBINSON PAGE 272:
WW2 2 x 6" BL MK VII, 2 x DELs. UKFC DATA:

BREAMORE MILL. DEFENCE AREA, UNPUBLISHED NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD:

BREAN DOWN, AVON SLIT TRENCH. ST 2982 5896? FSG DB:
BREAN DOWN BATTERY, WESTON-SUPER-MARE FORT 11:

BREANDOWN FORT. SOMERSET. BRISTOL CHANNEL. EMBRASURE 14.FILE M:
ALDIS 47:
REDAN 14:
FILE B (UKFC FILE 19/86):
PFSoc NEWSLETTER: SEE BOOKLET ON THE BRISTOL CHANNEL:
CASEMATE 55:
SEE VARIOUS BOOKS & BOOKLET ON THE BRISTOL CHANNEL FILE B:
WW2 ARMED WITH 2 x 6" BL MK 12 GUNS ON MK II MOUNTS, 3 x DELs, IN SUPPORT 2 x A/T GUNS & 13 PDR. MANNED BY 188 COAST BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:

BREAN DOWN, SOMERSET /L. ST 2797 5933. FSG DB:
BREAN DOWN SOMERSET BARRACK. ST 2817 5932. FSG DB:
BREAN DOWN SOMERSET GUN EMPLACEMENT. ST 2982 5897. FSG DB:
BREAN DOWN SOMERSET OAST BATTERY. ST 2802 5926. FSG DB:
BREAN DOWN SOMERSET S/L. ST 2806 5921. FSG DB:
BREAN DOWN.SOMERSET OP. ST 2810 5916. FSG DB:
BREAN SOMERSET P/B ST 2963 5636. FSG DB:
BREAN.SOMERSET.P/B. ST 2963 5630. FSG DB:

BREAN DOWN FLANK BATTERY, SOMERSET. ST 297590. 3 x 75mm, 2 x 40mm. UKFC DATA:

BRECKLES, NORFOLK, TL 952950, DECOY SITE FOR SNETTERTON HEATH & WATTON AIRFIELDS, NORFOLK:

BRECON. REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 266,268:
ALDIS 44:
BARRACKS AT BUILT 1806. 'SAVE':
1957 RSG8:

BREDFIELD, SUFFOLK. LOCATION OF WW1 SL POSITION. FILE B:

BREEDENE, 4 x 320mm (15") GUN (SEE POST CARDS) BATTERY WAS CALLED DEUTSCHLAND.ALSO KNOWN AS JACOBINESSEN BATTERY:
SEE MICHELIN GUIDE & FILE D:
SEE THE ARMOURER No 63:

BREIGHTON, YORKSHIRE. RAF BOMBER AIRFIELD No 44, OPENED 1942 CLOSED 1946:

BREITENHAG BATTERY, FRANCE. CASEMATE 37:

BREMEN, GERMANY. AFTER THE BATTLE No 135.
AIR RAID SHELTERS.
BURGERPARK COMMAND BUNKERS.
FLAK (AA) BUNKER.
REGIERUNGSBUNKER.
NEAR BREMEN ON THE COAST U BOAT FACTORY. UP FOR SALE MARCH 19 2008. THE TIMES NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FILE B:

BRENT FARM, SOMERSET P/B. ST 328- 463- FSG DB:
BRENT FARM SOMERSET P/B. ST 328- 463- FSG DB:

BRENTWOOD, ESSEX. WARLEY BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:
DRILL HALL, CHESTNUT GROVE. SEE THE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

BREST. FRANCE. CASEMATE 56. FORTS IN THE AREA OF:
BREST HARBOUR.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1865):
FSG TOUR 2006, CASEMATE 77:

BREZINKA, CASEMATE No 71:

BRIALMONT FORT, SHOWING CONSTRUCTION OF.FILE F.DRAWING AND SECTION SHOWING GUN TURRET FROM MAJOR CLARKES BOOK 1890:SEE BOOKS AND ALSO PHOTOCOPIES FROM THE BOOK FILE B:

BRIANCON (& THE FRENCH ALPS). CASEMATE No 79, 80:
CONNECTION 'Y' CASEMATE No 79:

BRICKET WOOD, RAILWAY EMERGENCY CONTROL CENTRE, CASEMATE 75:

BRICKFIELDS AVON AA BATTERY ST 633- 810- FSG DB:

BRICKHOUSE FM AA SITE SITE No C8 GRID REF M460464 COLCHESTER AREA,BTY/REGT 284-90 HAA,FROM DUNCAN GODWIN:

BRICKLOW HEATH, BBC PROTECTED TRANSMITTER FILE B:

BRICKS FOR MARTELLO TOWERS FORT 8:
BRICKWORK. CASEMATE 20:

BRIDGEEND, WALES (BORRAS). REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 280:
ROTOR STATION BUILT ON THE SITE OF A WW2 ORDNANCE FACTORY, ALSO RSG:
CASEMATE 45:
SOLD IN 1995-96.SEE LETTER & O.S.DRAWINGS IN FILE B:
FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION FROM THE LAND AGENTS W.S.ATKINS OF CARDIFF. THERE ARE SEVERAL TUNNELS IN THE AREA WITH TRAIN LINE ACCESS, BUT THE SITE SOLD CONSISTED TWO TUNNELS 8 FT WIDE 250 FT LONG. TUNNELS HAD INTERCONNECTING TUNNELS BETWEEN THEM. AT THE FRONT OF THE TUNNELS WERE SITED TOILETS, GENERATORS & WATER TANKS ETC. 10,400 SQ FT CHAMBER SPACE IN THE TUNNELS & 3,100 SQ FT IN THE SPLIT LEVEL ENTRANCE. ALL THE FACILITIES WERE DUPLICATED
FILE B:

BRIDGE FARM, DORSET P/B SY 6534 7739. FSG.DB:

BRIDEMOUTH, DORSET BEACH BATTERY SY 4800 8946 FSG.DB:

BRIDGER FORT. CASEMATE 45:

BRIDGE OF DON, GORDON BARRACKS, ABERDEEN. SEE FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET A/T B. ST 308- 371- FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET A/T B. ST 308- 382- FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET A/T B. ST 3090 3683. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET A/T EMPLACEMENT. ST 3180 3678. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET DEFENDED BUILDING. ST 2983 3754. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 2992 3654. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 2996 3772. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3000 3748. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3001 3679. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3004 3650. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3004 3740. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3006 3723. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3006 3732. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3007 3713. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3008 4080. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3015 3700. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3016 3745. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3018 3819. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3019 3687. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3020 3645. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3021 3786. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3032 3710. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3032 3966. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3034 3642. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3042 3619. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3047 3738. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3048 3582. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3048 4078. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3049 3654. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3063 3690. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3070 3834. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3071 3837. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3076 3701. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3078 3683. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3082 3683. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3082 4023. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3083 3774. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3096 4076. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3146 4164. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3147 4148. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3152 4107. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3157 4104. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET R B. ST 3038 3570. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET R B. ST 3096 3857. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET R B. ST 3108 3567. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET R B. ST 3139 4144. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET R B. ST 3192 4120. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER SOMERSET R B. ST 3220 4120. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER.SOMERSET.P/B ST 2938 3674. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER.SOMERSET.P/B. ST 2932 3704. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER.SOMERSET.P/B. ST 2946 3742. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER.SOMERSET.P/B. ST 2950 3690. FSG DB:
BRIDGWATER.SOMERSET.P/B. ST 2960 3680. FSG DB:
END:

BRIDGEWOODS, FORT. CHATHAM, KENT. TQ 738652:
HAD DIRECT LAND LINE TO 'BROADWAY' WAS RADIO INTERCEPT STATION IN 1933. FROM THE BOOK GCHQ. ALSO MENTIONS AERIAL EMPLACEMENTS?: BRIDGEWOODS WAS ONE OF A SERIES OF HEXAGONAL FORTS PROTECTED BY DEEP MOATS & COMPLETED IN 1883 TO GUARD CHATHAM. A COMMANDER ELLINGWORTH WAS PLACED IN CHARGE OF THE STATION, WHICH WAS LARGELY U/G IN WELL PROTECTED EX MAGAZINES. IT HAD A DIRECT LAND LINE TO BROADWAY:
SEE PFSoc NEWS LETTER IN FILE P & No 59:
SEE 'SAVE' BOOK: FILE B:
1950s AAOR FOR THE THAMES SOUTH AREA LATER BECAME SUB REGIONAL CONTROL FOR LONDON:
NOW DEMOLISHED:

BRIDGEWORTH, FORT . REF.WAR PLAN U.K. PAGES 244,269: DESCRIPTION OF THE REMAINS OF THE FORT WHICH IS DEMOLISHED. SEE LETTER FROM VICTOR SMITH IN FORTBASE LETTTERS FILE 1994:
FILE B: WAS RSG IN 1953:

BRIDPORT DORSET P/B SY 4710 9130 FSG.DB:
BRIDPORT DORSET P/B SY 4726 9122 FSG.DB:
BRIDPORT (WEST BAY) BATTERY, SY 460906, 2 x 5.5" BL, 3 x CASLs, MANNED BY 239 COAST BATTERY RA OF 522 COAST REGT RA. UKFC & DOBINSON DATA:

BRIGHOUSE, WEST YORKSHIRE SUB COUNTY CONTROL, BUILT 1962 FILE B:

BRIGHTLINGSEA, ESSEX TO HARWICH. 1870. WAR OFFICE REPORT ON THE STATE OF DEFENCES & RECOMMENDATIONS FOR. PRO WO 33.25 1870 FILE H:
BRIGHTLINGSEA. WAS TO BE BASE FOR SPECIAL SERVICE GROUP WW2 (COMMANDOS) PRO WO 199.604:
BRIGHTLINGSEA DECOY SITE QL/QF TM 091144:
BRIGHTLINGSEA URBAN DISTRIC COUNCIL CONTROL CENTRE FILE B:
WW2 ARMED WITH 2 x 4.7" MK V GUNS, 2 x DELs FIXED BEAM, TM 070148, MANNED BY 372 COAST BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:
DRILL HALL, SYDNEY STREET, FORESTERS HALL. SEE THE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

BRIGHTON. SUSSEX. VOLUNTEER REVIEW, SEE LIST IN FILE I (1866).THERE IS OTHER REFERENCES IN THE UNIFORMS SECTION RELATING TO BRIGHTON:
PRESTON BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK & FRONT LINE SUSSEX NAPOLEON TO THE COLD WAR BY PETER LONGSTAFF-TYRRELL:
EAST STREET BATTERY, GREAT EAST STREET 1759-1786. ALSO WEST BATTERY, KINGS ROAD, SEE FRONT LINE SUSSEX NAPOLEON TO THE COLD WAR BY PETER LONGSTAFF-TYRRELL.
BATTERY AT WW2. 2 x 6" BL MK II, 2 x EX AA SLs, TQ 328034 & TQ 337034, MANNED BY 359 COAST BATTERY RA OF 553 COAST REGT RA. UKFC DATA:
WW2 WAR DIARY WO 166.1004:
BRIGHTON BARRACKS. SEE FRONT LINE SUSSEX NAPOLEON TO THE COLD WAR BY PETER LONGSTAFF-TYRRELL.

BRIGHTSTONE BATTERY, IOW. SZ 445805. 4 x 3.7" HAA. UKFC DATA:

BRIGHTWELL, SUFFOLK. CANADIAN PIPE MINE AT MILLITARY GRID REFERENCE 700613 WO 166.958:

BRIMSTONE HILL, FORTRESS. ST KITTS. ALDIS 46:
SEE ALSO BOOKS FILE:
B: CASEMATE 41, 65:
SEE REPORT BY VICTOR SMITH FILE B:

BRINKLOW AIRFIELD. DEFENCE OF WO 166.965:

BRINKLOW HEATH. RSG GROUP:

BRIONI, FORT. POWER PLANT AT CASEMATE No 83:

BRISLINGTON. 1953 WAR ROOM, REGION 7 AT GOV BLDGS, BATH ROAD, FLOWERS HILL, BRISTOL:
FILE B:

BRISTOL AREA, FORT 11:
SEE PORTISHEAD & BATTERY POINT:
SEE LANSDOWN:
BRISLINGTON:
SEE BOOKS, BBC, ALDIS 62:
BRISTOL CASTLE c1310. SEE SECRET UNDERGROUND BRISTOL BY SALLY WATSON:
SEE BOOKLET WARWALKS-STOP LINE GREEN. LISTS THE OUTER DEFENCES OF BRISTOL WW2:
BRISTOL WATERWORKS EMERGENCY CONTROL CENTRE, NETTLEBRIDGE FILE B:
BBC AT WW2, CLIFTON ROCKS RAILWAY, SEE SECRET UNDERGROUND BRISTOL BY SALLY WATSON:
THE BRISTOL CHANNEL & SWANSEA DEFENCES-REDAN 50:
SEE VARIOUS BOOKS & BOOKLET IN FILE B:
SEE BOOKLET ON THE BRISTOL CHANNEL & FORTS UNDER THEIR OWN NAMES:

BRITANNIA BARRACKS-NORFOLK REGT c1887 FILE B:

BRITANNIA BATTERY, DARTMOUTH, 1 x 6 PDR QF, 2 x 40mm AT SX 877525, MANNED BY THE ROYAL NAVY, 2 x BOFORS ISSUED LATER FOR DUAL ROLE. UKFC DATA:

BRITISH DEFENCES, THE 1840s-1850s REDAN 27:

BRITISH ISLES IN 1940. MAP SHOWS AIRFIELDS, BALLOON SITES,RADAR STATIONS & ROC COMMAND CENTRES: ALSO DETAILED MAP OF THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF THE BRITISH ISLES SAME DATA:

BRITISH MUSEUM STATION. REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 260:
SEE ALSO LONDON TRANSPORT:
ALEDGED IT IS USED (NOW 1998) BY THE BRITISH ARMY. SEE LONDON UNDERGROUND:
(SEE BOOK LONDONS SECRET TUBES):

BRITISH RAIL AT WAR. FILE R:
SEE ALSO LONDON TRANSPORT:

BRITOMART, FORT. CASEMATE 33:

BRITTANY, FRANCE FSG TOUR 2006, CASEMATE 77:

BRIXHAM BATTERY. ALDIS 34:
FIRST BATTERY 1586 UP TO WW2:
CASEMATE 60, 79:

BRIXHAM, DEVON HARBOUR BATTERY SX 9235 5670 FSG.DB:
2 x 4.7" QF MK 5. 2 x CASLs, MANNED BY 378 BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:
BRIXHAM BATTERY, EMERGENCY WW2 TO COVER TORBAY. CASEMATE 78:
BRIXHAM DEVON P/B SX 9285 5638 FSG.DB:
BRIXHAM DEVON ROC POST SX 944- 565- FSG.DB:
BRIXHAM DEVON ROC POST SX 9447 5652 FSG.DB:
BRIXHAM (OLD FORT No 3) BATTERY, SX 945566, WW2 3 x 40mm & 2 x AA S/Ls, DUAL ROLE GUNS. FORT DATES FROM THE 1800s. UKFC DATA:

BROAD BAY, ISLE OF LEWIS. CH RADAR STATION (I.S.):

BROADLAND, NORWICH DISTRIC COUNCIL BUNKER, SEE NORWICH:

BROAD SANCTUARY CITADEL. REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 266,324.
COULD THIS BE BROADWAY SEE FORT BRIDGEWOODS:

BROADSTAIRS BATTERY, KENT. SEE KINGSGATE BATTERY:

BROADWAY. SEE FORT BRIDGEWOODS:

BROCK BARRACKS, READING. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

BROCKHURST, FORT. GOSPORT. SZ 597020:
SEE BOOKLET 'DEFENCE OF THE REALM':
CASEMATE 11:
FILE F & B:
ALDIS 43,44:
REDAN 14:
SEE PALMERSTON FORTS SOC.NESLETTER ?, No 78:
FORT 1,7:
FILE B:
BOOKS SECTION:
SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:
SEE PAMPHLET FOR PORCHESTER CASTLE FILE P:

BROCKWORTH, GLOUCS. SEE ULLENWOOD:
BROCKWORTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRFIELD SO 882- 160. FSG DB:

BROGGNTYN HALL . REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 303.

BROMBOROUGH POOL. DEFENCE AREA, NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD & BOOK:

BROMESWELL, SUFFOLK. DURING THE NAPOLEONIC PERIOD TRAINING CAMP WAS LOCATED IN THIS AREA. POSSIBLE METAL TARGET PLATE? DUG UP 2006, SEE PHOTOGRAPH:
POSSIBLE FIELD GUN POSITION WITHIN THE SAME AREA DURING WW2:
PILLBOX AT A1152-B1083 ROUNDABOUT TM 293501:
SEE WOODBRIDGE GOLF CLUB BOOKLET FILE W:
O.S. MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF RIFLE RANGE DATED 1905 FILE W:

BROMLEY, GREAT. ESSEX. BUNKER. CH RADAR STATION. FILE M:

BROMPTON ROAD. REF.WAR PLAN U.K. PAGE 260:
ORIGINALY AN AAOR 1ST AA DIVISION, TRANSFERRED TO THE TA AFTER THE WAR, OLD TUBE STATION SEE FILE B:
WAR OFFICE PURCHASED FOR £24,000 ON 4TH NOV 1938
(SEE BOOK LONDONS SECRET TUBES):

BROMPTON (OLD) TUBE STATION, LONDON. ALDIS 44:

BROMPTON CEMETERY, GUARDS MEMORIAL SEE LIST IN FILE I (1889):

BROMWITCH, HAMPSHIRE, AA SITES EMB 13:
FILE M:
COAST DEFENCE S/L AT. SEE PICTURES FILE:

BRONDOLO, FORT. USA CASEMATE 48:

BROOKE HALL, NACTON, SUFFOLK. WW2 198 INFANTRY BRIGADE AT IN FEB 1943 (SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE IPSWICH ED400.14703):

BROOK FARM BARRACKS, IN THE CLACTON AREA SEE LETTER. FILE B:

BROOKLANDS AIRFIELD, VISIT BY UKFC. ALDIS 68:

BROOKLANDS AVENUE, CAMBRIDGE. 1953 WAR ROOM REGION 4 AT GOVT.BLDGS.BROOKLANDS AVE. BECAME RSG4 IN 1957:
SEE BIDWELLS DETAILS FOR SALE (NOT VERY INFORMATIVE). FILE B:

BROOM, DEVON A/T EMPLACEMENT. ST 3274 0248. FSG DB:
BROOM DEVON P/B. ST 3245 0222. FSG DB:
BROOM DEVON P/B. ST 3257 0150. FSG DB:
BROOM DEVON P/B. ST 3268 0200. FSG DB:
BROOM DEVON P/B. ST 3270 0245. FSG DB:
BROOM DEVON P/B. ST 3275 0256. FSG DB:
BROOM DEVON P/B. ST 3310 0287. FSG DB:
BROOM DEVON P/B. ST 3312 0258. FSG.DB:
BROOM DEVON P/B. ST 3330 0298. FSG.DB:
BROOM DEVON R B. ST 3260 0247. FSG DB:
BROOM DEVON R B. ST 3281 0272. FSG DB:

BROOM, SOMERSET R B. ST 326- 024- FSG DB:

BROOMFIELD, ESSEX. PILL BOXES NEAR CHELMSFORD AT BROOMFIELD & LITTLE WALTHAM, LOOPHOLES No 42:

BRORA, SUTHERLAND. SIGNALS STATION.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK. FILE F:

BROUAGE FORT 1600. SEE FSG TOUR 1991:
CASEMATE 31:

BROUGHTON CASTLE. SEE EH PAMPHLET IN FILE C:

BROUGHTY FERRY, CASTLE/BATTERY, SCOTLAND. ALDIS 56?:
SEE GUIDE BOOK:
CASEMATE 76:
WW2 2 x 6" BL MK VII ON CP MK II. MANNED BY 304 COAST BATTERY RA OF 543 COAST REGT RA. UKFC DATA:

BROWNCARRICK HILL, GIRVAN.MICROWAVE RELAY SITE. RN THEN USN.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

BROWNDOWN BATTERY (WEST & EAST). ALDIS 40:
FILE B:
REDAN 60:
BROWNDOWN AA SITE FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HOLDFASTS UKFC RECORDS:

BROWNDOWN CAMP, RMs FILE D LIST OF:

BROWN, FORT. SOUTH AFRICA. FORT 34:

BROWNHILL FORT\BATTERY. ALDIS 47:

BROWNSEA CASTLE. SINGLE STOREY BUILDING c1545-7:

BROWNSEA ISLAND, DORSET. SZ 029875. WW2 2 x 6" BL MK 12, 2 x DELs, MANNED BY 347 COAST BATTERY RA OF 554 COAST RGT RA

BROWNSTONE BATTERY. SX 903497, SOUTHERN COMMAND, ALDIS 34.44:
BROWNSTONE DEVON COAST 2 x 6 BL INCH GUN BATTERY (B GUN) ON MK VII MOUNTING SX 9025 4965 FSG.DB:
WW2 2 x CASLs, MANNED BY 399 COAST BATTERY RA OF 556 COAST REGT RA (DOBINSON & UKFC DATA:
REDAN 30:
SEE DEFENCE REVIEW-MODERN DEFENCE & THE NATIONAL TRUST FILE B:
UKFC ARCHIVES FILE No 50 (64) STOP LINES AT:

BROWNWICH, HANTS. DEFENCES IN THIS AREA INCLUDE BUNGALOW BATTERY, HAA SITE. SEE SKETCH MAP FILE B:
COAST DEFENCE S/L EMPLACEMENT SEE PICTURES:

BRUCE BATTERY, KENT. 1 x 13.5" BL MK V CONVERTED TO AN 8" BL, AT OR NEAR TR 361454. INFORMATION REGARDING THIS GUN & THE BATTERY IS CONFUSED WITH MANNING BY RMs & THE ARMY. UNCONFIRMED UKFC DATA:

BRUE, SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 331- 463- FSG DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 3727 4510 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 3771 4498 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 3782 4490 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 3791 4478 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 3800 4467 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 3814 4460 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 3838 4460 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 402- 447FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 405- 445 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 410- 443 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 415- 440 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 418- 438 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 422- 435 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 427- 432- FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 431- 431- FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 435- 428-FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 439- 426-FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 440- 426-FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 450- 425-FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B. ST 334- 462- FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B. ST 3553 4546 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B. ST 3634 4520 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B. ST 3648 4519 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B. ST 3665 4516 FSG.DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B. ST 3683 4513 FSG.DB
BRUE. SOMERSET, RIVER P/B. ST 303- 473- FSG DB:
BRUE SOMERSET, RIVER P/B ST 398- 448 FSG.DB:
DEFENCE AREA, UNPUBLISHED NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD:
END:

BRUNTINGTHORPE, LEICS. RAF BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1942 CLOSED 1962:

BRUTON, SOMERSET ROC POST ST 684- 345- FSG DB:

BRUNDISH, SUFFOLK. PICTURE OF HOME GUARD FILE HG:

BTSG:
IN EACH CIVIL DEFENCE REGION WAS A BTSG.
A MAIN PROTECTED SWITCHING CENTRE, LINKING ALL THE AREA WAR GROUPS IN THE REGION.
AWGS WERE A DESIGNATED EXCHANGE IN A NON TARGET AREA, WITH MANUAL SWITCHBOARD DUPLICATING MAIN AREA PEACETIME EXCHANGE.
IE CARDIFF AWG AT ABEGAVENNY EXCHANGE BASEMENT.
BTSG8 IN THE OLD AAOR AT WENNALT CARDIFF, SET UP IN EARLY 80S REPLACING MERTHYR EXCHANGE.
WALES WAS CD REGION 8.
2 ENGINEERS EXPLAIN FUNCTION, ALL LINES ACCESS TO BLDG EMP PROTECTED.
8 MANUAL SWITCHBOARDS,
LIST OF LINE CONNECTIONS IN 1984 FROM BTSG8.
DIRECT LINES TO OSWESTRY NATIONAL WARTIME CONTROL, OTHER BTSGS NEIGHBOURING AND AWGS REF KW:

BUCA DI VELA, FORT. NEAR TRENTO NORTHERN ITALY. CASEMATE 52:

BUCHAN GAILES . REF.WAR PLAN U.K. PAGE 242:
ROTOR GCI BUILT EARLY 1950s:
SEE FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE F FOR FULL DESCRIPTION OF SITE:
FILE B:

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA. PFS NEWSLETTER No 72:

BUCHENWALD. U/G STORAGE SITE FOR NAZI LOOT SEE AFTER THE BATTLE MAGAZINE No 93:

BUCHANAN BATTERY, ORKNEY. 1 x TWIN 6 PDR, 2 x 12 PDRS & 3 D.E.Ls. MANNED BY 166 C BATTERY PART OF 533 COASTAL BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:

BUCHANAN CASTLE, STIRLINGSHIRE, SCOTLAND. USED AS A MILITARY HOSPITAL DURING WW2. RUMORS OF A SYSTEM OF UNDERGROUND PASSAGES?:

BUCHAREST & SERETH DEFENCE LINES. RUMANIA. CASEMATE No 82:
BUCHAREST HAD 18 FORTS AROUND IT:

BUCHOLLIE CASTLE. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1881):

BUCKINGHAM GATE, LONDON SCOTTISH DRILL HALL. 'SAVE':

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, AYLESBURY. EMERGENCY CONTROL CENTRE FILE B:
HUGHENDEN MANOR, NORTH OF HIGH WYCOMBE. RAF MAPPING CENTRE WW2. AFTER THE BATTLE No 141:

BUCKLAND BRIDGE, SOMERSET P/B. ST 3035 2774. FSG DB:
BUCKLAND BRIDGE SOMERSET P/B. ST 3036 2769. FSG DB:
BUCKLAND BRIDGE SOMERSET P/B. ST 3062 2810. FSG DB:

BUCKLAND, KENT AA SITE 5.25" GUNS:

BUCKLAND, DORSET AA SITE TQ678-711 ALDIS 39:

BUCKLES FM, DORSET. AA SITE TQ597-815 ALDIS 39:

BUCKLESHAM, SUFFOLK. STARFISH DECOY SITE TM 238410. WAS FOR IPSWICH ALONGSIDE SHOTISHAM (TM 313427):

BUDBROOKE BARRACKS, WARWICK. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

BUDDON NESS BATTERY. ALDIS 60:
1 x 75mm. NO OTHER DETAILS KNOWN. UKFC DATA:

BUDE, CORNWALL A/T SS 2049 0662. FSG DB:
BUDE, CORNWALL, P/B. SS 2019 0725. FSG DB:

BUDLEIGH SALTERTON, DEVON BEACH BATTERY SY 0629 8176 FSG.DB:
BUDLEIGH SALTERTON DEVON BEACH BATTERY SY 0778 8203 FSG.DB:
BATTERY ARMED WITH 1 x 4.7" QF MK V. SEE ALSO WEST END BATTERY. UKFC DATA:
BUDLEIGH SALTERTON DEVON P/B SY 0642 8180 FSG.DB:
BUDLEIGH SALTERTON DEVON P/B SY 0649 8180 FSG.DB:
BUDLEIGH SALTERTON DEVON P/B SY 0720 8201 FSG.DB:

BULL & BUSH. REF. WAR PLAN U.K. PAGE 258.UNDER HAMSTEAD HEATH 200 FOOT DOWN, USED IN THE 1950s AS LONDON TRANSPORTS EMERGENCY HQ. LATER A CONTROL CENTRE FOR THE CONTROL OF THE UNDERGROUNDS FLOOD GATES.FROM LONDON UNDER LONDON, SEE BOOKS:

BULLPOINT BARRACKS, PLYMOUTH. CONSTRUCTED TO HOUSE SOLDIERS GUARDING BULL POINT MAGAZINE. SEE THE BOOK ARMING THE FLEET BY DAVID EVANS:

BULLPOINT MAGAZINE, PLYMOUTH. CASEMATE 80:

BULL SAND FORT. (HUMBER). CASEMATE 20, 23, 51, 52, 54, 55:
FILE B:
SEE BOOKS:
ARTICLE IN SOLDIER MAGAZINE VOL 12 No 2 APRIL 1956:
SEE NMR REPORT ON FILE B:
4 THEN 2 x 6" BL MK VII ON MOUNTINGS MK IV THEN 2 x TWIN 6 PDRS, TA 370093. UKFC DATA:

BUNGAY CASTLE, SUFFOLK. FILE B:
BUNGAY AIRFIELD (HMS EUROPA), STATION 125, CONSTRUCTION BEGAN 1942, TM 325.870:
DEFENCE OF WW2 WO 166.953:
Q DECOY SITE FOR AT RUMBURGH TM 340.825:

BUNGALOW BATTERY, HANTS (OR HOOK BATTERY?), S.E. OF HAMBLE. AT OR NEAR SU 504039. BUILT 1940/41 2 x 12 PDRS, 6 x DELs, MANNED BY 209 COAST BATTERY RA OF 539 THEN 529 COAST REGT RA. UKFC DATA:
HANTS. DEFENCES IN THIS AREA INCLUDE BUNGALOW BATTERY, HAA SITE. SEE SKETCH MAP FILE B:

BUNGAY, SUFFOLK. DRILL HALL, SCALES STREET. ARMOURY NETHERGATE/BROAD STREET. SEE THE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

BUNKERS:
(SEE BELOW) & OR BUNKER FILE UNDER ITS NAME.

BUNKERS, GERMAN WW1. A NUMBER OF REFERENCES. AFTER THE BATTLE No 117:

BUNKERS WHERE DID THE GOVERNMENT GO.
In the late 1930s, as war loomed, government planners contemplated the effects of a massive and sustained air attack on London - effects that were expected to be as bad as later envisaged from
an attack with atomic weapons. The effects would be widespread. As well as the immediate loss of life and damage to buildings would be the general disruption caused by for example the loss of
communications infrastructure and the inability of people to travel. As well as the immediate effects on the civil population which were met by Air Raid Precaution measures the government had to ensure that its operations which were then firmly based on central London could continue. These activities termed "continuity of government" or "the machinery of government in war" could cover many levels of the governmental and administrative machine. At the top is the decision making apparatus centred on the War Cabinet with the heads of the armed forces and advisors. Below them, at national level would be the various layers of the civil service together with quasi-governmental bodies like the BBC, General Post Office, British Railways, etc who would implement and add to those decisions. Consideration would also need to be given to the continued operation of the monarchy and Parliament. Probably around 150000 people fell into these categories and this number would rise steadily during the war.
The initial plan was to relocate the machinery of government to the suburbs of north and northwest London. A bombproof citadel known as PADDOCK was built at Dollis Hill for the War Cabinet with supporting bunkers at Cricklewood and Harrow. The bulk of the civil servants would be accommodated in neighbouring schools and colleges left empty by evacuation.
The plan was however changed. Now, the seat of government was to remain in London for as long as possible and protected accommodation was developed. The most famous was the bunker under the New Public Buildings (also known as George Street) which was partly occupied by the Cabinet War Room. Other citadels were developed, notably the Admiralty Citadel which was in fact built illegally on part of St James's Park and the "Rotundas" which were built off Horseferry Road in the massive holes originally dug in the previous century for gas holders. As well as these citadels a series of reinforced "steel framed buildings" were constructed in central London. Although the upper levels of government would remain in London to act as a "nucleus" the plan was to evacuate the majority of civil servants, mainly to seaside resorts that would have empty hotel accommodation. In this way for example the Ministry of Agriculture established a major presence at Colwyn Bay. This was the "yellow move", but a last ditch "black move" was also planned should London become unusable or threatened by invasion. Under this plan the nucleus would relocate to planned accommodation in the west midlands eg the War Cabinet would move to Hindlip House near Worcester and Parliament to Stratford-upon-Avon.
The "black move" was not implemented but it was reconsidered in 1943 in the face of bombardment from what would become the V-weapons. By this time there was sufficient citadel and steel framed building accommodation to accommodate around 10000 key personnel in central London under what were called "Crossbow conditions". If the bombardment became severe and prolonged non-essential workers would be stood down whilst the nucleus would live and work in the citadels and basements.
The Cabinet War Room would still be the hub. Accommodating around 400 its main function was to collect and process information about all aspects of the national and world situation, to brief the decision-makers and then disseminate those decisions. However it was realised that the bunker was not bomb proof and the Horseferry Road Rotundas, code named ANSON, were developed for Churchill, his family and the War Cabinet. ANSON could accommodate up to 2000 people under a concrete slab twelve feet thick. Supporting the various citadels was a series of communications tunnels dug under Whitehall to carry the vital telephone and telegraph cables linking them to each other and the outside world.
When planning began for World War 3 in 1948 the initial idea was that the government would remain in London as before although there would be a partial evacuation of up to 20000 civil servants. This move however was not to protect them but to free up accommodation for the expected expansion of government and the influx of allied staffs. By 1950 the plan had evolved. The bulk of the civil servants would now progressively leave as conditions required but the nucleus of government would for practical and morale reasons remain in London using the same citadels
and steel framed buildings as before. The nucleus was restricted to the 5800 these buildings could accommodate and would consist of essential people from the government, civil service and armed forces together with representatives from allied governments and bodies such as the Bank of England, Boards of Nationalised Industries, the Red Cross, TUC and major companies such as ICI.
The strategic thinking at this time was that World War 3 would be a prolonged struggle like its predecessor. The A-bomb would devastate the centre of some cities, notably London, but the citadels were considered proof against it. The need was for the government machine to continue indefinitely in the face of the bombardment so as well as plans to protect the nucleus plans were made for government departments and related bodies throughout the country to continue to operate in a process known as "due functioning". These activities would be assisted by hardened communications links such as the underground telephone and telegraph switching centre in Holborn and the Backbone microwave relay chain.
Parallel with these plans for the continuity of government a new civil defence organisation was developed. The country continued to be divided for the purpose into regions each lead by a Regional Commissioner operating from a new purpose built protected Regional War Room. The Regional Commissioner's main function was to direct the life saving activity of the civil defence organisations but if necessary he could, in a repeat of World War ll plans assume all the powers of central government and run the region. This was however only expected to be for a short period if communications were disrupted. The Regional War Rooms would report to a Central Government War Room. The plans for this appear to have been somewhat tentative but it would probably been established in the Rotundas and perform the same role as the old Cabinet War Room.
By 1954 the hydrogen bomb was beginning to enter the equation. The planners under Thomas Padmore, who had been involved with the planning since 1948, continued to think in terms of the nucleus operating from London but now government responsibilities would be delegated much more to the regions eg the regional offices of Ministries. But, as a safeguard a reserve protected seat of government would be developed away from the capital known initially as SUBTERFUGE and which would take over should the nucleus in London be unable to function.
But whilst Padmore was considering the immediate effect of the H-bomb on the "machinery of government in war" the Strath Committee was considering its wider effects. Their report is still classified but it concluded that just ten 10 megaton H-bombs hitting British cities would cause such destruction and, more importantly, produce so much radioactive fall-out that normal life and normal government activity would become impossible and these effects would last for months, possibly years. As a result much of Britain's defence planning was radically reconsidered. The delegation of government operations to the regions would be increased and the role of the Regional Commissioner increased. He would now operate from a joint Civil-Military Headquarters with a staff of around 300. More significantly, London would be abandoned as the seat of government. The nucleus of government would now move to the SUBTERFUGE site late in the pre-war precautionary period. This nucleus would discharge only those core activities such as war fighting and control of strategic supplies which could not be done at regional level. It would also give strategic direction to the Regional Commissioners.
SUBTERFUGE was developed at Corsham near Bath using a massive underground factory built during the last war. Planning and building however proceeded slowly and it was not until 1957 that the basic accommodation for the planned 4000 staff was nearing completion. The massive communications system requiring over 1000 staff was however not completed until 1962 and possibly was never fully operational. Tentative plans were made to occupy the site in 3 days but, except for a few senior members, the designated personnel were never warned of their expected wartime role, nor, for reasons of security, were exercises held there. As a reserve a second site was planned at Rhydymwyn in north Wales using tunnels dug during the last war to store poison gas but these plans were never developed.
Slowly it was realised that the chaotic conditions which would follow the immediate and all-out attack with H-bombs which was expected at the start of a war would not just paralyse the country temporarily; the effects would last for months if not years. SUBTERFUGE would only be able to give at best a general direction to the country. Consequently, the regions were seen as even more vital as the effective level from which central government would operate and their capabilities were extended. From the early 1960s, the Regional Commissioners would be government Ministers and would have full powers to govern their regions from new hardened Regional Seats of Government (RSGs) each with a staff of around 430. RSGs were introduced in 1961 and shortly after a further tier, the Sub Regional Headquarters was introduced between the RSG and the local authorities at county level to allow the RSG to concentrate on strategic direction. In effect, the RSG would make policy, the SRHQ would decide how it would be implemented and then the local authority Controller (the peacetime Chief Clerk) would use the local government employees as the regional civil service. The operational role of the nucleus at BURLINGTON as the SUBTERFUGE site had been renamed by this time was now to act as the core seat of government for the survival and reconstruction and significantly to act as the alternative centre to London to authorise nuclear retaliation. It would house the War Cabinet, the Chiefs of Staff and their advisors and secretariat staffs together with elements from the various ministries, BBC, etc. If knocked out the senior RSG would take over as the central government for what was left of the country. There was no place for Parliament in this system. Its role would be to vote through the pre-drafted emergency legislation giving full power to the war cabinet and Regional Commissioners and then disperse.
The Berlin and Cuban crises in 1961 and 1962 showed that the world could move from peace to war in a much shorter period than previously envisaged. Consequently, plans were now to be based on a warning or "precautionary period" of only 2 - 3 days. This would not give time to man the emergency central government war headquarters which was now called TURNSTILE and consequently the single site idea was abandoned in favour of one based on PYTHON GROUPS. Up to eight such groups would be set up in the precautionary period, each consisting of up to 150 people under a senior minister designated to act as Prime Minister and supported by 2 other ministers. The groups would be dispersed throughout the country and have their own army radio system (CONRAD) to link them and also connect them to the Regional Commissioners. At the same time the idea of manning the RSGs pre-attack was also abandoned due to manning problems and the fact they were now expected to be specifically targeted but also because of the constant restricting problem which had affected the effectiveness of all civil defence measures for years - that of cost.
The idea was now that the Sub-Regional Headquarters (now renamed Sub Regional Controls) would be set up pre-strike. The Regional Commissioner and his staff would disperse in groupsaround the region and when conditions permitted would gather at an "accretion point" to establish what would effectively be the capital for the region and try to set up a regional central government. Similarly the surviving PYTHON GROUPS would come together, possibly at the TURNSTILE site to form a limited national government.
In 1968 civil defence was mothballed. At the time the "machinery of government in war" would have been based initially on the SRCs which would have been tasked with picking up the pieces. The RSGs and central government nucleus would then be set up as conditions permitted to provide a semblance of central government based on regional structures This information is all based on files from the Public Record Office although many details remain classified. No files are yet available for the period after 1970 but the available evidence suggests that the PYTHON idea continued at least into the 1980s. The plans for the regional level of government also continued but by 1984 the idea of a regional seat of government established post-attack was abandoned. From now on the Regional Commissioner would be based from the outset in one of the regional government headquarters (RGHQs), the former Sub Regional Headquarters/Sub Regional Controls, in the region. He would continue to govern the region concentrating on policy making until some form of national government could be established, either from witnin the RGHQ structure or a re-appearance of the Prime Minister, to give some limited national policy once communications allowed. The implementation of these decisions would be the responsibility of the local government Controllers at County and District level as had been the case since the mid-1960s. As in the 1960s emergency legislation was drafted to legitimise the delegation of all government powers at both national and local level to the Regional Commissioners and Controllers.
The main change in the 1980s was the increasing emphasis on providing government in war before a nuclear attack in what was known as the "transition to war and conventional war" period. The initial idea was to use the regional headquarters but this was soon abandoned in favour of giving a war role to the Regional Emergency Committees (or RECs). These dormant bodies consisting of representatives of government departments, the emergency services, armed forces, etc had existed in for decades ready to respond to a civil emergency but they were now to be tasked with co-ordinating wartime government activity at regional level. At central government level the idea was still to set up departmental "control points" overseen by a Central Government Control Point. This would no doubt be established in one of the emergency facilities in the capital such as the PINDAR communications and conference centre built in the 1980s under the Ministry of Defence in Whitehall.
With the end of the Cold War plans for civil defence and with it the infrastructure for regional government was were rapidly scrapped. Local authorities and government departments no longer maintain active plans for home defence. © Steve Fox October 2000

AA CONTROL ROOMS 1950s SEE LIST IN AA FILE & MISTLEY.
ALBANIA FILE A:
ANSTRUUTHER. FILE A:
SEE ALSO UNDER NAME:

BELGRADE. MILOSEVIC'S BUNKER UNDER THE FEDERAL PALACE. DAILY EXPRESS MAY 25th 1999. FILE B:

BIN LADEN. BUNKERS IN AFGANISTAN. CARVED OUT OF CAVES FILE B:

CABINET WAR ROOMS, CONTAINING A MERE 21 ROOMS, JUST OFF WHITEHALL.
FORTRESS UNDER STREET ONE BY ONE THE SECRETS OF WAR-TIME LONDON ARE BEING DISCLOSED. IT IS NOW KNOWN THAT WHEN LONDON WAS THREATENED WITH INVASION THREE UNDERGROUND BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED, AT STRATEGIC POINTS, TO HOUSE THE NATION'S LEADERS & CERTAIN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. THE LARGEST OF THESE BUILDINGS WAS ON THE SITE OF AN OLD GASHOLDER IN HORSEFERRY ROAD, WESTMINSTER, & IT BECAME KNOWN AS THE "HORSEFERRY ROAD CITADEL." ITS PURPOSE WAS TO SHELTER THE WAR CABINET, THE CHIEFS OF STAFF, AND THEIR IMMEDIATE STAFFS TO THE NUMBER OF 2,000 IN THE EVENT OF MASS BOMBING OR ENEMY LANDINGS DISLOCATING OR DESTROYING THE USUAL CENTRES OF ADMINISTRATION. THOUSANDS OF LONDONERS MUST HAVE WALKED ALONG HORSEFERRY ROAD & MARSHAM STREET & NEVER REALISED THAT BENEATH THEIR FEET WAS A CITADEL EQUIPPED WITH THE MOST MODERN PRODUCTS OF SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. THE ENTRANCES WERE INCONSPICUOUS. ONE WAS THROUGH A GAP IN A HOARDING AND TWO WERE DESCRIBED AS
"HOLES IN THE GROUND." IN THIS SUBTERRANEAN HEADQUARTERS WERE THREE MILES OF CORRIDORS AND NEARLY A THOUSAND ROOMS. THE FORTRESS WAS BOMB-PROOF AND POISON GAS-PROOF, AND HAD ITS OWN POWER PLANT, WATER SUPPLY, & RADIO STATION. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FULLY USED IF A LAST-DITCH STAND HAD BECOME NECESSARY, AND COULD HAVE CARRIED ON FOR THREE WEEKS, WITHOUT CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD, HAD LONDON BEEN BESIEGED. SO STRONG WAS THIS UNDERGROUND FORTRESS THAT EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT IF AN ATOM BOMB HAD BEEN DROPPED ON IT, THE STEEL & CONCRETE CRUST, NEARLY 12FT. THICK, WOULD HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENT PROTECTION. THE HEART OF THE FORTRESS WAS A MINIATURE POWER STATION WITH FOUR PETTER DIESEL-ELECTRIC GENERATING SETS DEVELOPING IN ALL 1,500 HP. SUNK 60FT. BELOW STREET LEVEL, AND WITH FUEL SUPPLY FOR NEARLY A MONTH, THE FORTRESS WAS PROVIDED WITH LIGHT AND POWER & WITH AN AIR-CONDITIONING PLANT WHICH COULD BE OPERATED BY PRESSING A BUTTON AND WOULD GIVE PROTECTION AGAINST ANY KNOWN POISON GAS. HAPPILY, THE BUILDING WAS NEVER PUT TO FULL-SCALE EMERGENCY USE. THE POWER FOR ITS SERVICES HAS, IN GENERAL, BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE LOCAL ELECTRICITY SUPPLY UNDERTAKING. ON OCCASIONS OF GRID FAILURE THE SERVICES HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED WITH COMPLETE SUCCESS BY THE DIESEL-ENGINED PLANT INTENDED TO COPE WITH WAR EMERGENCIES. THE FACT THAT EXCAVATIONS HAD TAKEN PLACE ON THE SITE FOR A NEW GAS-HOLDER ASSISTED THE SPEEDY PREPARATION OF THE CITADEL. (TIMES):

FILE C: SEE ALSO TWO BOOKLETS ON CABINET WAR ROOMS:
UKFC ARCHIVES FILE No 47 (110):

END.

(BUNKERS CONTD).
CRICKLEWOOD:
DEREHAM,NORFOLK. BRECKLAND COUNCIL'S:
DOLLIS HILL. FILE D & P (PADDOCK):
HARROW SEE UNDER H:
HITLER.FILE :B, AFTER THE BATTLE 128:
KENT, EX RAF REPORT ON IN FOCUS MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2001, FILE B:
KIRKNEWTON (SEE FILE K), MIDLOTHIAN TO DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY, THE BUNKER IS JUST A WITTY NAME FOR THE COOLEST RAVE CLUB IN SCOTLAND.
AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE CONCRETE-BOX ENTRANCE AND TWO IRON DOORS, FEW OF THEM REALISE THAT UNTIL THREE YEARS AGO, WHEN THE SCOTTISH OFFICE SOLD IT, IT ACTUALLY WAS A NUCLEAR BUNKER. ITS NEW FUNCTION IS AMONG THE MOST IMAGINATIVE FOUND FOR THE UNDERGROUND CONCRETE COMPLEXES WHICH WERE ONCE MEANT TO PROTECT THE NATION DURING A NUCLEAR ATTACK, BUT WHICH ARE NOW DEEMED REDUNDANT.
IT IS ONE OF NEARLY 1,000 BUNKERS PUT ON THE MARKET OR DISPOSED OF BY THE GOVERNMENT AS THE COLD WAR THREAT OF NUCLEAR BOMBARDMENT HAS RECEDED .
AMONG THEM ARE 17 REGIONAL GOVERNMENT BUNKERS, ADMINISTERED BY THE HOME OFFICE, WHICH WERE ONCE THE MOST SECRET PLACES IN THE COUNTRY, HIDDEN IN HILLSIDES OR DISGUISED UNDER SPECIALLY-BUILT MODERN BUNGALOWS FROM WHICH NO-ONE EVER EMERGED.
ALSO REDUNDANT ARE 870 BUNKERS FORMERLY OPERATED BY THE UK WARNING AND MONITORING ORGANISATION (UKWMO) AND THE ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS, RANGING FROM THREE-MAN OBSERVATION POSTS WHICH WERE NO MORE THAN CONCRETE BOXES BURIED IN HILLSIDES, TO THE 25 SECTOR HEADQUARTERS EQUIPPED WITH HUGE OPERATIONS ROOMS AND ACCOMMODATION FOR UP TO 50 VIPS, MOSTLY LOCAL POLITICIANS AND CIVIL SERVANTS,AT A TIME. SINCE 1992, THE HOME OFFICE HAS BEEN PUTTING THEM UP FOR SALE THROUGH DISCREET MARKETING CAMPAIGNS SUPERVISED BY UNICORN ESTATES, A BRISTOL-BASED CONSULTANCY FIRM.
SIX OF THE 17 REGIONAL GOVERNMENT HQS (RGHQ) HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISPOSED OF. SOME HAVE REVERTED TO OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, OTHERS TO THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THE LAND UNDER WHICH THEY ARE BURIED. THE HIGHEST PRICE PAID SO FAR BY AN OUTSIDE BUYER IS £1.25M BUT HOME OFFICE SECRECY STILL PERTAINS AS TO THE PURCHASER'S IDENTITY.
MICHAEL PARRISH, AN ESSEX FARMER, HAS NO SUCH COMPUNCTIONS ABOUT BEING IDENTIFIED AS THE PROUD NEW OWNER OF KELVEDON HATCH, A HOME OFFICE RGHQ NEAR BRENTWOOD, WHICH HE BOUGHT FOR "MORE THAN £100,000 BUT LESS THAN £200,000" LAST MONTH. THE BUNKER, COMPLETE WITH ITS OWN VENTILATION AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS, SITS ON PARRISH'S LAND UNDER A 1950S BUNGALOW. AT THE END OF THE DRIVE THERE WAS A SIGN SAYING "BELL PUSH" STUCK ON AN OLD-FASHIONED LAMP-POST. IF ANYONE DID PUSH THE BELL, THE POLICE WOULD ARRIVE IN MINUTES AND ASK YOU TO LEAVE. SINCE ACQUIRING THE BUNKER, PARRISH HAS BEEN INUNDATED WITH REQUESTS TO RENT IT.
"FILM PRODUCERS WANT IT FOR LOCATION FILMING, RAVE CLUBS WANT IT. THERE HAVE EVEN BEEN A COUPLE OF RELIGIOUS SECTS WANTING TO USE IT AS A RETREAT,'' HE SAID. "I'M MOST TEMPTED BY THE RAVERS. I COULD SHUT THE BOMB-PROOF DOORS ON THEM AND NOT LET THEM OUT, BUT I WILL PROBABLY END UP LEASING IT FOR STORAGE."
HOW DOES ONE MARKET A PROPERTY WHICH IS TRULY UNIQUE? JOHN FRANCIS, UNICORN'S ESTATES SURVEYOR WHO LIAISES WITH THE HOME OFFICE AND BEGAN SELLING THE SMALL OBSERVATION POSTS JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO, SAID: "WELL...UNIQUE IS REALLY THE ONLY APPROPRIATE WORD. WITH THE UKWMO POSTS, I WOULD ADVERTISE THEM AS A SMALL ESTATE WITH A VIEW, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL ON HIGH GROUND." HE HAS SOLD 14 TO AN ENTREPRENEUR WHO WANTED THEM FOR A RADIO TRANSMISSIONS BUSINESS.
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL VENTURE HAS INVOLVED LEAVING A BUNKER EXACTLY AS IT WAS. JIM CLIFDEN, A FORMER HOME OFFICE CIVIL SERVANT WHO USED TO VET ALL BRITAIN'S SURPLUS BUNKERS FOR COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL, FORMED A CONSORTIUM TO RAISE £125,000 TO BUY THE 42,000 SQUARE-FOOT BUNKER AT ANSTRUTHER, NEAR ST ANDREWS, AND TURN IT INTO A COLD WAR MUSEUM. IT OPENED LAST SPRING.
"IT HAS SUCCEEDED BEYOND OUR WILDEST IMAGININGS," SAID CLIFDEN. "I PREDICTED 15,000 VISITORS A YEAR TO GET FUNDING; WE ACTUALLY HAD 65,000." THE BUNKER IS UNDER A 16TH CENTURY COTTAGE AND REACHED VIA STAIRS AND A 100-YARD TUNNEL. ONCE INSIDE THE 16FT-THICK CONCRETE WALLS, VISITORS CAN BROWSE IN THE CONTROL ROOM AMONG CHARTS WHICH TRACE THE RADIATION DRIFT FROM MISSILES HITTING CARLISLE, ROSYTH, INVERNESS AND OBAN, AND MARVEL AT THE 2,800-LINE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. THE TWO-STOREY, 72-ROOM BUNKER WAS EQUIPPED TO ACCOMMODATE UP TO 300 PEOPLE FOR TWO MONTHS.
THE GOVERNMENT SPENT £5M ON REFURBISHMENTS IN 1991, JUST BEFORE IT WAS SOLD, AND MADE IT SO COMFORTABLE THAT CLIFDEN OFTEN LIVES INSIDE THE BUNKER. THE FATE OF OTHER UKMWO BUNKERS IS, HOWEVER, MORE PROSAIC; MANY HAVE BEEN SOLD OR LEASED AS SECURE STORAGE FOR DOCUMENTS OR WINE.
THE GOVERNMENT BEGAN CREATING BUNKERS IN THE LATE 1940S AND IN THE 1960S EXTENDED RESPONSIBILITY FOR CIVIL DEFENCE TO EVERY LOCAL COUNCIL. UNTIL 1993, EACH ONE WAS OBLIGED BY LAW TO MAINTAIN NUCLEAR SHELTERS. DESPITE RECEIVING £24M A YEAR IN GRANTS FOR THE PURPOSE, SOME COUNCILS TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY LESS THAN SERIOUSLY. SELF-DECLARED NUCLEAR-FREE ZONES LIKE SHEFFIELD SIMPLY ALLOCATED A BROOM CUPBOARD, WHILE FOREST OF DEAN COUNCIL IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE, USED ITS SHELTER IN THE BASEMENT OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES AS A SNOOKER ROOM.
IN 1985, A SOMERSET COUNCIL HAD TO SPEND £20,000 ON MODIFYING ITS BUNKER, WHICH HAD BEEN BUILT WITH AN OUTSIDE LAVATORY. IN SOME CASES, STRUCTURES WHICH WERE MEANT TO WITHSTAND THE ULTIMATE CALAMITY PROVED INCAPABLE OF KEEPING OUT THE RAIN. THE ROTHERHAM DISTRICT BUNKER IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE HAS LANGUISHED ANKLE-DEEP IN WATER SINCE 1968. BRITISH TELECOM ENGINEERS WHO INSPECTED THE TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT PRONOUNCED IT DANGEROUS AND ELECTRICITY BOARD OFFICERS REFUSED TO ENTER IT TO READ THE METERS. YET HOME OFFICE INSPECTORS PASSED THE BUNKER AS A1 OPERATIONAL.
"THERE WAS DEFINITELY A DADS' ARMY LOOK ABOUT MOST COUNCIL NUCLEAR SHELTERS," SAID JOHN HARTHMAN, EMERGENCY PLANNING OFFICER FOR SOUTH YORKSHIRE. "INSPECTION TEAMS WOULD SOMETIMES FIND RABBITS RUNNING AROUND IN THESE IMPREGNABLE STRUCTURES SUNK DOZENS OF FEET INTO THE EARTH."
SCANT REGARD WAS PAID TO SECRECY, TOO. A UKWMO OBSERVATION POST BURIED UNDER THE GREEN AT ABBEYDALE GOLF CLUB IN SHEFFIELD IS MARKED ON THE CITY'S A-Z.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY ANDREW GILLIGAN.
Copyright(c) 1996 Times Newspapers Ltd.
END:

LAS VEGAS, USA.FILE U:
LONDONS BUNKERS SEE FILE L & BOOKS:
MISTLEY AA BTY CONTROL RM. SEE FILE M:
MOSCOW, RUSSIA. FILE BUNKERS:
PADDOCK (SEE DOLLIS HILL SEE ALSO BOOK):
PO SCHEME 3245. DAILY TELEGRAPH AUGUST 25 2006 MENTIONS POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN PINAR & A WW2 TUNNEL KNOWN ONLY BY ITS POST OFFICE NUMBER, SEE FILE L-LONDON:
THE WW2 TUNNEL WAS AT LEAST 100 FT BELOW LONDON IN THE CHANCERY LANE AREA:
PINAR BUNKER SEE UNDER NAME:
RADAR BUNKERS R1,2,3 & 4 SEE RADAR, SEE PLAN OF R3 FILE B:
ROTOR RADAR STATIONS. SEE INDIVIDUAL STATIONS & WAR PLAN UK:
R TYPE BUNKER TWO STOREY FILE R:
SADDAMS BUNKERS BAGHDAD, THREE ARTICLES.FILE B:
STALINS, MOSCOW. AFTER THE BATTLE No 85:
SULPHUR SPRINGS WEST VA., U.S.A.BUNKER UNDER HOTEL FILE S:
WHITEHALL.FILE B:
END OF BUNKERS:

BUONO VISTA BATTERY, SINGAPORE. FORT 7:

BURGELAND, AUSTRIA.CASEMATE 44:

BURGH CASTLE, NORFOLK.ALDIS 43,48:
NIGHT LANDING GROUND 1915-19, TG 484048:

BURGHFIELD PLANT. BERKSHIRE. NUCLEAR WARHEADS FOR TRIDENT MISSILES ARE MANUFACTURED HERE & TAKEN BY UNDERGROUND RAILWAY TO ALDERMASTN ATOMIC WEAPONS BASE, READING, BERKS. DAILY EXPRESS DEC.9TH 1992:
LOOPHOLES No37:

BURGH ISLAND, BIGBURY-ON-SEA, DEVON P/B SX 648- 441- FSG.DB:
BURGH ISLAND, BIGBURY-ON-SEA DEVON P/B SX 649- 439- FSG.DB:
CASEMATE 72 WW2 PILLBOX 17 INCH THICK WALLS:

BURGOYNE, FORT. ALDIS 41, 45, 48:
FILE B:
CASEMATE 78:
PICTURE OF MAIN ENTRANCE SHOWING BRIDGE FILE B:
REDAN 20, 22:
SEE PLANS DISC:
WO 199.462 COMBINED HQ PLYMOUTH 1943.
DOVER CASTLE REF NEW TUNNEL FOR AAGOR 1942, NEW ACCESS TUNNEL, WOULD TAKE 14 DAYS TO COMPLETE.
DISCUSS THE USE OF THREE CAPONIERS AT FORT BURGOYNE 1942 FOR ACCOMODATION IN CONNECTION WITH COMBINED HQs.
FORT SOUTHWICK 1942 CONCERNS ABOUT PROTECTION FROM AIR ATTACK & AIR BOURNE TROOPS. RMs GUARDING AT PRESENT. UNDERGROUND 1942 STATES TOTAL OF 28 OFFICER & 10 ORs. PLAN OF LAYOUT PART, SEE PICTURES. FORTS WIDLEY & PURBROOK ALSO MENTIONED IN LETTERS REGARDING ACCOMODATION:
FORT BURGOYNE BATTERY, 4 x 18/25 PDRS, TR 327423 OR 324428. UKFC DATA:

BURGOYNE & PALMERSTON FORTIFICATION POLICY 1830-60 FORT 14:
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF FORTIFICATIONS, FIELD MARSHAL SIR JOHN FOX BURGOYNE. PFSoc NEWSLETTER No 93:

BURGOYNE, FORT. FRANCE. CASEMATE 27:

BURH, A. EARTHWORK/FORTIFIED POSITION. AT MALDON SEE FILE M:

BURIED RESERVE/EQUIPMENT, CASEMATE 12,13:
EMB 9:

BURLINGTON (CODE NAME) INSTALLATION BENEATH 100 ACRES OF WILTSHIRE FARM LAND NEAR CORSHAM, 120 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE TO HOUSE 55,000 STAFF FOR A DEFENCE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. SEE NEWSPAPER REPORT IN FILE B:
SEE BBC WEB SITE & FILE B:
THE SIZE OF THIS U/G SITE IS STAGGERING & PLANS HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED FOR ITS PRESERVATION, HOWEVER AS WITH ALL OF THESE TYPE OF SITES MAINTENANCE/RUNNING COSTS ARE PROHIBITIVE. THE COMPLEX WAS DIVIDED UP INTO AT LEAST 24 SECTIONS:
ARTICLE FROM BT TODAY SPRING 2009. SMALL HISTORY OF BTs INVOLVEMENT. FILE B:

BURLINGTON GDNS. DRILL SHED USED BY THE SOUTH MIDDLESEX RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1862):

BURMA. 19 & 20c ARTILLERY FORTIFICATIONS IN. FORT 34:

BURMAB, BRITISH EXIBITION TO. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1866):

BURN, YORKS. RAF BOMBER AIRFILED OPENED 1942 CLOSED 1946

BURNHAM, KENT. AA SITE. 4 x 4.5". SEE SKETCH PLAN FILE AA:

BURNHAM ON CROUCH, ESSEX. DRILL HALL, HIGH STREET. SEE THE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

BURNHAM ON SEA, SOMERSET BEACH OBSTICLE. ST 3014 5010. FSG DB:
BURNHAM ON SEA, SOMERSET ROC POST. ST 302- 481- FSG DB:
MINEFIELD CONTROL POINT, ST 302480 WITH 1 x 75mm GUN IN SUPPORT. UKFC DATA:

BURNHAM SUTTON, NORFOLK, TF 840.391. Q-DECOY SITE FOR BIRCHAM NEWTON & DOCKING AIRFIELDS:

BURNISTON BARRACKS.SEE SCARBOROUGH CASTLE:
SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

BURNLEY, CAVALRY & MILITIA BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

BURNTISLAND, FIFE, RAILWAY CONTROL CENTRE c1955. NT 2364.85764 (246.857), SEE PICTURE FILE B:
FILE B:
PILLBOX AT NT 2387.8560 UKFC PC, CROMWELL PERIOD FORT IN THIS AREA:
SEE SUB BRIT WEB SITE:

BURNWICK ISLAND, SOUTHBOOM BATTERY.EMB DEC 1981.

BURRAY BATTERY, ORKNEY. 1 x TWIN SIX PDR & 2 x DELs. MANNED BY 199 COAST BATTERY RA. ND 480.946 OR 486987. UKFC DATA:

BURRINGTON. RSG GROUP:

BURROW BRIDGE SOMERSET G OP ST 797- 517- FSG DB:

BURROWHEAD HAA PRACTICE CAMP, ALDIS 76:

BURROWS, TENBY PEMBROKESHIRE SLIT TRENCH. SS 1240 9912. FSG DB:

BURRY POINT, WALES. SEE LLANELI BATTERY:

BURSCOUGH. DEFENCE AREA, PUBLISHED NMR REPORT BY W FOOT. SEE CD:

BURTON BRADSTOCK, DORSET BEACH BATTERY SY 4900 8888 FSG.DB:
BURTON BRADSTOCK DORSET P/B SY 4933 8878 FSG.DB:
BURTON BRADSTOCK DORSET P/B SY 4940 8880 FSG.DB:

BURTONWOOD, NEAR WARRINGTON OLD USAF PX DEPOT:
AIRFIELD, LARGEST MILITARY BASE IN EUROPE DURING WW2, CLOSED IN 1993:

BURY, LANCASHIRE. WELLINGTON BARRACKS.SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK. WAS A NODLE POINT, A STRONG POINT IN FRONT OF THE GHQ LINE IN WW2. R.DOUGLAS BROWN SAID AT THE BELSTEAD HOUSE WEEKEND THAT THERE WAS A 28 PAGE DOCUMENT DESCRIBING BURYS DEFENCE. THESE POINTS WERE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES TO THE LAST MAN, THERE WAS TO BE NO WITHDRAWL COUNTER ATTACK IF POSSIBLE, ROADS WERE TO BE KEPT CLEAR TO ALLOW FAST MOVEMENTS OF LARGE BODIES OF TROOPS. BURY HAD 700 TROOPS & 400 HOME GUARD PLUS OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS C.D. & RED CROSS ETC. THEY ALSO HAD ANOTHER RESERVE OF MEN & WOMEN. THE DEFENCE SYSTEM WAS A SERIES OF DEFENCE POSTS & AN A.T. DITCH ALL AROUND THE TOWN:
SEE ALSO GHQ LINE:
SEE 'SAVE' BOOK REFERENCE GIBRALTAR BARRACKS & MILITIA BARRACKS:
BEFORE 1972 AN EMERGENCY BUNKER WAS UNDER THE SHIRE HALL (FROM SECRET COLD WAR BUNKERS) THIS WAS THE COUNTIES SECONDRY HQ. SEE IPSWICH FILE FOR MAIN HQ UNDER POLICE STATION. SEE PLAN IN FILE B:
BURY ST EDMUNDS RECORD OFFICE HD 1905/1-4 MILITARY & CIVIL DEFENCE SCHEME. THE MILITARY COMMANDER WAS O.C. No 3 I.T.C. BASED AT GIBRALTAR BARRACKS. THERE WAS AN O.P. ON TOP OF THE BREW HOUSE, GREEN KING BREWERY, WESTGATE STREET. THE DEFENCES WERE BASED UPON A SERIES OF STRONG POINTS AT ENTRANCES TO THE TOWN. THESE WERE CONNECTED BY A SERIES OF POSTS, WHICH WERE LIGHTLY HELD. THESE POSTS WATCH THE ANTI TANK DITCH, WHICH SURROUNDS THE TOWN. STRONG POINTS ARE HELD TILL THE LAST MAN & LAST ROUND. ONE OF THE STRONG POINTS IS THE KEEP. AN INNER AREA OF ROAD BLOCKS WILL DENY THE CENTRE OF THE TOWN TO THE ENEMY. THE TOWN WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO DEFENCE AREAS EAST & WEST.
THERE WERE 22 PUBLIC SHELTERS FOR 1,100 PEOPLE & AN ADDITIONAL SHELTERING CAPACITY FOR 8,190 PEOPLE:
DEFENCE OF WW2 WO 166.1320:

SEE BACHELORS HALL REFERENCE RESISTANCE TRAINING WW2:

BURY ST EDMUNDS BARRACKS, 1968. EADT APRIL 2007. FILE B:
DRILL HALL, NEWMARKET ROAD, BARRACKS, KINGS ROAD, NEWMARKET ROAD CAMP. SEE THE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

BUSSOCKS WOOD, NEAR SHOTTISHAM, SUFFOLK. SITE OF GUN BATTERY WW2 9.2 " BL HOWITZERS, MANNED FEB 27 1942 BY 51/D HEAVY BATTERY RA. IC OF FIRING PRACTICE WAS R J H ABAHAMS R.A. SITE CERTAINLY THERE 1941-42. SOURCE SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE, SUFFOLK POLICE RECORDS REGARDING WARNINGS OF LIVE FIRING UNSORTED DOCUMENTS ED400: 14703:

BUTE, ISLAND. SCOTLAND. ALDIS 62. MINEFIELD CONTROL:

BUTLERS FM, DORSET AA SITE TQ 899-889 ALDIS 39:

BUTLEY, SUFFOLK. LANDING FROUND WW1, TM 342506:

BUTTERMANS BAY, RIVER ORWELL, SUFFOLK. NEAR CHELMONDISTON. SITE OF DEGAUSING WW2:

BUTT OF LEWIS, LIGHTHOUSE. ADMIRALTY SURFACE WEAPONS EST. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

BUTWAL FORT, SOUTHERN NEPAL.CASEMATE 23:

BUYUK LIMAN, FORTRESS OF. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1877):

UP-DATED 20/05/2009.