`K` LOCATIONS

K.

K SITES. SEE DECOY SITES:

KAIRSERIN BATTERY 4 x 6".MICHELIN GUIDE:
FILE K:

KAISER WILHELM 2ND BATTERY. MICHELIN GUIDE:
MODEL FORT FOR IN SANSSOUCI PARK FORT 22:
FILE K:

KALA'AT HUSN, FORT.IN THE SYRIAN DESERT,SEE LIST IN FILE I (1872):

KALAFAT INTRENCHMENTS & FORTIFICATIONS. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1854):
FIELD GUN BATTERY AT 1854 SEE ARTILLERY SCRAP BOOK:

KALMAR CASTLE, SWEDEN. CASEMATE 74:

KAMARLI, NEAR. EARTHEN REDOUBT. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1878):

KAMPFGRUPPE DAK HQ. NORTH AFRICA GERMAN WW2 COMMAND POST. AFTER THE BATTLE No 134:

KANAL 'B' BATTERY.MICHELIN GUIDE:

KANTARA, CASTLE OF. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1878):

KAPIYANGA, FORT OF. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1879):

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

KARS. TURKISH FORTIFICATIONS AROUND, CITADEL OF.FORTRESS OF. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1877):

KASBA BATTERY TANGIER.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1892):

KEEVIL W. WILTSHIRE AIRFIELD ST 922- 571- FSG DB:

KEITH, BANFFSHIRE TA CENTRE. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

KELSTERN, LINCS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPEN 1943 CLOSED 1945:

KELVEDON HATCH. REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 146,239,242, 269,270,280,282:
SEE SALES INFORMATION ON IN FILE B (BAWBURGH):
SOLD IN 1994.SEE FILE K: SEE BOOKLET ON OWNED BY M.PARRISH, BOUGHT FOR £150,000 IN 1994.FILE K:
SEE ALSO BUNKER FILE & REPORT ON VISIT PLUS PHOTOGRAPHS:
ALDIS 57:
SEE RSG NEWSLETTER SIREN No 1 FILE R:
AFTER THE BATTLE 100:

KEMBLE GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRFIELD ST 960- 965- FSG DB. NO FURTHER INFORMATION:

KEMNAL MANOR/MOUNT, CHISLEHURST, KENT. SUB REGIONAL 1953 WAR ROOM FOR THE SOUTH EAST OF LONDON:
SEE LONDON CIVIL DEFENCE (THIS FILE):
FILE K:
SEE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE IN FILE P & K:
ALDIS 66:
KEMNAL MANOR BUNKER.

KEMNAL MANOR LIES IN CHISLEHURST IN KENT, THE ESTATE WAS ORIGINALLY REQUISITIONED BY THE WAR OFFICE IN AUGUST 1939. WHAT ITS USE WAS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR IS UNCLEAR & ALL THE PAPERS & RECOLLECTIONS SO FAR MAKE NO MENTION OF IT.

IN 1951 HOWEVER A MASSIVE BUILDING WAS ERECTED ON THE SITE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CIVIL DEFENCE. THIS BUNKER WAS ONE OF FOUR IDENTICAL WAR ROOMS TO CONTROL THE FIVE CIVIL DEFENCE SECTORS, WHICH LONDON HAD BEEN DIVIDED UP INTO SINCE THE LAST WAR.

THE OTHER THREE WAR ROOMS WERE SITED AT PARTINGDALE LANE, MILL HILL; NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, WANSTEAD AND CHURCH HILL ROAD, CHEAM. THEY CONTROLLED THE NORTH, NORTH EAST, SOUTH EAST AND SOUTH WEST.

A local account was related in 'The Cockpit' in January 1996. "Soon after I came to live in Chislehurst in 1951, we watched the deep (30'-40') excavations and then the actual building. There are very thick reinforced walls and no windows." The account continues when a few years later the writer was shown around. "We were all taken inside and shown round by two men who said they came regularly to service the diesel engines driving the electrical generators, water and air pumps etc and to check food, water and fuel supplies. We were shown a map room, bunks, toilets, shower rooms, food fuel and water storage; how air was filtered; radio (or was it telephone) communications equipment for contact with central government and other center's of regional government in the event of nuclear attack. We were told there was another such installation at Tonbridge (or Tonbridge Wells) I believe."

THE BUNKER, IN ITS LAST ROLE, WHEN OPERATIONAL WOULD HAVE REPORTED TO KELVEDON HATCH, ACTING AS AN EMERGENCY CENTER. IT WAS APPARENTLY ADMINISTERED BY THE LONDON FIRE AUTHORITY & THE CIVIL DEFENCE AUTHORITY.

THE BUNKERS LIFE ENDED QUITE EARLY & WAS EVENTUALLY ABANDONED, CAUSING MANY PROBLEMS FOR LOCAL PEOPLE.

THE BUNKER HAD SOME TWENTY ONE ODD ROOMS (SEE PLAN) AND OVER THE PROCEEDING YEARS VARIOUS PLANS HAD BEEN PUT FORWARD FOR ITS USE, ONE BEEN A RECORDING STUDIO. THESE WERE ALL REJECTED AND IT IS NOW BEEN CONVERTED INTO A LUXURY HOUSE WITH A PRICE TAG OF £1.75M.

LIKE ALL GOOD DEFENCE BUILDINGS RUMORS OF A BLOCKED OFF UNDERGROUND LEVEL PERSISTS. THE CONTRACTORS ARE GOING TO DRILL HOLES IN THE FLOORS IN EACH ROOM TO CHECK FOR THIS MISSING LEVEL! ALTHOUGH AN EXAMINATION OF THE REMAINS OF THE AIR CONDITIONING PLANT MIGHT BE QUICKER. NO PLANS OF THE BUNKER SURVIVE, AT LEAST NOT WHAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED, THIS MIGHT HAVE AIDED THEIR SEARCH.

MY THANKS TO S. FOX AND SUBTERRANEA BRITANNICA FOR ALLOWING ME TO REPRODUCE THE PLAN & QUOTE FROM THE R.S.G. HOME PAGE ON KEMNAL MANOR.

END:

During the last war the boroughs of Greater London were divided into five sectors, three North and two South of the Thames. These divisions continued to be used for civil defence purposes into the 1990s.

The Kemnal bunker was one of the four London Group Controls. It was replaced by a new bunker at Pear Tree House in South East London. The other three were:-
Northumberland Avenue, Wanstead.
Partingdale Lane, Mill Hill.
Church Hill Road, Cheam.

The four war rooms were built to a common design in 1951-53. They were single storey surface blockhouses, topped by three distinctive ventilator shafts. They were built around a central area which could be viewed from the controllers offices through glass screens. There was an unusual back up generator and air filters. A small canteen was provided and sleeping arrangements which minimal.

In their last role as Group Controls or Emergency Centres they stood between the controls of the individual London boroughs and the RGHQ for London at Kelvedon Hatch (this 3 level underground bunker is now open to the public). They would have performed a similar function in a post-strike (nuclear) regional government as a county Main Emergency Centre. They had no standby centres and were to rely on mutual support. They were administered by the London Fire and Civil Defence Authorities. Staff would have been provided by the borough councils within the group.
Source:- Condensed from The London Civil Defence Controls By Steve Fox of The Research Study Group, which is a subsidiary of Subterranea Britanica.

UPDATED TO 22/03/2008.
End.

FILE K:

KEMPSTON BARRACKS, BEDFORD. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

KENDAL CASTLE.3RD WESTMORLAND VOLUNTEERS AT.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1865):

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

KENNET & AVON CANAL. DEFENCES AT DUNMILL LOCK. SEE BOOK & CD BY W FOOT. SEE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHS OF:

KENSINGTON BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

KENSINGTON SOUTH, LONDON, CIVIL DEFENCE CITADEL (SEE BOOK LONDONS SECRET TUBES):

KENSINGTON WAR ROOM.REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 225:

KENT. CASEMATE 19, 48, 81:
AA SITES IN SEE FILE M-MEDWAY LETTER & NOTES. SEE ALSO CBA BOOK (DOBINSON):
O.S. SHEET 189 TR085-193 APPROX. REMAINS OF A 5 GUN BATTERY. ONE GUN ON A CENTRE PIVOT & THE OTHER 4 WITH FRONT & REAR RACERS.WAS CALLED No1 BATTERY. HAVE PHOTO'S OF THIS:
TR084-206 LADE REDOUBT/FORT, HAVE PHOTO'S OF. SEE FRONT LINE KENT BY VICTOR SMITH:
TR170-185 BETWEEN THESE A NUMBER OF AMMUNITION STORES?ALSO ONE UNIDENTIFIED O.P.BY THE SIDE OF A BUGALOW:
KENT VARIOUS NOTES ON WARTIME ALSO SEE LETTERS FROM JOHN GUY.FILE K:
KENT COASTAL DEFENCES PRO WO 199.530 TWO PLANS ONE SHOWING POSITIONS & OTHER SHOWING TOTAL WEIGHT OF SHELLS THAT COULD BE DROPPED ON ANY PARTICULAR AREA. FILE K:
KENT-COLD WAR HERITAGE. CASEMATE 51:
SEE ARTICLE BY VICTOR SMITH IN KENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEW No 129 AUTUMN 1997 FILE K:

KENT, DYMCHURCH RAILWAY.FILE K:

KENT, HISTORICAL DEFENCES, VICTOR SMITH FILE K:

KENT. SEE MAPS AND PLANS REFERENCE O.S. PLANS OF FORTS IN KENT:

KENT, EAST FORTIFICATIONS 1750-1815.FORT 16:
KENT, EAST. SARRE, UNDERGROUND BRIGADE HQs SEE BATTLE HQs (ARMY):

KENT. RAILGUN SITE LOCATIONS.SEE FILE R RAILGUNS:
KENT DEFENCE (20c) SURVEY 2006 SEE LETTER IN FILE K:

KENT SURVEY OF DEFENCE WORKS VICTOR SMITH, ARTICLE. FILE K:

KENT. UKFC FILE No 28C (39 & 40):
KENT, VICTORIAN DEFENCES.REDAN 25:

KENT BATTERY. SEE NORTH DEANS BATTERY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK.

KENT BATTERY, INCHCOLM, 2 x 12 PDR QF 20 CWT, MANNED BY 176 COASTAL BATTERY PART OF 504 CB THEN 505 CB, NT 188824. UKFC DATA:

KENTISBEAR, DEVON ROC POST. ST 0534 0700 FSG DB:

KENTON BAR, NEW CASTLE UPON TYNE. 13 FIGHTER COMMAND HQ 1953 WAR ROOM REGION 1. AT GOVT.BLDGS.PONTELAND ROAD: FILE K:
KENTON BAR BUNKER. DEFENCE LINES No 5. FILE D:
FILE K:
SEE ALSO SUBRIT ORG WEB SITE:

KESGRAVE, NEAR IPSWICH, SUFFOLK. USAF COMMS STATION SEE FOXHALL:
SEE RADAR FILE ABOUT USAF AT IN 1979:
NORTH ATLANTIC RELAY STATION:
SEE PHOTOGRAPHS OF & FILE K:
HAD SOME VHF TRANSMITTER & RECEIVER SITES INSTALLED IN 1940 THESE WERE UNDERGROUND, BY TOM BARRETT:
KNOWN AS AUTOVON (AUTOMATIC VOICE NETWORK) THE RSG LIST THIS AS IPSWICH:
HOMEGUARD AT KESGRAVE SEE FILE H:
PILL BOX WAS OPPOSITE THE BELL PUBLIC HOUSE:

KESSEL, FORT. BELGIUM .CASEMATE 20:

KESSINGLAND, (BEACH FARM) SUFFOLK. ROC POST ON TOP OF PILLBOX FILE L:
KESSINGLAND BEACH BATTERY 2 x 6" BL MK II, 1 x DEL, TM 535865 MANNED BY 231 COASTAL BATTERY RA. NO VISABLE REMAINS OF BATTERY. SOUTH OF TOWN IN THE DUNES ARE THE CONCRETE REMAINS OF A DEFENCE POSITION. FORT RECORD BOOK 1941-45 PRO WO 192.72. FROM HERE TWO FURTHER PILLBOXES ARE VISABLE INLAND:
SEE PHOTOGRAPHS:
COLD WAR ROC POST OPENED 1961 AT TM 52818404. SEE SUBRIT WEB SITE:
A/T GUN POSITIONS MIL GRID REF 975045 & 972044 (PRO WO 166.1061) 1941:
WO 199.2528 PILLBOXES WHICH CAN BE DEMOLISHED, JULY 1943 FILE P.

KETTERING, NORTH HANTS, COUNCIL U/G SHELTER UNDER THE BUS STATION:

KEVERNE QUAY, PLYMOUTH, ARMOURY. MID 19c WITH 16 & 17c FEATURES. NOT OTHER DATA AVAILABLE:

KEW. LONDON. BARRACKS SEE 'SAVE' SEPERATE SHEETS:
SQUARE PILL BOX ON BRIDGE BEFORE KEW GARDENS U/G STATION, BRICK ON FACE OF:

KEYNSHAM SOMERSET ROC POST ST 653- 679- FSG DB:
KEYNSHAM SOMERSET ROC POST ST 669- 659- FSG DB:

KHARTOUM, RELIEF OF.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1885):

KHELAT-EL-NAKHL FORT.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1882):

KHELAT-I-GHILZAI, FORT. INTERIOR OF. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1880):

KHOLODILNIK, REFRIGERATOR HILL, BATTERY No 197. RUSSIA. CASEMATE No 79:

KHYBER PASS. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1878):

KIDDERMINSTER.REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 266,269,300:

KIEV, FORTIFICATIONS CASEMATE 69:

KIJKDUIN FORT. CASEMATE 34:

KILBURN, LONDON. RIFLE GROUND.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1855):

KILCHIARAN. CHAIN HOME LOW RADAR STATION, THEN ROTOR SYSTEM. FILE K:

KILDRUMMY CASTLE, SCOTLAND. CASEMATE No 84:

KILIOBAHK CASTLE, THE DARDANELLES. CASEMATE 30:

KILLIARD POINT.REF.WAR PLAN UK.PAGE 239, 242:
SEE BISHOPSCOURT:

KILLINGHOLME BATTERY. CASEMATE 55:

KILROOT FORT, WW2 2 x 6" BL MK VII/II, 3 x DELs 90cm, MANNED BY 188 COAST BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:

KILVE, SOMERSET OP. ST 1425 4433 FSG DB:
KILVE SOMERSET OP. ST 1487 4460 FSG DB:

KIMBERLEY, SIEGE OF BRITISH ARTILLERY, SEE ARTILLERY SCRAP BOOK:

KIMBOLTON, CAMBS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1941 CLOSED 1956:
DRILL HALL, CASTLE. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

KINBURN, FORT.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1855):

KINCRAIG BATTERY, FIFE (EARLSFERRY). 2 x 6" BL MK VII ON CP MOUNTING MK II, INSTALLED IN 1930s GUN MKs & MOUNTINGS CHANGED LATER TO 24s ON MK 5 MOUNTINGS. MANNED BY 258 BATTERY OF 505 COASTAL REGT. UKFC DATA:

KINDARDINE , STONEHAVEN & DEESIDE DISTRICT COUNCILS EMERGENCY CENTRE c1988 FILE S:

KING CHARLES CASTLE, SCILLY ISLES. CASEMATE 25:
BUILT 1551-4:

KINGHORN BATTERY, FIFE. 2 x 6" BL, 3 x DELs. NT 269.864, GUNS HAD BEEN IN SITU SINCE WW1. MANNED BY 252 COASTAL BATTERY 505 COASTAL REGT THEN 506. UKFC DATA:

KING GEORGE, FORT.SEE BOOKLET FILE K:

KINGHORN LINE, FIRTH OF FOURTH. FORT No 13:
KINGHORN AA SITE RNG8, AT NT 261.867 SOME REMAINS BUT NO ACCESS TO SITE. APPEARS IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ARMED? UKFC-PC:
KINGHORN COASTAL BATTERY, 4 x 6" BL IN THE AREA. ONE REAR LOOPHOLED WALL SURVIVES NT 2893.8635 UKFC-PC:
CBA BOOK ON SCOTLAND.
BC POST NT 269861
PF CELL NT 266861
No 1 GUN NT 269862 9.2" BL
BC POST NT 269862
No GUN NT 270862 6" BL
No GUN NT 266861 6" BL
BC POST NT 266486
No 1 GUN NT 269864 6" BL
No 2 GUN NT 266866 6" BL

KING ONE HAA SITE SEE FELIXSTOWE, SEE AA FILES:

KINGS BANK MINEFIELD BATTERY, BURMA. FORT 34:

KINGS BASTION, QUEBEC.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1860):
SEE ALSO PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, QUEBEC (1860):

KINGSBRIDGE BATTERY, DARTMOUTH DEFENCES WW2, LOCATION NOT KNOWN, ARMED WITH 2 x 4" BL MK 7 GUNS, MANNED BY 391 COAST BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:

KINGS CASTLE SOMERSET P/B ST 561- 455 FSG.DB:
KINGS CASTLE SOMERSET P/B ST 563- 454- FSG.DB:
KINGS CASTLE SOMERSET P/B ST 566- 454 FSG.DB: FSG.DB:

KINGSCLERE, HANTS. ADMIRALTY GUN TESTING SITE. FILE K:

KINGSDOWN BATTERY, ORIGINALLY WALMER, ALSO KNOWN A STAG POINT. 2 x 6" BL MK 12, TR 373500-TR 380483, MANNED BY 234 COAST BATTERY RA OF 563 COAST REGT RA. NOW DEMOLISHED. UKFC DATA:
MARINES SIEGE HQ (KG) 1 ST BORING GROUP R.E.:

KINGSGATE BATTERY, BROADSTAIRS, KENT, 2 x 4" BL MK 7, TR 40106920 OR TR 3871. UKFC & DOBINSON DATA:

KINGS LOCK SOMERSET A/T B. ST 3056 3135 FSG DB:

KINGS LYNN & DEVILS MOUNT BASTION.FORT 15.ALDIS 43:
QUARTER OF THE 17c FORTIFICATIONS REMAIN (PETER KENT):

KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK. FORT 13:
DEFENCES OF FILE N (NORFOLK):
DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.4421:
DRILL HALL, NAVAL AT SOUTH QUAY:
DRILL HALL, PURFLEET QUAY, PROVIDENCE STREET (TWO), BROAD STREET, & WELLESLEY STREET. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:
LANDING GROUND TF 612217, WW1:
NORTH NORFOLKS SUB COUNTY CONTROL ROOM AT KINGS LYNN. FILE K. SEE ALSO SUB BRIT WEB SITE:
SEE ALSO BOOK & BOOKLETS ON NORFOLK DEFENCES:
BATTERY 2 x 6" BL MK VII, ISSUED 25/05/1940, EMPLACED JUNE/JULY 1940, MANNED BY 322 COAST BATTERY, TF 588244. GUNS REMOVED TO DURDRIDGE BAY MAY 1942, STRUCTURES DEMOLISHED & COVERED IN SAND, THERE IS SOME DISCREPANCY OF DATES WHEN GUNS WERE REMOVED ONE STATES SIX MONTHS. 1 OR 2 CASL LIGHTS.UKFC DATA. BATTERY SITED AT ONGAR HILL A FARE BIT SURVIVES INCLUDING BOP TOWER. THE BATTERY WAS REMOVED BECAUSE THE WASH WAS NOT VERY DEEP & THE LIKELYHOOD THAT GERMAN SHIPS WOULD VENTURE INTO THIS AREA WAS UNLIKELY:

KINGS STANDING, ASHDOWN FOREST, SUSSEX. WW2 UNDERGROUND TRANSMITTER STATION, 500 KW 70 ACRE SITE. STILL USED TODAY. SEE FRONT LINE SUSSEX NAPOLEON TO THE COLD WAR BY PETER LONGSTAFF-TYRRELL:
DEFENCE LINES No 6 FILE D:

KINGSTONE SOMERSET P/B ST 3772 1450 FSG.DB:

KINGSTON HARBOUR, CANADA. POINT FREDERICK. FILE P:

KINGSTON ST MARY, SOMERSET. ROC POST. ST 2326 3037 FSG DB:
KINGSTON ST MARY SOMERSET ROC POST. ST 2326 3037 FSG DB:

KINGSTON UPON HULL, AREA, MAP OF. FILE K:
SEE ALSO FSG HUMBERSIDE CONFERENCE NOTES FILE H:

KINGSWAY.REF.WAR PLAN UK.PAGES 246 TO 248,253,270,310:
MAJOR TRUNK EXCHANGE BUILT 1951 IN THE CHANCERY LANE TUBE SHELTER. DO NOT CONFUSE WITH THE DISUSED TRAM TUNNEL ALSO KNOWN AS KINGSWAY:
SEE TELECOM ARTICLE ON FILE K:
SIREN No 3 FILE R:
(SEE BOOK LONDONS SECRET TUBES):

KINGSWEAR CASTLE, DARTMOUTH AREA. ALDIS 44:
KINGSWEAR CASTLE DEVON HARBOUR BATTERY SX 890- 503- FSG.DB:
OFF SHORE MINEFIELD CONTROL POINT AT SX 891503. UKFC DATA:
KINGSWEAR CASTLE DEVON HARBOUR BATTERY SX 894- 503- FSG.DB:
KINGSWEAR, DARTMOUTH DEVON P/B SX 8841 5139 FSG.DB:
KINGSWEAR, DARTMOUTH DEVON P/B SX 8894 5036 FSG.DB:
KINGSWEAR, DARTMOUTH DEVON SLIT TRENCH SX 8894 5036 FSG.DB:
KINGSWEAR DEVON RADAR STATION SX 909- 512- FSG.DB:
BUILT 1491

KINGUSSIE TA TRAINING CENTRE FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

KING WILLIAM GATE, DEFENCE OF.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1869):

KING WILLIAM STREET U/G STATION SHELTER DURING WW2. THIS STILL SURVIVES TODAY. FROM THE BOOK LONDONS DISUSED U/G STATIONS BY J.E.CONNOR:

KINLOSS, MORAY. RAF ANTI SUB WARFARE.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:
BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1939, STILL IN USE:

KINNABER, ANGUS.MICROWAVE RELAY STATION.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

KINNAIRD CASTLE, SCOTLAND. FILE K:

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

KINSWEAR CASTLE, DARTMOUTH.REDAN 30:

KINVER. SEE DRAKELOW:

KIPLIN & ESCRICK, YORKSHIRE.GAS WARFARE STORAGE DEPOT.AFTER THE BATTLE 79:

KIRBY LE SOKEN DECOY SITE SF/QL TM 222239:

KIRBY. ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY UNDERGROUND MAGAZINE FILE K:

KIRKBY MUXLOE CASTLE, CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1440s CASEMATE 82:

KIRKENES. GERMAN WW2 DEFENCES AT AFTER THE BATTLE No 99:

KIRKLEATHAM. DEFENCE AREA, NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD & BOOK:
DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.4421:

KIRKLEVINGTON HALL, AAOR 5 GROUP 83 BRIGADE. FILE K:

KIRKLISTON, SCOTLAND.ALDIS 44:
R.N.YARD/DEPOT SEE FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

KIRKNEWTON, WEST LOTHIAN. REF.WAR PLAN UK.PAGE 280:
1953 WAR ROOM REGION 11:
FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:
ALSO ARMY CAMP:
SEE BUNKERS:
FILE K:

KIRK O'SHOTTS, LANARKSHIRE.MICROWAVE RELAY STATION. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

KIRKWALL, ORLNEY.TA CENTRE.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK:

KIRKWELL, SCOTLAND. AREA OF DEFENCES WHICH INCLUDE RERWICK HEAD BATTERY, GALTNESS (& CASTLE), WASSWICK & CARNESS. PRO WO 192.110 RECORD BOOK:

KIRMINGTON, LINCS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1942 NOW USED AS HUMBERSIDE AIRPORT:

KIRTON, SUFFOLK:
AA SITE TO THE REAR OF THE PUBLIC HOUSE (WHITE HORSE):
KIRTON AA SITE. SEE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH:

CANADIAN PIPE MINE AT MILLITARY GRID REFERENCE 726576 WO 166.958:

FIELD GUN EMPLACEMENT WW2 IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD CONCRETE FILLED SACKS EMPLACEMENT. FROM INTERVIEW WITH ROBIN DICKERSON ABOUT THE TRIMLEY RADAR STATION, THIS SITE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION:
O/P PLUS POSSIBLE FIELD GUN SHELTER SITED IN AN AREA WHICH ONCE HAD A MALTINGS IN IT. O/P IS OF BRICK & CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, WITH > SHAPED FRONT. THE SHELTERS WALLS WERE CONSTRUCTED USING SAND BAGS AS SHUTTERING ON ONE SIDE & WOOD ON THE OTHER, ITS ROOF HAS FALLEN IN & TRYING TO WORK OUT THE ORIGINAL HEIGHT IS DIFFICULT. HAS GAPS TO THE FRONT & REAR. TWO POSSIBLE PICKET/SENTRY OR LAA POSITIONS ALSO SURVIVE, CRUDELY CONSTRUCTED OF CONCRETE, SMALL SQUARE, AT WAIST HEIGHT. THERE IS ALSO AN END OF NISSEN HUT SHAPED SECTION OF WALL WITH REMAINS OF CORRUGATED IRON, THE OTHER END OF THIS HUT? IS MISSING OR WAS NEVER CONSTRUCTED? THE BOP WAS PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED IN 2006 THE FATE OF THE OTHER STRUCTURES IS UNKNOWN:
FROM RECORDS HELD IN THE IPSWICH MUSEUM ITS KNOWN THE GUN/S WERE SIX, 6" HOWITZERS (26 CWT?) IN 1942 MANNED BY THE B &/OR A TROOP 75 TH SHROPSHIRE YEOMANRY MEDIUM REGT. RA. OFFICER IC MAJOR R POLLITT RA. THIS REGIMENT WAS ALSO AT SHOTTISHAM B TROOP:
SEE SITE REPORT:

KIRTON FROM WO 166.958 LISTS 319/131 FIELD REGT RA AT TM 273399 WITH 4 x 25 PDRS:

KIRTON PILLBOX SOUTH OF HEMLEY TM 2908941335 (NMR):

KIRTON SEARCHLIGHT (THREE/TWO) SITE WW2, PARK LANE, THERE WERE TWO NISSEN HUTS FOR TROOPS (NOW GONE), THERE WERE TWO PILLBOXES THERE ALSO:
IN AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH DATED 1945? ONLY ONE S/L CAN BE SEEN?

KIRTON STARFISH NAVY DECOY SITE NORE COMMAND, WW2, KINGS FLEET TM 296416:

KIRTON/TRIMLEY ROAD AREA. DURING WW2 THERE WAS A 25 PDR GUN. MANNED BY C TROOP 364 BATTERY. ON A LIVE FIRE WARNING THE BATTERY COMMANDER REFUSED TO GIVE THE CO-ORDINATES OF THE GUN. SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE, SUFFOLK POLICE RECORDS REGARDING WARNINGS OF LIVE FIRING UNSORTED DOCUMENTS ED400: 14703:

O.S. MAP OF FILE K:

KISKA, LAST ISLAND IN THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN. JAPANESE DEFENCES. ARMOURER No 85:

KISMAYU FORT & TOWN EAST AFRICA. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1889):

KITCHENER BATTERY. SITE OF ONE OF THE TYNE TURRETS 1x12" B.L. MK VIII. IN TURRET W.W.1. ALDIS 42, 24:
NZ 397656 (THE GUNS OF THE NORTH EAST. JOE FOSTER):
FORT 5, 12:
FILE K:
SEE ARTICLE IN MILITARY ARCH. BOOKS:
SEE FORTRESS ISSUE No 3:
SEE ROBERTS BATTERY & PICTURES FILE:
PRO WO 78.4974 & WO 78.4973. LOCATION HALF WAY BETWEEN RIVER TYNE & SUNDERLAND:

KITS HILL, OFF FRAMBRIDGE ROAD, ESSEX. REMAINS OF EXPERIMENTAL FLOODLIGHT (SEARCH LIGHT) SYSTEM. USING MIRRORS. IT WAS FOUND TO ACT MORE AS A BEACON FOR GERMAN AIRCRAFT & THE TESTS WERE SCRAPPED:

KLAPPERKOP, FORT. SOUTH AFRICA. PFSoc NEWSLETTER No 63:

KLECK, FORTRESS OF. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1875):

KNELLER HALL, TWICKENHAM. SEE 'SAVE' SEPERATE SHEETS:
WAR OFFICE CITADEL SEE THE BOOK WILLESDEN AT WAR:

KNETTISHALL AIRFIELD, SUFFOLK. TL 970795 OPENED 1943.

KNIGHTSBRIDGE BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

KNOCKE BATTERY-WILHELM BELGIUM 2.320mm GUN.HAVE POSTCARD:

KNOCKHILL.DUNFERMLINE, FIFE. RN RADIO STATION & RANGE.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK.FILE F:

KNOLL, THE. SWYRE DORSET P/B SY 5328 8780 FSG.DB:
KNOLL, THE. SWYRE DORSET P/B SY 5346 8776 FSG.DB:
KNOLL, THE. SWYRE. DORSET P/B SY 5366 8761 FSG.DB:

KNOWLE HILL SOMERSET HG OP ST 775- 615- FSG DB:

KNOWLES BATTERY, PLYMOUTH, 1863 FILE K:

KNOWSLEY HALL, BACK UP SITE FOR WESTERN APPROACHES HQ WW2, ELEVEN MILES FROM LIVERPOOL, NEVER USED:
SEE ALSO DEBY HOUSE:

KNOX, FORT.MAINE, U.S.A. CASEMATE 41,47:

KNUCKLE BATTERY, DOVER. (EASTERN BREAKWATER), 2 x 4" BL INSTALLED IN OLD EMPLACEMENTS, ALSO 12 PDR 13 CWT? MANNED BY 411 OR/AND 418 COAST BATTERY OF 519 COAST REGT RA, DATA DOBINSON & UKFC:

KOCH BUNKER, EAST PRUSSIA. PREFABRICATED POSITIONS. CASEMATE 69:

KOHNSTEIN. GERMAN WW2 UNDERGROUND FACTORY. AFTER THE BATTLE No 101:

KOMAROM, HUNGRY. FORTIFICATIONS AT. CASEMATE 85:

KONIGSTEIN, FORTRESS OF. ON THE ELBE. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1849) (1866):
CASEMATE 72, 82:

KOPAS BATTERY, NORWAY. AFTER THE BATTLE No 126:

KORALLE. NORTH OF BERLIN FOUR LEVEL EX GERMAN WW2 U/G BUNKER. SEE AFTER THE BATTLE No 85:

KOREA, SOUTH. HWASEONG FORTRESS CASEMATE 73:

KORNWERDERZAND, HOLLAND FILE W:
CASEMATE 73:

KORTI. R.E. BUILDING FORT AT.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1885):

KOSCIUSKO, KRAKOW, POLAND CASEMATE 40, 49:

KOSTRZYNA, FORT. GERMANY. CASEMATE 80:

KOTKA. FORT SLAVA. CASEMATE 57:

KOWLOON FORT, OPP.HONG KONG. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1857):

KRASNAYA GORKA, FORT. FINLAND. CASEMATE 82:

KRIEGSLEITUNG-NAVAL STAFF OPERATIONS DIVISION-GERMAN WW2,CAPTURED GERMAN RECORDS COPIED BY THE US & RN FROM COASTAL AND FLAX DEFENCE TEIL C.X.:

KRISTIANSAND, NORWAY GERMAN 38cm BATTERY. SEE FILE F/H (HANSTHOLM):

KRONBORG CASTLE.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1854):

KRONSTADT, ALEXANDER, FORTRESS. FORT 20, 21:
CASEMATE 55, 56, 76:K.

K SITES. SEE DECOY SITES:

KAIRSERIN BATTERY 4 x 6".MICHELIN GUIDE:
FILE K:

KAISER WILHELM 2ND BATTERY. MICHELIN GUIDE:
MODEL FORT FOR IN SANSSOUCI PARK FORT 22:
FILE K:

KALA'AT HUSN, FORT.IN THE SYRIAN DESERT,SEE LIST IN FILE I (1872):

KALAFAT INTRENCHMENTS & FORTIFICATIONS. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1854):
FIELD GUN BATTERY AT 1854 SEE ARTILLERY SCRAP BOOK:

KALMAR CASTLE, SWEDEN. CASEMATE 74:

KAMARLI, NEAR. EARTHEN REDOUBT. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1878):

KAMPFGRUPPE DAK HQ. NORTH AFRICA GERMAN WW2 COMMAND POST. AFTER THE BATTLE No 134:

KANAL 'B' BATTERY.MICHELIN GUIDE:

KANTARA, CASTLE OF. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1878):

KAPIYANGA, FORT OF. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1879):

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

KARS. TURKISH FORTIFICATIONS AROUND, CITADEL OF.FORTRESS OF. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1877):

KASBA BATTERY TANGIER.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1892):

KEEVIL W. WILTSHIRE AIRFIELD ST 922- 571- FSG DB:

KEITH, BANFFSHIRE TA CENTRE. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

KELSTERN, LINCS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPEN 1943 CLOSED 1945:

KELVEDON HATCH. REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 146,239,242, 269,270,280,282:
SEE SALES INFORMATION ON IN FILE B (BAWBURGH):
SOLD IN 1994.SEE FILE K: SEE BOOKLET ON OWNED BY M.PARRISH, BOUGHT FOR £150,000 IN 1994.FILE K:
SEE ALSO BUNKER FILE & REPORT ON VISIT PLUS PHOTOGRAPHS:
ALDIS 57:
SEE RSG NEWSLETTER SIREN No 1 FILE R:
AFTER THE BATTLE 100:

KEMBLE GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRFIELD ST 960- 965- FSG DB. NO FURTHER INFORMATION:

KEMNAL MANOR/MOUNT, CHISLEHURST, KENT. SUB REGIONAL 1953 WAR ROOM FOR THE SOUTH EAST OF LONDON:
SEE LONDON CIVIL DEFENCE (THIS FILE):
FILE K:
SEE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE IN FILE P & K:
ALDIS 66:
KEMNAL MANOR BUNKER.

KEMNAL MANOR LIES IN CHISLEHURST IN KENT, THE ESTATE WAS ORIGINALLY REQUISITIONED BY THE WAR OFFICE IN AUGUST 1939. WHAT ITS USE WAS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR IS UNCLEAR & ALL THE PAPERS & RECOLLECTIONS SO FAR MAKE NO MENTION OF IT.

IN 1951 HOWEVER A MASSIVE BUILDING WAS ERECTED ON THE SITE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CIVIL DEFENCE. THIS BUNKER WAS ONE OF FOUR IDENTICAL WAR ROOMS TO CONTROL THE FIVE CIVIL DEFENCE SECTORS, WHICH LONDON HAD BEEN DIVIDED UP INTO SINCE THE LAST WAR.

THE OTHER THREE WAR ROOMS WERE SITED AT PARTINGDALE LANE, MILL HILL; NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, WANSTEAD AND CHURCH HILL ROAD, CHEAM. THEY CONTROLLED THE NORTH, NORTH EAST, SOUTH EAST AND SOUTH WEST.

A local account was related in 'The Cockpit' in January 1996. "Soon after I came to live in Chislehurst in 1951, we watched the deep (30'-40') excavations and then the actual building. There are very thick reinforced walls and no windows." The account continues when a few years later the writer was shown around. "We were all taken inside and shown round by two men who said they came regularly to service the diesel engines driving the electrical generators, water and air pumps etc and to check food, water and fuel supplies. We were shown a map room, bunks, toilets, shower rooms, food fuel and water storage; how air was filtered; radio (or was it telephone) communications equipment for contact with central government and other center's of regional government in the event of nuclear attack. We were told there was another such installation at Tonbridge (or Tonbridge Wells) I believe."

THE BUNKER, IN ITS LAST ROLE, WHEN OPERATIONAL WOULD HAVE REPORTED TO KELVEDON HATCH, ACTING AS AN EMERGENCY CENTER. IT WAS APPARENTLY ADMINISTERED BY THE LONDON FIRE AUTHORITY & THE CIVIL DEFENCE AUTHORITY.

THE BUNKERS LIFE ENDED QUITE EARLY & WAS EVENTUALLY ABANDONED, CAUSING MANY PROBLEMS FOR LOCAL PEOPLE.

THE BUNKER HAD SOME TWENTY ONE ODD ROOMS (SEE PLAN) AND OVER THE PROCEEDING YEARS VARIOUS PLANS HAD BEEN PUT FORWARD FOR ITS USE, ONE BEEN A RECORDING STUDIO. THESE WERE ALL REJECTED AND IT IS NOW BEEN CONVERTED INTO A LUXURY HOUSE WITH A PRICE TAG OF £1.75M.

LIKE ALL GOOD DEFENCE BUILDINGS RUMORS OF A BLOCKED OFF UNDERGROUND LEVEL PERSISTS. THE CONTRACTORS ARE GOING TO DRILL HOLES IN THE FLOORS IN EACH ROOM TO CHECK FOR THIS MISSING LEVEL! ALTHOUGH AN EXAMINATION OF THE REMAINS OF THE AIR CONDITIONING PLANT MIGHT BE QUICKER. NO PLANS OF THE BUNKER SURVIVE, AT LEAST NOT WHAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED, THIS MIGHT HAVE AIDED THEIR SEARCH.

MY THANKS TO S. FOX AND SUBTERRANEA BRITANNICA FOR ALLOWING ME TO REPRODUCE THE PLAN & QUOTE FROM THE R.S.G. HOME PAGE ON KEMNAL MANOR.

END:

During the last war the boroughs of Greater London were divided into five sectors, three North and two South of the Thames. These divisions continued to be used for civil defence purposes into the 1990s.

The Kemnal bunker was one of the four London Group Controls. It was replaced by a new bunker at Pear Tree House in South East London. The other three were:-
Northumberland Avenue, Wanstead.
Partingdale Lane, Mill Hill.
Church Hill Road, Cheam.

The four war rooms were built to a common design in 1951-53. They were single storey surface blockhouses, topped by three distinctive ventilator shafts. They were built around a central area which could be viewed from the controllers offices through glass screens. There was an unusual back up generator and air filters. A small canteen was provided and sleeping arrangements which minimal.

In their last role as Group Controls or Emergency Centres they stood between the controls of the individual London boroughs and the RGHQ for London at Kelvedon Hatch (this 3 level underground bunker is now open to the public). They would have performed a similar function in a post-strike (nuclear) regional government as a county Main Emergency Centre. They had no standby centres and were to rely on mutual support. They were administered by the London Fire and Civil Defence Authorities. Staff would have been provided by the borough councils within the group.
Source:- Condensed from The London Civil Defence Controls By Steve Fox of The Research Study Group, which is a subsidiary of Subterranea Britanica.

UPDATED TO 22/03/2008.
End.

FILE K:

KEMPSTON BARRACKS, BEDFORD. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

KENDAL CASTLE.3RD WESTMORLAND VOLUNTEERS AT.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1865):

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

KENNET & AVON CANAL. DEFENCES AT DUNMILL LOCK. SEE BOOK & CD BY W FOOT. SEE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHS OF:

KENSINGTON BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

KENSINGTON SOUTH, LONDON, CIVIL DEFENCE CITADEL (SEE BOOK LONDONS SECRET TUBES):

KENSINGTON WAR ROOM.REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 225:

KENT. CASEMATE 19, 48, 81:
AA SITES IN SEE FILE M-MEDWAY LETTER & NOTES. SEE ALSO CBA BOOK (DOBINSON):
O.S. SHEET 189 TR085-193 APPROX. REMAINS OF A 5 GUN BATTERY. ONE GUN ON A CENTRE PIVOT & THE OTHER 4 WITH FRONT & REAR RACERS.WAS CALLED No1 BATTERY. HAVE PHOTO'S OF THIS:
TR084-206 LADE REDOUBT/FORT, HAVE PHOTO'S OF. SEE FRONT LINE KENT BY VICTOR SMITH:
TR170-185 BETWEEN THESE A NUMBER OF AMMUNITION STORES?ALSO ONE UNIDENTIFIED O.P.BY THE SIDE OF A BUGALOW:
KENT VARIOUS NOTES ON WARTIME ALSO SEE LETTERS FROM JOHN GUY.FILE K:
KENT COASTAL DEFENCES PRO WO 199.530 TWO PLANS ONE SHOWING POSITIONS & OTHER SHOWING TOTAL WEIGHT OF SHELLS THAT COULD BE DROPPED ON ANY PARTICULAR AREA. FILE K:
KENT-COLD WAR HERITAGE. CASEMATE 51:
SEE ARTICLE BY VICTOR SMITH IN KENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEW No 129 AUTUMN 1997 FILE K:

KENT, DYMCHURCH RAILWAY.FILE K:

KENT, HISTORICAL DEFENCES, VICTOR SMITH FILE K:

KENT. SEE MAPS AND PLANS REFERENCE O.S. PLANS OF FORTS IN KENT:

KENT, EAST FORTIFICATIONS 1750-1815.FORT 16:
KENT, EAST. SARRE, UNDERGROUND BRIGADE HQs SEE BATTLE HQs (ARMY):

KENT. RAILGUN SITE LOCATIONS.SEE FILE R RAILGUNS:
KENT DEFENCE (20c) SURVEY 2006 SEE LETTER IN FILE K:

KENT SURVEY OF DEFENCE WORKS VICTOR SMITH, ARTICLE. FILE K:

KENT. UKFC FILE No 28C (39 & 40):
KENT, VICTORIAN DEFENCES.REDAN 25:

KENT BATTERY. SEE NORTH DEANS BATTERY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK.

KENT BATTERY, INCHCOLM, 2 x 12 PDR QF 20 CWT, MANNED BY 176 COASTAL BATTERY PART OF 504 CB THEN 505 CB, NT 188824. UKFC DATA:

KENTISBEAR, DEVON ROC POST. ST 0534 0700 FSG DB:

KENTON BAR, NEW CASTLE UPON TYNE. 13 FIGHTER COMMAND HQ 1953 WAR ROOM REGION 1. AT GOVT.BLDGS.PONTELAND ROAD: FILE K:
KENTON BAR BUNKER. DEFENCE LINES No 5. FILE D:
FILE K:
SEE ALSO SUBRIT ORG WEB SITE:

KESGRAVE, NEAR IPSWICH, SUFFOLK. USAF COMMS STATION SEE FOXHALL:
SEE RADAR FILE ABOUT USAF AT IN 1979:
NORTH ATLANTIC RELAY STATION:
SEE PHOTOGRAPHS OF & FILE K:
HAD SOME VHF TRANSMITTER & RECEIVER SITES INSTALLED IN 1940 THESE WERE UNDERGROUND, BY TOM BARRETT:
KNOWN AS AUTOVON (AUTOMATIC VOICE NETWORK) THE RSG LIST THIS AS IPSWICH:
HOMEGUARD AT KESGRAVE SEE FILE H:
PILL BOX WAS OPPOSITE THE BELL PUBLIC HOUSE:

KESSEL, FORT. BELGIUM .CASEMATE 20:

KESSINGLAND, (BEACH FARM) SUFFOLK. ROC POST ON TOP OF PILLBOX FILE L:
KESSINGLAND BEACH BATTERY 2 x 6" BL MK II, 1 x DEL, TM 535865 MANNED BY 231 COASTAL BATTERY RA. NO VISABLE REMAINS OF BATTERY. SOUTH OF TOWN IN THE DUNES ARE THE CONCRETE REMAINS OF A DEFENCE POSITION. FORT RECORD BOOK 1941-45 PRO WO 192.72. FROM HERE TWO FURTHER PILLBOXES ARE VISABLE INLAND:
SEE PHOTOGRAPHS:
COLD WAR ROC POST OPENED 1961 AT TM 52818404. SEE SUBRIT WEB SITE:
A/T GUN POSITIONS MIL GRID REF 975045 & 972044 (PRO WO 166.1061) 1941:
WO 199.2528 PILLBOXES WHICH CAN BE DEMOLISHED, JULY 1943 FILE P.

KETTERING, NORTH HANTS, COUNCIL U/G SHELTER UNDER THE BUS STATION:

KEVERNE QUAY, PLYMOUTH, ARMOURY. MID 19c WITH 16 & 17c FEATURES. NOT OTHER DATA AVAILABLE:

KEW. LONDON. BARRACKS SEE 'SAVE' SEPERATE SHEETS:
SQUARE PILL BOX ON BRIDGE BEFORE KEW GARDENS U/G STATION, BRICK ON FACE OF:

KEYNSHAM SOMERSET ROC POST ST 653- 679- FSG DB:
KEYNSHAM SOMERSET ROC POST ST 669- 659- FSG DB:

KHARTOUM, RELIEF OF.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1885):

KHELAT-EL-NAKHL FORT.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1882):

KHELAT-I-GHILZAI, FORT. INTERIOR OF. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1880):

KHOLODILNIK, REFRIGERATOR HILL, BATTERY No 197. RUSSIA. CASEMATE No 79:

KHYBER PASS. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1878):

KIDDERMINSTER.REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 266,269,300:

KIEV, FORTIFICATIONS CASEMATE 69:

KIJKDUIN FORT. CASEMATE 34:

KILBURN, LONDON. RIFLE GROUND.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1855):

KILCHIARAN. CHAIN HOME LOW RADAR STATION, THEN ROTOR SYSTEM. FILE K:

KILDRUMMY CASTLE, SCOTLAND. CASEMATE No 84:

KILIOBAHK CASTLE, THE DARDANELLES. CASEMATE 30:

KILLIARD POINT.REF.WAR PLAN UK.PAGE 239, 242:
SEE BISHOPSCOURT:

KILLINGHOLME BATTERY. CASEMATE 55:

KILROOT FORT, WW2 2 x 6" BL MK VII/II, 3 x DELs 90cm, MANNED BY 188 COAST BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:

KILVE, SOMERSET OP. ST 1425 4433 FSG DB:
KILVE SOMERSET OP. ST 1487 4460 FSG DB:

KIMBERLEY, SIEGE OF BRITISH ARTILLERY, SEE ARTILLERY SCRAP BOOK:

KIMBOLTON, CAMBS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1941 CLOSED 1956:
DRILL HALL, CASTLE. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

KINBURN, FORT.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1855):

KINCRAIG BATTERY, FIFE (EARLSFERRY). 2 x 6" BL MK VII ON CP MOUNTING MK II, INSTALLED IN 1930s GUN MKs & MOUNTINGS CHANGED LATER TO 24s ON MK 5 MOUNTINGS. MANNED BY 258 BATTERY OF 505 COASTAL REGT. UKFC DATA:

KINDARDINE , STONEHAVEN & DEESIDE DISTRICT COUNCILS EMERGENCY CENTRE c1988 FILE S:

KING CHARLES CASTLE, SCILLY ISLES. CASEMATE 25:
BUILT 1551-4:

KINGHORN BATTERY, FIFE. 2 x 6" BL, 3 x DELs. NT 269.864, GUNS HAD BEEN IN SITU SINCE WW1. MANNED BY 252 COASTAL BATTERY 505 COASTAL REGT THEN 506. UKFC DATA:

KING GEORGE, FORT.SEE BOOKLET FILE K:

KINGHORN LINE, FIRTH OF FOURTH. FORT No 13:
KINGHORN AA SITE RNG8, AT NT 261.867 SOME REMAINS BUT NO ACCESS TO SITE. APPEARS IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ARMED? UKFC-PC:
KINGHORN COASTAL BATTERY, 4 x 6" BL IN THE AREA. ONE REAR LOOPHOLED WALL SURVIVES NT 2893.8635 UKFC-PC:
CBA BOOK ON SCOTLAND.
BC POST NT 269861
PF CELL NT 266861
No 1 GUN NT 269862 9.2" BL
BC POST NT 269862
No GUN NT 270862 6" BL
No GUN NT 266861 6" BL
BC POST NT 266486
No 1 GUN NT 269864 6" BL
No 2 GUN NT 266866 6" BL

KING ONE HAA SITE SEE FELIXSTOWE, SEE AA FILES:

KINGS BANK MINEFIELD BATTERY, BURMA. FORT 34:

KINGS BASTION, QUEBEC.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1860):
SEE ALSO PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, QUEBEC (1860):

KINGSBRIDGE BATTERY, DARTMOUTH DEFENCES WW2, LOCATION NOT KNOWN, ARMED WITH 2 x 4" BL MK 7 GUNS, MANNED BY 391 COAST BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:

KINGS CASTLE SOMERSET P/B ST 561- 455 FSG.DB:
KINGS CASTLE SOMERSET P/B ST 563- 454- FSG.DB:
KINGS CASTLE SOMERSET P/B ST 566- 454 FSG.DB: FSG.DB:

KINGSCLERE, HANTS. ADMIRALTY GUN TESTING SITE. FILE K:

KINGSDOWN BATTERY, ORIGINALLY WALMER, ALSO KNOWN A STAG POINT. 2 x 6" BL MK 12, TR 373500-TR 380483, MANNED BY 234 COAST BATTERY RA OF 563 COAST REGT RA. NOW DEMOLISHED. UKFC DATA:
MARINES SIEGE HQ (KG) 1 ST BORING GROUP R.E.:

KINGSGATE BATTERY, BROADSTAIRS, KENT, 2 x 4" BL MK 7, TR 40106920 OR TR 3871. UKFC & DOBINSON DATA:

KINGS LOCK SOMERSET A/T B. ST 3056 3135 FSG DB:

KINGS LYNN & DEVILS MOUNT BASTION.FORT 15.ALDIS 43:
QUARTER OF THE 17c FORTIFICATIONS REMAIN (PETER KENT):

KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK. FORT 13:
DEFENCES OF FILE N (NORFOLK):
DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.4421:
DRILL HALL, NAVAL AT SOUTH QUAY:
DRILL HALL, PURFLEET QUAY, PROVIDENCE STREET (TWO), BROAD STREET, & WELLESLEY STREET. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:
LANDING GROUND TF 612217, WW1:
NORTH NORFOLKS SUB COUNTY CONTROL ROOM AT KINGS LYNN. FILE K. SEE ALSO SUB BRIT WEB SITE:
SEE ALSO BOOK & BOOKLETS ON NORFOLK DEFENCES:
BATTERY 2 x 6" BL MK VII, ISSUED 25/05/1940, EMPLACED JUNE/JULY 1940, MANNED BY 322 COAST BATTERY, TF 588244. GUNS REMOVED TO DURDRIDGE BAY MAY 1942, STRUCTURES DEMOLISHED & COVERED IN SAND, THERE IS SOME DISCREPANCY OF DATES WHEN GUNS WERE REMOVED ONE STATES SIX MONTHS. 1 OR 2 CASL LIGHTS.UKFC DATA. BATTERY SITED AT ONGAR HILL A FARE BIT SURVIVES INCLUDING BOP TOWER. THE BATTERY WAS REMOVED BECAUSE THE WASH WAS NOT VERY DEEP & THE LIKELYHOOD THAT GERMAN SHIPS WOULD VENTURE INTO THIS AREA WAS UNLIKELY:

KINGS STANDING, ASHDOWN FOREST, SUSSEX. WW2 UNDERGROUND TRANSMITTER STATION, 500 KW 70 ACRE SITE. STILL USED TODAY. SEE FRONT LINE SUSSEX NAPOLEON TO THE COLD WAR BY PETER LONGSTAFF-TYRRELL:
DEFENCE LINES No 6 FILE D:

KINGSTONE SOMERSET P/B ST 3772 1450 FSG.DB:

KINGSTON HARBOUR, CANADA. POINT FREDERICK. FILE P:

KINGSTON ST MARY, SOMERSET. ROC POST. ST 2326 3037 FSG DB:
KINGSTON ST MARY SOMERSET ROC POST. ST 2326 3037 FSG DB:

KINGSTON UPON HULL, AREA, MAP OF. FILE K:
SEE ALSO FSG HUMBERSIDE CONFERENCE NOTES FILE H:

KINGSWAY.REF.WAR PLAN UK.PAGES 246 TO 248,253,270,310:
MAJOR TRUNK EXCHANGE BUILT 1951 IN THE CHANCERY LANE TUBE SHELTER. DO NOT CONFUSE WITH THE DISUSED TRAM TUNNEL ALSO KNOWN AS KINGSWAY:
SEE TELECOM ARTICLE ON FILE K:
SIREN No 3 FILE R:
(SEE BOOK LONDONS SECRET TUBES):

KINGSWEAR CASTLE, DARTMOUTH AREA. ALDIS 44:
KINGSWEAR CASTLE DEVON HARBOUR BATTERY SX 890- 503- FSG.DB:
OFF SHORE MINEFIELD CONTROL POINT AT SX 891503. UKFC DATA:
KINGSWEAR CASTLE DEVON HARBOUR BATTERY SX 894- 503- FSG.DB:
KINGSWEAR, DARTMOUTH DEVON P/B SX 8841 5139 FSG.DB:
KINGSWEAR, DARTMOUTH DEVON P/B SX 8894 5036 FSG.DB:
KINGSWEAR, DARTMOUTH DEVON SLIT TRENCH SX 8894 5036 FSG.DB:
KINGSWEAR DEVON RADAR STATION SX 909- 512- FSG.DB:
BUILT 1491

KINGUSSIE TA TRAINING CENTRE FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

KING WILLIAM GATE, DEFENCE OF.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1869):

KING WILLIAM STREET U/G STATION SHELTER DURING WW2. THIS STILL SURVIVES TODAY. FROM THE BOOK LONDONS DISUSED U/G STATIONS BY J.E.CONNOR:

KINLOSS, MORAY. RAF ANTI SUB WARFARE.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:
BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1939, STILL IN USE:

KINNABER, ANGUS.MICROWAVE RELAY STATION.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

KINNAIRD CASTLE, SCOTLAND. FILE K:

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

KINSWEAR CASTLE, DARTMOUTH.REDAN 30:

KINVER. SEE DRAKELOW:

KIPLIN & ESCRICK, YORKSHIRE.GAS WARFARE STORAGE DEPOT.AFTER THE BATTLE 79:

KIRBY LE SOKEN DECOY SITE SF/QL TM 222239:

KIRBY. ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY UNDERGROUND MAGAZINE FILE K:

KIRKBY MUXLOE CASTLE, CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1440s CASEMATE 82:

KIRKENES. GERMAN WW2 DEFENCES AT AFTER THE BATTLE No 99:

KIRKLEATHAM. DEFENCE AREA, NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD & BOOK:
DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.4421:

KIRKLEVINGTON HALL, AAOR 5 GROUP 83 BRIGADE. FILE K:

KIRKLISTON, SCOTLAND.ALDIS 44:
R.N.YARD/DEPOT SEE FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

KIRKNEWTON, WEST LOTHIAN. REF.WAR PLAN UK.PAGE 280:
1953 WAR ROOM REGION 11:
FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:
ALSO ARMY CAMP:
SEE BUNKERS:
FILE K:

KIRK O'SHOTTS, LANARKSHIRE.MICROWAVE RELAY STATION. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

KIRKWALL, ORLNEY.TA CENTRE.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK:

KIRKWELL, SCOTLAND. AREA OF DEFENCES WHICH INCLUDE RERWICK HEAD BATTERY, GALTNESS (& CASTLE), WASSWICK & CARNESS. PRO WO 192.110 RECORD BOOK:

KIRMINGTON, LINCS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1942 NOW USED AS HUMBERSIDE AIRPORT:

KIRTON, SUFFOLK:
AA SITE TO THE REAR OF THE PUBLIC HOUSE (WHITE HORSE):
KIRTON AA SITE. SEE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH:

CANADIAN PIPE MINE AT MILLITARY GRID REFERENCE 726576 WO 166.958:

FIELD GUN EMPLACEMENT WW2 IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD CONCRETE FILLED SACKS EMPLACEMENT. FROM INTERVIEW WITH ROBIN DICKERSON ABOUT THE TRIMLEY RADAR STATION, THIS SITE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION:
O/P PLUS POSSIBLE FIELD GUN SHELTER SITED IN AN AREA WHICH ONCE HAD A MALTINGS IN IT. O/P IS OF BRICK & CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, WITH > SHAPED FRONT. THE SHELTERS WALLS WERE CONSTRUCTED USING SAND BAGS AS SHUTTERING ON ONE SIDE & WOOD ON THE OTHER, ITS ROOF HAS FALLEN IN & TRYING TO WORK OUT THE ORIGINAL HEIGHT IS DIFFICULT. HAS GAPS TO THE FRONT & REAR. TWO POSSIBLE PICKET/SENTRY OR LAA POSITIONS ALSO SURVIVE, CRUDELY CONSTRUCTED OF CONCRETE, SMALL SQUARE, AT WAIST HEIGHT. THERE IS ALSO AN END OF NISSEN HUT SHAPED SECTION OF WALL WITH REMAINS OF CORRUGATED IRON, THE OTHER END OF THIS HUT? IS MISSING OR WAS NEVER CONSTRUCTED? THE BOP WAS PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED IN 2006 THE FATE OF THE OTHER STRUCTURES IS UNKNOWN:
FROM RECORDS HELD IN THE IPSWICH MUSEUM ITS KNOWN THE GUN/S WERE SIX, 6" HOWITZERS (26 CWT?) IN 1942 MANNED BY THE B &/OR A TROOP 75 TH SHROPSHIRE YEOMANRY MEDIUM REGT. RA. OFFICER IC MAJOR R POLLITT RA. THIS REGIMENT WAS ALSO AT SHOTTISHAM B TROOP:
SEE SITE REPORT:

KIRTON FROM WO 166.958 LISTS 319/131 FIELD REGT RA AT TM 273399 WITH 4 x 25 PDRS:

KIRTON PILLBOX SOUTH OF HEMLEY TM 2908941335 (NMR):

KIRTON SEARCHLIGHT (THREE/TWO) SITE WW2, PARK LANE, THERE WERE TWO NISSEN HUTS FOR TROOPS (NOW GONE), THERE WERE TWO PILLBOXES THERE ALSO:
IN AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH DATED 1945? ONLY ONE S/L CAN BE SEEN?

KIRTON STARFISH NAVY DECOY SITE NORE COMMAND, WW2, KINGS FLEET TM 296416:

KIRTON/TRIMLEY ROAD AREA. DURING WW2 THERE WAS A 25 PDR GUN. MANNED BY C TROOP 364 BATTERY. ON A LIVE FIRE WARNING THE BATTERY COMMANDER REFUSED TO GIVE THE CO-ORDINATES OF THE GUN. SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE, SUFFOLK POLICE RECORDS REGARDING WARNINGS OF LIVE FIRING UNSORTED DOCUMENTS ED400: 14703:

O.S. MAP OF FILE K:

KISKA, LAST ISLAND IN THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN. JAPANESE DEFENCES. ARMOURER No 85:

KISMAYU FORT & TOWN EAST AFRICA. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1889):

KITCHENER BATTERY. SITE OF ONE OF THE TYNE TURRETS 1x12" B.L. MK VIII. IN TURRET W.W.1. ALDIS 42, 24:
NZ 397656 (THE GUNS OF THE NORTH EAST. JOE FOSTER):
FORT 5, 12:
FILE K:
SEE ARTICLE IN MILITARY ARCH. BOOKS:
SEE FORTRESS ISSUE No 3:
SEE ROBERTS BATTERY & PICTURES FILE:
PRO WO 78.4974 & WO 78.4973. LOCATION HALF WAY BETWEEN RIVER TYNE & SUNDERLAND:

KITS HILL, OFF FRAMBRIDGE ROAD, ESSEX. REMAINS OF EXPERIMENTAL FLOODLIGHT (SEARCH LIGHT) SYSTEM. USING MIRRORS. IT WAS FOUND TO ACT MORE AS A BEACON FOR GERMAN AIRCRAFT & THE TESTS WERE SCRAPPED:

KLAPPERKOP, FORT. SOUTH AFRICA. PFSoc NEWSLETTER No 63:

KLECK, FORTRESS OF. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1875):

KNELLER HALL, TWICKENHAM. SEE 'SAVE' SEPERATE SHEETS:
WAR OFFICE CITADEL SEE THE BOOK WILLESDEN AT WAR:

KNETTISHALL AIRFIELD, SUFFOLK. TL 970795 OPENED 1943.

KNIGHTSBRIDGE BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

KNOCKE BATTERY-WILHELM BELGIUM 2.320mm GUN.HAVE POSTCARD:

KNOCKHILL.DUNFERMLINE, FIFE. RN RADIO STATION & RANGE.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK.FILE F:

KNOLL, THE. SWYRE DORSET P/B SY 5328 8780 FSG.DB:
KNOLL, THE. SWYRE DORSET P/B SY 5346 8776 FSG.DB:
KNOLL, THE. SWYRE. DORSET P/B SY 5366 8761 FSG.DB:

KNOWLE HILL SOMERSET HG OP ST 775- 615- FSG DB:

KNOWLES BATTERY, PLYMOUTH, 1863 FILE K:

KNOWSLEY HALL, BACK UP SITE FOR WESTERN APPROACHES HQ WW2, ELEVEN MILES FROM LIVERPOOL, NEVER USED:
SEE ALSO DEBY HOUSE:

KNOX, FORT.MAINE, U.S.A. CASEMATE 41,47:

KNUCKLE BATTERY, DOVER. (EASTERN BREAKWATER), 2 x 4" BL INSTALLED IN OLD EMPLACEMENTS, ALSO 12 PDR 13 CWT? MANNED BY 411 OR/AND 418 COAST BATTERY OF 519 COAST REGT RA, DATA DOBINSON & UKFC:

KOCH BUNKER, EAST PRUSSIA. PREFABRICATED POSITIONS. CASEMATE 69:

KOHNSTEIN. GERMAN WW2 UNDERGROUND FACTORY. AFTER THE BATTLE No 101:

KOMAROM, HUNGRY. FORTIFICATIONS AT. CASEMATE 85:

KONIGSTEIN, FORTRESS OF. ON THE ELBE. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1849) (1866):
CASEMATE 72, 82:

KOPAS BATTERY, NORWAY. AFTER THE BATTLE No 126:

KORALLE. NORTH OF BERLIN FOUR LEVEL EX GERMAN WW2 U/G BUNKER. SEE AFTER THE BATTLE No 85:

KOREA, SOUTH. HWASEONG FORTRESS CASEMATE 73:

KORNWERDERZAND, HOLLAND FILE W:
CASEMATE 73:

KORTI. R.E. BUILDING FORT AT.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1885):

KOSCIUSKO, KRAKOW, POLAND CASEMATE 40, 49:

KOSTRZYNA, FORT. GERMANY. CASEMATE 80:

KOTKA. FORT SLAVA. CASEMATE 57:

KOWLOON FORT, OPP.HONG KONG. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1857):

KRASNAYA GORKA, FORT. FINLAND. CASEMATE 82:

KRIEGSLEITUNG-NAVAL STAFF OPERATIONS DIVISION-GERMAN WW2,CAPTURED GERMAN RECORDS COPIED BY THE US & RN FROM COASTAL AND FLAX DEFENCE TEIL C.X.:

KRISTIANSAND, NORWAY GERMAN 38cm BATTERY. SEE FILE F/H (HANSTHOLM):

KRONBORG CASTLE.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1854):

KRONSTADT, ALEXANDER, FORTRESS. FORT 20, 21:
CASEMATE 55, 56, 76:
IRON SHIELDS FOR. CASEMATE 56:

KRYLE. NORWAY.GERMAN WW2 BATTERY SEE UNDER RINGELNATIER FILE F/R:

KUGELBAKE, FORT. GERMANY. CASEMATE 47:

KUIVASAARI, FORT. HELSINKI. TWO 12" BLs IN TURRETS. FILE K:

KURRACHEE, RIFLE PRACTICE.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1856):

KVARVEN BATTERY, BERGEN, NORWAY. AFTER THE BATTLE No 126:

KYLE OF LOCHALSH, WESTER ROSS. UNDERWATER RESEARCH CENTRE. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:
HAA BATTERY AT WW2 4 x 3.7" QF MK III, NG 756274. UKFC DATA:

KYRENIA CASTLE, CYPRUS. BOOKLET FILE K:

UPDATED 28/05/2009.

IRON SHIELDS FOR. CASEMATE 56:

KRYLE. NORWAY.GERMAN WW2 BATTERY SEE UNDER RINGELNATIER FILE F/R:

KUGELBAKE, FORT. GERMANY. CASEMATE 47:

KUIVASAARI, FORT. HELSINKI. TWO 12" BLs IN TURRETS. FILE K:

KURRACHEE, RIFLE PRACTICE.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1856):

KVARVEN BATTERY, BERGEN, NORWAY. AFTER THE BATTLE No 126:

KYLE OF LOCHALSH, WESTER ROSS. UNDERWATER RESEARCH CENTRE. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:
HAA BATTERY AT WW2 4 x 3.7" QF MK III, NG 756274. UKFC DATA:

KYRENIA CASTLE, CYPRUS. BOOKLET FILE K:

UPDATED 28/05/2009.