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LABORATORIES IN FORTS. NOTES ON. REDAN 39:

LA CARRIERE, JERSEY.RESISTANCE POINT SEE BOOKLET:

LA CORBIERE COASTAL DEFENCE CASEMATE 10.5 cm, JERSEY BOOKLET HAVE:

LA MURA. LUCCA'S DEFENCES. FORT 25:

LADDER HILL BATTERY, ST HELENA ISLAND. CASEMATE No 79:

LADE FORT.SEE KENT:

LADYBANK. SEE PICTURES OF WW2 CI BUILDING, VARIANT TYPE 24 PILLBOX & WW1 FENCING AROUND EX RE SITE (SEE ON SHEET IN FILE M MARKINCH):

LADYHOLM, KIRKWALL.SHAWDOW SECTOR CONTROL ROOM & G.O.R.ALDIS 43:

LADYSMITH BARRACKS, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

LAFAYETTE, FORT.U.S.A.SEE LIST IN FILE I 1862,1865:

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

LAIRA BATTERY.SX514563:
PFSoc NEWS LETTER IN FILE P, 62:
FILE L:

LAKENHEATH, SUFFOLK, COMMAND OPERATIONS BUNKER & WATCH TOWER FILE L:
AIRFIELD TL 740820, CONSTRUCTED 1941:
Q SITE BRANDON TL 7886 & FOR FELTWELL AIRFIELD:

LAKENHEATH Q/K SITE, SUFFOLK, FOR FELTWELL AIRFIELD. TL 735814:

LAKENHEATH WARREN Q SITE, SUFFOLK, FOR FELTWELL AIRFIELD. TL 765804:

LAKE ONTARIO, DEFENCES CANADA.REDAN 15:

LA LATTE, FORT. CASEMATE 56:

LAMB HOLM BATTERY, ORKNEY. 1 x 12 PDR QF 20 CWT, 2 x DELs, HY 489.002. MANNED IN 1941 BY 246 COAST BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:

LAMPROCK BATTERY.CASEMATE 39:

LANARK, WINSTON BARRACKS. ARMY TRAINING CAMP.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

LANCANSHIRE COUNTY EMERGENCY CENTRE, WESTLEIGH HOUSE, PRESTON FILE L. SEE ALSO SUB BRIT WEB SITE:
LANCASHIRE EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, THIS COMPANY SUPPLIED A SOLUTION WHICH MAGAZINE CLOTHING WAS SOAKED IN BEFORE USE (FROM MAGAZINE REGULATIONS FOR INDIA 1902):
CASEMATE 78:
PILLING, LANCASHIRE. COASTAL BATTERY:
SEE BOOK LANCASHIRE 1939-45 BY RON FREETHY:
LANCS. RSG GROUP. SEE SUB BRITS WEB SITE:

LANDGUARD FORT, FELIXSTOWE, SUFFOLK. SEE SEPERATE FILE:
WEB SITE AT WWW.LANDGUARD.COM:

LANDS END CORNWALL CAMP SW 3711 2468 FSG.DB:
LANDS END CORNWALL COMMUNICATION CENTRE SW 3745 2400 FSG.DB:

LANGAR, NOTTS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1942 CLOSED 1968:

LANGDON BATTERY, DOVER. ALDIS 45:
IN 1902 3 x 9.2" BL X & 2 x 6" BL VII, VARIOUS CHANGES IN MK OF GUNS UP TO 1940 THEN 2 x 6" BL, TR 338424, 2 x DELs. MANNED BY 291 COAST BATTERY OF 519 COAST REGT RA. UKFC & DOBINSON DATA:
6" AT FILE L:
SEE DESCRIPTION OF IN FILE S UNDER SWINGATE:
CONNECTED TO DOVER CASTLE BY TUNNEL DURING WW2:
SEE VARIOUS WEB SITES:

LANGDON BATTERY.U.S.A.CASEMATE 32:

LANGESUNDTANGEN, NORWAY. SEE HEERESKUSTEN BATTERY FILE H:

LANGFORD LODGE AIRFIELD. CASEMATE 69:

LANGHAM AIRFIELD, NORFOLK. TF 990420, c1940. DECOY SITES AT SALTHOUSE HEATH, Q TG 073422 & WARHAM ST MARY Q TF 938433:

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

LANGLEH, FORT.LUSHAI.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1890):

L'ANGLE TOWER, PLEINMONT, GUERNSEY GERMAN WW2 CASEMATE 22:
SEE VARIOUS BOOKS:

LANGLEY FORT. EARTHWORK. NO OTHER DATA:

LANGLEY LANE, PRESTON. ROC GROUP HQ & UKWMO NATIONAL HQ, FILE L:

LANGLEY REDOUBT.REDAN 14:

LANGPORT SOMERSET ROC POST ST 418- 285 FSG.DB:

LANGRES, FRANCE. FORT AT CASEMATE 42, 52 (PAGE 3):

LANGSTONE 'Q' SITE BUNKERS FILE L: ALDIS 55:

LANGSTONE REDOUBT, PORTSMOUTH.FILE L:

LANGTOFT. ROTOR GCI BUILT 1950s:
LANGTOFT. WAR PLAN UK PAGE 239:
FILE L:

LANGTON MATRAVERS DORSET S/L. SY 998- 791- FSG.DB:

LANSDOWN AVON AA BATTERY ST 729- 681- FSG DB:
AAOR OPERATIONS ROOM AT FILE L:

LANSDOWN, BRISTOL. REF.WAR PLAN UK.PAGE 244,243:
AAOR 1950s FOR BRISTOL AREA. LATER BECAME AN ROC GROUP HQ & UKWMO SOUTHERN SECTOR CONTROL:

LAON CIDADEL, FRANCE. PFSoc NEWSLETTER SEP 2007:

LA PALLICE, SUBMARINE PENS.CASEMATE 31:

LA PUNTA BATTERY, HAVANA, REDAN 44,67:

LARKFIELD HAA BATTERY ALDIS 41.

LARKHILL ARTILLERY MUSEUM.ALDIS 47:

LARKHILL W WILTSHIRE AIRFIELD SU 120- 455- FSG DB:

LARK, RIVER. DEFENCE AREA, UNPUBLISHED NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD:

LARNE BATTERY, BELFAST, EIRELAND, WW2 2 x 6" BL, 2 x DELs, LOCATION UNKNOWN. FIRST GUN TO ARRIVE WAS 12 PDR 20 CWT MANNED BY 200 THEN 381 COAST BATTERY RA OF 525 COAST REGT RA, THEN A SINGLE 4.7" QF. UKFC DATA:

LA ROCHE-GUYON, CASTLE. FILE L:

LASCARIS IN VALLETTA, WAR ROOMS, MALTA. COMBINED SERVICES DURING WW2, SEE PHOTOGRAPHS & PAMPHLET FILE M:

LASHAM, R.A.F.ALDIS 43:

LASTOVO, CROATIA. REMOTE ISLAND, MUCH OF IT WAS A MILITARY RESERVE, WITH SECRET SUBMARINE PENS:
SEE ALSO CROATIA:

LATHALMOND, FIFE. RN STORE DEPOT. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

LATHERON, CAITHNESS. MICROWAVE RELAY STATION US NAVY. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

LA THIERACHE. CHURCH FORTIFICATIONS IN FORT 22:

LA TURRA IN THE ALPS OLD FORT AT. AFTER THE BATTLE No 97:

LAUGHARNE WALES, SEE PENDINE BATTERY:

LAUNCESTON CASTLE. SEE PAMPHLET FILE C (CORNWALL):

LA VASSALERIE. GERMAN U/G HOSPITAL/AMMO STORE GUERNSEY SEE BOOKLET IN FILE L:

LAVENHAM, SUFFOLK. DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.1320:

LAVENHAM AIRFIELD, SUFFOLK. TL 895525, CONSTRUCTED 1943:

LAVERNOCH OR LAVER ROCK FORT REDAN 14:
FORT 11:

LAVERNOCK OR LAVERNOCK POINT BATTERY. BRISTOL CHANNEL FILE L:
FORT ?:
REDAN 14:
SEE BOOKLET ON BRISTOL CHANNEL DEFENCES:
SEE VARIOUS BOOKS & BOOKLET ON THE BRISTOL CHANNEL FILE B:
LAVERNOCK POINT SOUTH GLAMORGAN AA BATTERY. ST 1803 6792 FSG DB:
LAVERNOCK POINT SOUTH GLAMORGAN BOP. ST 1733 6748 FSG DB:
LAVERNOCK POINT SOUTH GLAMORGAN ENGINE ROOM. ST 1733 6752 FSG DB:
LAVERNOCK POINT SOUTH GLAMORGAN ENGINE ROOM. ST 1866 6817 FSG DB:
LAVERNOCK POINT SOUTH GLAMORGAN S/L ST 1776 6778 FSG DB:
LAVERNOCK POINT SOUTH GLAMORGAN S/L. ST 1872 6813 FSG DB:
LAVERNOCK.SOUTH GLAMORGAN COAST BATTERY. ST 1832 6808 FSG DB:
WW2 ARMED WITH 2 x 6" BL MK 12 GUNS, 3 x DELs, MANNED BY 145 COAST BATTERY RA. GUNS WERE MOUNTED IN A LATE 19c BL BATTERY. UKFC DATA:

LAWFORD HEATH.ROC GROUP HQ FILE L.RSG GROUP:

LAWNSWOOD, LEEDS. 1953 WAR ROOM REGION 2. AT GOVT.BLDGS OTLEY ROAD FILE L:

LAWYERS CREEK, HOLBEACH. DEFENCE AREA, UNPUBLISHED NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD:

LAYER-DE-LA-HAYE, ESSEX. CHEST WOOD. RESISTANCE HIDE WW2 SEE FILE L:

LEATHER, JOHN TOWLERTON. 1804-1885. FORTRESS BUILDER. REDAN No 62:

LECKHAMPTON HILL. TWO FLOOR BUNKER WAS BUILT IN THE 1950s ON A SITE USED DURING THE FIRST & SECOND WORLD WARS AS A US MILITARY HOSPITAL.
SITE UP FOR SALE IN 2005. SEE BBC NEWS WEB SITE:
LE'CLUSE, FORT DE. BELLEGARDE, PAYS DE GEX, FRANCE. CASEMATE No 79:

LECONFIELD, YORKS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1936:
LE CROCQ, FORT. GUERNSEY. REDAN No 68:
LEDAIG, BARRA TRANSMITTER STATION. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

LEDENICE, FORT.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1882):

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

LEEDS CASTLE, KENT.PICTURE.SEE FILE L:

LEEDS, OLD HAREWOOD BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:
SEE LAWNSWOOD:

LEEDS & LIVERPOOL CANAL. DEFENCE AREA, UNPUBLISHED NMR REPORT BY W FOOT. SEE CD:

LEEDS REGIONAL CEGB CONTROL CENTRE AT ROTHWELL HAIGH. FILE L:

LEEMING, YORKS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1940:

LEE ON SOLENT, HMS DAEDALUS. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:
DEFENCES OF WW2 SHOWN AS CIRCULAR AREAS WITH NORTHINGS/EASTINGS REF PC FILE L:

LE HAVRE, FRANCE. AFTER THE BATTLE MAGAZINE No 139. STRONG POINT No 5 & FORT DE TOURNEVILLE:

LEICESTER PARADE, NORTHAMPTON. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

LEICESTERSHIRE.
SPIGOT MORTAR PEDESTAL NR LOUGHBOROUGH SK543217.
SPIGOT MORTAR PEDESTAL NR HARBY SK752312.
RIFLE RANGE-BELIEVE USED BY HOME GUARD NR RAGDALE SK663211.
AIR RAID SHELTERS-BELIEVE USED BY SCHOOL QUORN SK559166, NOT SEEN SINCE 1997.
PILLBOX SQUARE CONCRETE, REMAINS OF NEAR NETHER BROUGHTON SK694254.
LARGE GUN TEST RANGE, CAN BE FOUND ON MAP NEAR ASFORDBY VALLEY SK717197.
PILLBOX SQUARE CONCRETE NEAR RATCLIFFE ON THE WREAKE SK627151:

LEICESTER SQUARE.REF.WAR PLAN UK.PAGE 258.

LEIGH ON SEA, ESSEX. DRILL HALL, EASTWOOD ROAD. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

LEIGH WOODS AVON SLIT TRENCH ST 5525 7312 FSG.DB:

LEIPZIG. GERMAN 12.8cm DUAL ROLE AA GUN EMPLACEMENT. AFTER THE BATTLE No 130:

LEISTON, SUFFOLK. INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE LONG SHOP (RICHARD GARRET ENGINEERING WORKS LTD. ORIGINALY A TRACTION ENGINE WORKS. DURING WW2 THEY MAINTAINED THEIR OWN AA 12 PDR DEFENCES. THEY BUILT 12 PDR NAVAL GUNS. THE GUN ON DISPLAY WAS FOUND AT EASTBOURNE USED BY THE SEA CADETS & WAS BUILT AT THE WORKS. INFORMATION FROM A HISTORY OF THE COMPANY. BEYER PEACOCK & CO LTD 1945 MADE MOUNTINGS FOR 4.5" AA GORTON. 18" HOWITZER RAIL MOUNTING WITH 15 AXLES 100 TON GUN, 20mm OERLIKON & BREECHES FOR 12 PDRS (3"):
PRO WO 199.502 REFERENCES TO AA PROTECTION FOR THE FACTORY. A LETTER DATED MARCH 1941 REFERS TO FOUR ADMIRALTY 12 PDR GUNS DEPLOYED IN AN A/T ROLE AROUND THE GUN FACTORY. THE PRIMARY ROLE WAS A/T & THE SECONDARY ROLE WAS AA. THE GUNS WERE MANNED BY THE HOME GUARD. AMMUNITION WAS OBTAINED FROM THE ADMIRALTY:

LEISON HOME GUARD ARTILLERY 6 x 12 PDRs AT POSITIONS 1. 897813, 2. 902807, 3. 900803, 4. 898799, 5. 892804, 6. 888808 PRO WO 166.1037

LEISTON, DEMOLITION LOCATIONS 1943 FROM PRO WO 166.11004.
ALL CANADIAN PIPE MINES, 897811, 902808, 905803, 903798, 897792, 892796 & 889808. ALL TO BLOWN BY THE R.E ON ORDERS FROM THE GARRISON COMMANDER:

DRILL HALL, VICTORY ROAD. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

LEISTON FIRST CONTROLLED (WW2) BY 9 COAST ARTILLERY RA THEN 547 COAST REGT RA. 2 x 4" BL MK 7. UKFC DATA:

WHITEHORSE HOTEL LEISTON, HAD BUNKER BEHIND IT, NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. DEMOLISHED IN 2005 (SOURCE AGK) SEE PICTURE:

LEISTON AIRFIELD, SUFFOLK. TM 430645, CONSTRUCTED 1943:

LEITH DOCKS, (BLACK ROCK), BATTERY, 2 x 6" BL MK VII ON MK II CP MOUNTING, NT 275775, 3 x DEL, 75mm GUN FOR A SHORT PERIOD, MANNED BY 253 COASTAL BATTERY OF 505 COASTAL REGT RA. SEE ALSO LEITH FORT. UKFC DATA:

LEITH FORT, SCOTLAND BUILT 1782:
LEITH GENERAL CASEMATE 80:

LEI YUE MUN FORT, HONG KONG, FILE L:
SEE ALSO BRENNAN TORPEDO BOOK:
CASEMATE 53:

LE JANUS, FRANCE. MAGINOT LINE, CASEMATE No 79:

LELANT CORNWALL BEACH BATTERY SW 547- 383- FSG DB:

LELANT TOWANS GOLF COURSE, ST IVES BAY. CORNWALL P/B SW 5492 3781 FSG DB:

LENAN BATTERY, LENAN HEAD, LOUGH SWILLY, IRELAND. 2 x 9.2" GUNS. EARLY 20c CONSTRUCTION, ADDED TO IN 1916. CASEMATE 69:
REDAN 35:
SEE PILLBOXES OF BRITAIN & IRELAND BY MIKE OSBORNE:

LENTNEY BATTERY. PLYMOUTH DEFENCES, SX 441516, CASEMATE 44:
1914-1942 ARMED WITH 2 x 6" BL GUNS (DOBINSON):

LENTNEY BRAKE BATTERY. PLYMOUTH DEFENCES, SX 493489:
2 x 12 PDRS 12 CWT, 2 x TWIN 6 PDRS & 2 x 6" BL. UKFC DATA:

LEROS, GREEK ISLAND. DEFENCES OF, AFTER THE BATTLE No 90:

LERWICK HARBOUR. NATO PORT. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:
LERWICK NORTH BATTERY, SHETLAND. 2 x 12 PDRS, MANNED BY 190 COAST BATTERY RA OF 541 COAST REGT RA. UKFC DATA:

LERWICK, SHETLAND.TA CENTRE.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

LERWICK SOUTH BATTERY (OR POSSIBLY TWAGEOS) 2 x 12 PDRS HU 482407, MANNED BY 283 COAST BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:.

LES CRUTTES. BUNKER AT FILE L:

LES HOMMEAUX, FORT. REDAN 30:

LES HOMMEAUX FLORAINS, FORT. FORT 8:

LES INVALIDES MUSEUM, PARIS CASEMATE 38:

L'ESSELLON, FORT. BRABANS.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1869):

LETHANS MUIR, DUNFERMLINE, FIFE.RAF RADIO STATION.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

LEUCHARS, FIFE AIR DEFENCE AIRFIELD. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

LEUGENBOOK-A-MOERE, BELGIUM.FORT? OR LARGE MAGAZINE.FROM THE BOOK FORTS AND FORTRESSES BY MARTIN BRICE.WAS PICTURE SHOWING A NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY AND ARMOURED DOORS.WOULD LIKE COPY:

LEUGENBOON GUN BATTERY, MOERE. FILE L:

LEVEAU, FORT DE. FRANCE. FILE L:

LEVINGTON HEATH RAIL GUN & SHED, SUFFOLK. SEE NACTON:
IPSWICH MUSEUM SUFFOLK POLICE RECORDS REGARDING WARNINGS OF LIVE FIRING, 9 SUPER HEAVY BATTERY AT MILITARY GRID 6958:

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

LICHFIELD, STAFFS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1940 CLOSED 1958:

LIDGATE, BRIDGE DEFENCE (SPIGOT MORTAR) PICTURE:

LIDGATE Q SITE, SUFFOLK TL 712584 FOR STRADISHALL AIRFIELD:

LIEDOT, FORT.CASEMATE 31:

LIEFKENSCHOCK, FORT. BELGIUM. CASEMATE 78:

LIEGE, BELGIUM.FORTIFICATIONS GENERAL. FILE B-L:
CASEMATE 44, 58, 75:
FORT 32:
INCLUDES FORT HOLLOGNE, EMBOURG, BARCHON, EVEGNEE, CHAUDFONTAINE, BONCELLES:
DESIGN OF THE FORTS UP TO WW1. REDAN 47:
SEE ALSO FORTS UNDER THEIR OWN NAME:
UKFC FILE 11 (51) 1915-1940:

LIEZELE, FORT.BELGIUM.CASEMATE 20:
FILE L, BETWEEN PUURS & BREEDONK, SW OF ANTWERP:

LIGHTHOUSE BATTERY, FLATHOLM ISLAND REDAN 27:
SEE BOOKLET ON THE BRISTOL CHANNEL:
FILE L:

LIGHTHOUSE BATTERY, HARTLEPOOL, 1 x 6" BL MK VII, 2 x DELs, NZ 533338. UKFC DATA:

LIGHTHOUSE BATTERY, NEW ZEALAND.SEE TAIAROE HEAD FILE T:

LIGHTHOUSE FORT & BATTERIES.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1882):

LIGOURE BATTERY, PRO WO 78.4966 1939-1940:

L'HARMONIE MARTELLO TOWER, MAURITIUS. CASEMATE 78:

LILLE. FORTS IN & AROUND CASEMATE 51:
MAP OF, ALSO SHOWS THE CITADEL FILE L:

LILLESDON COURT SOMERSET A/T B. ST 3010 2295 FSG DB:
LILLESDON SOMERSET P/B. ST 2970 2338 FSG DB:
LILLESDON SOMERSET P/B. ST 3016 2307 FSG DB:
LILLESDON.SOMERSET.P/B. ST 2952 2356 FSG DB:
LILLSEDON COURT SOMERSET A/T B. ST 038- 348- FSG DB:

LILSTOCK BEACH SOMERSET TRAINING ESTABLISHMENT. ST 1706 4544 FSG DB:
LILSTOCK SOMERSET HG OP ST 612- 667- FSG DB:

LIME KILM ROAD, CAMBRIDGE. WAS USED BY WOOLWICH ARSENAL AS A TEST SITE. FROM DAVID FARRANT:

LINCOLN CASTLE, LINCOLNSHIRE.ALDIS 43:
FILE L:

LINCOLN ROC No 15 GROUP HQ. FILE L:

LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY & LINCOLN DISTRICT EMERGENCY CENTRE. FILE L:

LINCOLNSHIRE. SEE 20c DEFENCES BOOK:

LINCOLN, SOBRAON BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

LINDISFARNE, SEE BEAL BATTERY:

LINDEMANN, BATTERY. SANGATTE, FRANCE. AFTER THE BATTLE 29:

LINDHOLME, YORKS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1940 NOW A PRISON:

LINEA, CADIZ. CASEMATE 58:

LINEA GUTIERREZ REGION, CATALONIA, SPAIN. CASEMATE 58:

LINE BARRACKS, MAURITIUS.ALDIS 46:

LINGONG ISLAND, CHINA. CASEMATE No 79:

LINK HOUSE CAMP. LOCATION POSSIBLY ON THE BELTON ESTATE NEAR GRANTHAM, USED FOR MUSKETRY TRAINING 1918 (N. WOODAGE):

LINKS BATTERY, NEAR GREAT YARMOUTH. IN WW2 VISITED BY THE KING:

LINKS BATTERY, ORKNEY. 1 x TWIN 6 PDR, HY 252.077, MANNED BY 268 C BATTERY RA PART OF 533 COASTAL REGT RA. DUE NORTH OF THIS SITE WAS A WW1 EMPLACEMENT THIS WAS REUSED IN WW2 & 2 x 12 PDRS WERE INSTALLED. UKFC DATA:

LINTON ON OUSE, YORKS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1937:

LIPPETSHILL, ESSEX. REF.WAR PLAN UK.PAGE 244:
1950s AAOR FOR LONDON NORTH. LATER BECAME METROPOLITAN POLICE WAR HQ NORTH:
FILE L:
SEE ESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY No 15 FILE ESSEX:

LISA GORA, FORT. KIEV. CASEMATE 69:

LISBON, PORTUGAL, CASEMATE 74, 80:

LISBURN, IRELAND.REF.WAR PLAN UK.PAGE 244:
1950s AAOR FOR BELFAST. LATER BECAME ARMY HQ FOR NORTHERN IRELAND:

LISMORE CASTLE, IRELAND.SEE LIST IF FILE I (1869):

LISSETT, YORKS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1943 CLOSED 1945:

LITTLE BADDOW, ESSEX. (AWAITING DATA-POSSIBLE BUNKER):

LITTLECOTE HOUSE, NEAR HUNGERFORD, WARNERS HOTEL. WAR HQ FOR THE 48TH SOUTH MIDLAND DIVISION TA 3 SEPTEMBER 1939 FIRST TA DIVISION TO JOIN THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE:

LITTLEHAMPTON BATTERY, SOUTH COAST. 2 x 6" BL MK II, 2 x CASLs, TQ 028014? MANNED BY 344 COAST BATTERY RA OF 553 THEN 521 COAST REGT RA. UKFC DATA:

LITTLEHAMPTON FORT, WEST SUSSEX. FILE L:
WEST BANK OF THE ARUN ESTUARY 1854. LUNETTE SHAPE
ALDIS 41, 45: REDAN 14:
BOOM AT DURING WW2 IN THE THEN RUINED FORT. UKFC DATA:
IS EARTHWORK:
SEE WEB SITE & FILE L:

LITTLE HORWOOD, BUCKS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1942 CLOSED 1946:

LITTLEMOOR DORSET AA BATTERY SY 682- 826- FSG.DB:

LITTLE MOOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 3188 3197 FSG DB:
LITTLE MOOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 3191 3203 FSG DB:

LITTLE OAKLEY, (GREAT OAKLEY) ESSEX. 4 GUN AA SITE 3.7" GRID REF.217-288. C. TROLLOPE:
SEE P.COBB FILE UKFC SKETCH PLAN, FIXED AA GUNS 3" 20 CWT.PRO SUPP 6/645.1917:
SITE IS NOW VERY OVERGROWN & THE EMPLACEMENTS ONLY SURVIVE IN PART, SEE PHOTOGRAPHS:
SITE OF MAGAZINES AT BRAMBLE ISLAND, THAT HAS UNDERGROUND MAGAZINES, WHICH HAD SUFFERED FROM FLOODING, BEGAN AROUND 1905 PRIVATE OWNERSHIP MAKING VARIOUS EXPLOSIVES. CHEMICAL & EXPLOSIVES COMPANY OWN SITE AS 2005, ALSO USED BY THE MOD. SEE PLAN, PHOTOGRAPHS & NOTES FILE L:

LITTLEPORT. CAMBRIDGESHIRE, DEFENCE AREA, UNPUBLISHED NMR REPORT BY W FOOT. SEE CD:

LITTLEPORT Q SITE, SUFFOLK. TL 584852 FOR MILDENHALL AIRFIELD:

LITTLE SNORING AIRFIELD, NORFOLK. TF 960335 OPENED 1943 CLOSED 1958:

LITTLE STAUGHTON, HUNTS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1942 CLOSED 1945:
SEE PLAN IN THE BOOK RAF BOMBER AIRFIELDS OF WW2:

LITTLESTONE BATTERY, NEW ROMNEY, TR 087250, 3 x 6" BL GUNS 1942. UKFC & DOBINSON DATA:

LITTLE STONHAM, SUFFOLK. HOME GUARD PICTURE SEE HG FILE:

LITTLE WALDEN AIRFIELD, CONTROL TOWER & PARACHUTE STORE FROM ESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY No 13 FILE A (AIRFIELDS):

LITTLE WALTHAM, ESSEX. DRILL HALL, TUFNELL HALL. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:
PILL BOXES NEAR CHELMSFORD AT BROOMFIELD & LITTLE WALTHAM, LOOPHOLES No 42:

LIVERMERE (LIVERMORE?) ARMY CAMP, NORTH OF BURY ST EDMUNDS 1941 PLAN. BURY ST EDMUNDS RECORD OFFICE, M592/1. NOT SEEN:
WO 166.6779 REFERENCE TO 156 REGT RAC AT WW2:

LIVERPOOL, MERSEYSIDE COUNTY MAIN CONTROL CENTRE FILE L:
LIVERPOOL, NORTH FORT.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1888):
LIVERPOOL SUB CONTROL CIVIL DEFENCE BUILDING FLE L:
DERBY HOUSE, LIVERPOOL U/G HQ OF WESTERN APPROACHES COMMAND WW2:
DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.482, 973, 1350, 1159 & 10862:
SEE AFTER THE BATTLE No 81
SEE BOOKLET:
7 FT 6 INCH THICK ROOF & 3 FT 6 INCH THICK WALLS:
RESERVE HQ KNOWSLEY HALL, ELEVEN MILES FROM LIVERPOOL, NEVER USED:
LIVERPOOL & LEEDS CANAL. DEFENCE AREA, UNPUBLISHED NMR REPORT BY W FOOT. SEE CD:

LIVINGSTONE STATION, WEST LOTHIAN. RE DEPOT. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA. DEFENCES OF. CASEMATE 78:

LLANBERIS, BOMB STORE COLLAPSED IN 1942 FILE L:

LLANDUDNO, WALES. COAST DEFENCE TRAINING SCHOOL IN WW2. FORT RECORD BOOK PRO WO 192.158 CONTAINS MANY EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VARIOUS GUN BATTERIES 1940-44:

LLANDUDNO JUNCTION, HOME OFFICE COLD STORE, WAS INTENDED TO BE RGHQ FOR NORTH WALES. FILE L:

LLANDUDNO BATTERIES WW2:
GREAT ORME & LITTLE ORME HEAD. ARMED 1940 2 x 6" BL MK 7, 1 x 4" BL MK 7, 1 x TWIN SIX PDR. SOME GUN CHANGES NOT LISTED & LOCATIONS UNKNOWN. UKFC DATA:

LLANELI BATTERY, BURRY POINT, WALES. 2 x 4" BL MK 7. NO LOCATION. UKFC DATA:

LLANION BARRACKS. PEMBROKE. 'SAVE' SHEET:
4 GROUP, 2 BRIGADE AAOR. LOCATED WITHIN A 19c MAGAZINE. FILE L:

LLECHWEDD SLATE QUARRY, BLANEAU FESTINIOG.WO 32.3343 PRO 1934 MENTIONED IN A REPORT REGARDING THE SEARCH FOR SUITABLE U/G SITES FOR THE STORAGE OF AMMUNITION:

LLYWPPIA-RHONDDA CYNON TAFF JOINT EMERGENCY CENTRE (1993) FILE L:

LOADER DORSET HG CP SY 491- 942- FSG.DB:

LOADERS DORSET L/H WALL SY 4919 9428 FSG.DB:
LOADERS DORSET SLIT TRENCH SY 4916 9442 FSG.DB:

LOCH EWE DEFENCES OF FILE L: ALDIS 56:
WW2 BATTERY AT, 2 x 6" BL MK 7, 4 x 3.7" QF GUNS, MANNED BY 154 COAST BATTERY RA OF 501 COAST REGT RA, UNKNOWN LOCATION. UKFC DATA:

LOCH FYNE. ADMIRALTRY TECHNOLOGY ESTABLISHMENT.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

LOCHGILPHEAD (BLAIRBUIE), ARGYLL. S A RANGE.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

LOCH LINNHE, ARGYLL. NATO MOORING BOUYS. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

LOCH STRIVEN, ARGYLL. NATO DEPO & TRIALS AREA.FORTRESS SCOTLAND FILE F:

LOCKHART FORT, INDIA. CASEMATE 48,52:

LOCKTON CLOSE, ARDWICK. REF. WAR PLAN UK. PAGE 254:

LODDISWELL DEVON ROC POST SS 762- 532- FSG DB:

LODERS DORSET AA BATTERY SY 493- 941- FSG.DB:

LODDON, NORFOLK. DRILL HALL, UPPER BUNGAY ROAD. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

L'OLIVE, FORT DE. FRANCE, CASEMATE No 79:

LONDON:
LONDON (GENERAL):
BEATRICE RD.
BELSIZE PARK.
CAMDEN TOWN.
CHANCERY LANE.
CHURCHILL ROAD.
CLAPHAM COMMON, NORTH & SOUTH.
GOODGE STREET.
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE.
PARTINGDALE LANE.
PEARTREE HOUSE FILE P:
PENDLE CAMP.
ROTUNDA.
STOCKWELL.
UXBRIDGE.

LONDON BALLOON SITES WW2. (SOUTH EAST). OLD MILL RD.,PLUMSTEAD:
OLD COLFENIANS CLUB, LEE GARDENS.
CHARLTON STADIUM.
WOOLWICH POLYTECHNIC SPORTSGROUND, ELTHAM.
MOUNTSFIELD PARK, CATFORD.
GREENWICH PARK (GLOUCESTER GATE).
RANDLESDOWN RD.,BELLINGHAM (LONDONS BOYS CLUB SPORTS GRD).
MAYOW PARK, SYDENHAM.
BLYTHE HILL FIELDS, CATFORD.
THE GARDENS, PECKHAM.
BRUNSWICK PARK, CAMBERWELL.
ASYLUM ROAD, PECKHAM.
GOLDSMITHS COLLEGE, NEW CROSS.
FROM THE BOOK BOLTS FROM THE BLUE:

LONDON BATH RAILWAY.REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 270,274:

LONDON 20C DEFENCES BOOK MIKE OSBORNE:

LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY, STOKE NEWINGTON TOWN HALL BUNKER, FILE H:

LONDON CIVIL DEFENCE CONTROLS (SEE ALSO CIVIL DEFENCE).
DURING THE WAR LONDON WAS DIVIDED INTO FIVE SECTORS. IN THE EARLY 50s FOUR OF THE SECTORS WERE EQUIPTED WITH IDENTICAL WAR ROOMS.
CHURCH HILL ROAD, CHEAM.
KEMNAL MANOR, CHISLEHURST SEE LONDON CIVIL DEFENCE:
NORTHUMBERLAND AVE.,WANSTEAD (SEE WANSTEAD FILE W):
PARTINGDALE LANE, MILL HILL.

LONDON DEEP LEVEL SHELTERS FILE S:

LONDON DEFENCE CENTRES FILE L:

LONDONS DEFENCE, CIVIL WAR FORT 25:

LONDON DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 199.1202 & MT 95/169?:

LONDON DEFENCE POSITIONS 1906. ALDIS 43:
FORT 3:
DEFENCE LINES No 4 FILE D:
LONDON.DEFENCE RINGS AGAINST GERMAN INVASION WW2.FILE L:SEE MISC. FILE ALSO:

LONDON, FORT ROYAL. CASEMATE 80:

LONDON GHQ 1940. LINES AROUND. FILE G:

LONDON, GREATER. COUNCIL HQ WW2 (NOW THE MARRIOTT HOTEL), CENTRAL WAR ROOMS. USED BY A MILITARY AGENCY FOR STRATEGIC DECEPTION DURING WW2. AFTER THE BATTLE No 119:

LONDON, LUHAM ROAD, LAMBETH. SOUTH EAST GROUP EMERGENCY HQ. SEE CHELSEA SPELAEOLOGICAL SOC RECORDS VOL 27 REPORT 2001 & SUB BRIT WEB SITE:


LONDON MOB. CENTRES: IN 1889 EDWARD STANHOPE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR AGREED EARTHWORK FORTIFICATIONS TO PROTECT LONDON FROM ATTACK FROM THE SOUTH & SOUTH EAST. FROM FORTRESS BRITAIN BY A.SAUNDERS:
ALDIS 42,46,47,53:
SEE ALSO ALEC BEANSE FOR DETAILED REFERENCES ON:
DEFENCE LINES No 5 FILE D:
REDAN 43:
SEE MOBILISATION CENTRES:
SEE PFSoc BOOKLET ON:

LONDON, NORTH. DEFENCES OF.EMB.13.LONDON AA DEFENCES. EMB 16?

LONDON OUTER DEFENCE RING WW2. DEFENCE LINES No 4 FILE D:

LONDON 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:

LONDON. ROYAL MAIL UNDERGROUND RAILWAY. FILE R:

LONDON SCOTISH DRILL HALL, BUCKINGHAM GATE. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

LONDONS 20C DEFENCES SEE BOOK:

LONDON, SEE KEW:

LONDON & THAMES REPORT.CASEMATE 15:

LONDON UNDERGROUND VICTORIAN RESERVOIR FILE L:
FORTEAN TIMES 108 MARCH 1998 PAGE 55. LETTER REGARDING UNDERGROUND STATIONS/BUNKERS IN THE CITY. MENTIONS THAT THERE ARE SOME (MISSING) 40 ODD UNDERGROUND STATIONS. INCLUDING BROMPTON ROAD, CITY ROAD, BRITISH MUSEUM (WHICH IS USED BY THE ARMY!), KING WILLIAM STREET STATION. OTHER SITES INCLUDE BASTION AT COVENT GARDEN, RAMPART AT WATERLOO & FORTRESS AT MOORGATE (ALL REMNANTS OF THE COLD WAR!).
SEE EXTRACTS FROM SUBTERRANEAN CITY FILE L:

LONDON, SEE BOOK LONDONS SECRET TUBES BY A EMMERS & T BEARD:

LONDON, STRATFORD. SEE STRATFORD:

LONDON TRANSPORT U/G.SEE ALSO BOOKS SECTION, THE TUNNELS UNDER THE THAMES HAD FLOODGATES WHICH WERE CONTROLLED VIA A CONTROL ROOM SITED OFF A PASSAGE BETWEEN THE PICADILLY & NORTHERN LINES AT LEICESTER SQUARE. THE ROOM WAS ABOUT 12' WIDE & 20' LONG:
SEE FILE F, FACTORIES & SHELTERS:
FILE F FOR REFERENCE TO AA OPERATIONS ROOM:

LONDON UNDERGROUND (LT) REF.WAR PLAN UK.PAGE 256:
SHOWS PHOTOGRAPH OF SWITCHBOARD FOR OPERATING THE FLOODGATES, THERE ARE REFERENCES ALSO IN BENEATH THE CITY STREETS BY PETER LAURIE:
SEE ALSO LONDON TRANSPORT:
MAP OF STATIONS FILE L:
REFERENCE TO THE FLOOD GATES IN THE UNDERGROUND SEE BENEATH THE CITY STREETS & WAR PLAN UK. THE LATER SHOWS PICTURE ON THE PANEL WHICH OPERATES THE GATES:

LONDON UNDERGROUND SHORT ARTILE IN THE TIMES OCTOBER 17 2008 FILE L:

LONDONS VICTORIAN FORTS (& SOUTH COAST) FILE L:

WHITECHAPEL MOUNT. FORT No 35:
END OF LONDON SECTION:

LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND. CASEMATE 69:
LONDONDERRY, EBRINGTON BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' SEPERATE SHEETS:

LONEHORT, IRELAND. REDAN 37:

LONG ASHTON SOMERSET ROC POST ST 541- 694- FSG.DB:
LONG ASHTON SOMERSET ROC POST ST 548- 708- FSG.DB:

LONGBRIDGE AERODROME, DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.965:

LONG CURTAIN BATTERY, PORTSMOUTH. FILE L:

LONG, FORT.BOMARSUND 80 GUNS.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1854):

LONGFORD CASTLE. ODSTOCK, WILTSHIRE. BUILT 1591:
DEFENCES OF WW2 MAP PRO WO 166.6800:

LONGHILL, BUCKLAND TR 314431 1930 U/G RAF RADIO STATION:

LONGHOPE SOUND, ORKNEYS. REDAN 32:

LONGLEAT HOUSE WILTSHIRE PB ST 8148 4190 FSG DB:

LONGLEY LANE, PRESTON. REF.WAR PLAN UK.PAGE 291:
ROTOR SOC BUILT 1950s FILE L:

LONGMAN AIRFIELD. ALDIS 60:

LONG MARSTON, GLOUCS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1941 CLOSED 1954:
CANTILEAVER PILLBOX FILE P:

LONG MELFORD, SUFFOLK. DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.1320:

LONGMOOR MILITARY RAILWAY FILE L:

LONG NEWTON GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRFIELD ST 929- 920- FSG DB:

LONGPARISH, HAMPSHIRE.GAS WARFARE STORAGE PLANT.AFTER THE BATTLE 79:

LONG REACH, SUFFOLK NAVAL QL DECOY, NORE COMMAND. TM 296416:

LONG ROCK CORNWALL P/B SW 498- 312- FSG.DB:

LONG STRATTON, NORFOLK. DRILL HALL, NO RECORD OF. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

LONGUES-SUR-MER BATTERY, NORMANDY. ALDIS 47: FILE L:

LONGY LINES.ALDERNEY.FORT 8: REDAN 30:

LOOE, No 1 BATTERY, CORNWALL, SX 526523, WW2 ARMED WITH 2 x 4" BL MK 7, 2 x DELs. UKFC DATA:
LOOE No 2 BATTERY, WW2 2 x 6 PDR, MANNED BY 395 COAST BATTERY RA, SITE LOCATION UNKNOWN. UKFC DATA:

LOOPHOLED WALLS AT PAIGNTON & MEVAGISSEYFILE L:

LOOPHOLES, GENERAL. SEE FORTIFICATION FOR ENGLISH ENGINEERS:
LOOPHOLES HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL AT 'GRENOBLE' & LOOPHOLE WINDOWS, SHUTTERS. FILE L:
LOOPHOLES No 40:

LORD AIREYS BATTERY 9.2".FORT 1:

LORD HOWARD BATTERY, PLYMOUTH. SX 491524, ARMED 1914-1942 WITH 2 x 6" BL (DOBINSON):

LORDS BRIDGE, 5 MILES S.W. OF CAMBRIDGE. GAS WARFARE FORWARD FILLING DEPOT AFTER THE BATTLE 79:
FILE L:
ALSO WAS AN AMMO STORAGE DEPOT. SEE LIST OF DEPOTS IN FILE A:

LORDS MOUNT, BERWICK-UPON-TWEED FILE F:

LORIENT, FRANCE. FSG TOUR 2006, CASEMATE 77:

LORRAINE, FRANCE. CASEMATE 81:

LOSSIEMOUTH BATTERY (INNES LINKS), 2 x 6" BL MK II, 2 x CASLs, MANNED BY 227 COASTAL BATTERY OF 501 COASTAL REGT. LOCATION OF BATTERY NJ 28156785 (GM). UKFC DATA:
IN 2007 BOTH GUN EMPLACEMENTS & OTHER BUILDINGS SURVIVE, WITH PILLBOXES & OTHER DEFENCE STRUCTURES (GMcN).

LOSSIEMOUTH, MORAY.RAF AIRFIELD.OPENED 1939, FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:
A BATTERY WAS CONSTRUCTED TO PREVENT LANDINGS OR BOMBARDMENT OF THE AIRFIELD (OTHER DOCUMENTS LIST THIS AS ELGIN BATTERY), ARMED WITH 2 x 6" BL MK 7. UKFC DATA:
AIRFIELD WAS ORIGINALY SET UP AS TRAINING SCHOOL, TAKEN OVER BY THE NAVY THEN RETURNED TO THE RAF (GMcN):

LOTHBEG POINT BATTERY, SCOTLAND. 2 x 75mm. NC 9600.0965, CONSTRUCTED 1942. UKFC DATA:

LOTHRINGEN, BATTERY, NOIRMONT POINT. FILE L:

LOTON DEER PARK.ALDERBURY GAS WARFARE FORWARD FILLING STATION AFTER THE BATTLE 79:

LOUGHBOROUGH.REF.WAR PLAN UK.PAGE 280:
WW2 COLD STORE THEN REGIONAL GOVT HQ. FILE L:
DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 199.1439:

LOUGH FOYLE, IRELAND. REDAN 35:
CASEMATE 69:

LOUGHMASK CASTLE. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1880):

LOUGHOR BATTERY, WALES. SS 5696, WW2 1 x 4" BL MK 9, EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. UKFC DATA:

LOUGH SWILLY, IRELAND. REDAN 35:
CASEMATE 69:
UKFC FILE 11 (50):

LOUISBOURG, FORT AT CANADA. FILE L:
CASEMATE 69:

LOUIS, FORT. CASEMATE 52:

LOUND, NEAR LOWESTOFT AA SITE,TM 498996. SEE TRANSPARENCIES:
PICTURE IN AA FILE:

LOUVOIS, FORT. CASEMATE 31:

LOW COUNTRIES, FORTRESS STUDY TOUR. CASEMATE 62:

LOWER BROCKHAMPTON, NR DORCHESTER DORSET P/B SY 7201 9049. FSG.DB:

LOWER HARE PARK, NEWMARKET. DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.186:

LOWER HOLBROOK, SUFFOLK. NEAR BEACH, POSSIBLE SITE OF ANOTHER DEFENCE POSITION LIKE THE ONE ON THE RIVER ORWELL, SEE IPSWICH FILE:

LOWER HOPE POINT BATTERY, RIVER THAMES. REDAN 64:

LOWESTOFT, AULTON ROAD, ON ROUNDABOUT LARGE BUNKER TYPE BUILDING USED FOR CIVIL DEFENCE FROM KEITH WARD:

DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.956 & 4454:

DRILL HALL, ARNOLD STREET, & TWO IN ST PETERS STREET. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

LOWESTOFT DURING THE FIRST & SECOND WORLD WARS. FILE L:

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN 1945 SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE REF. K422/1. SHEET 62/5293 SE SHOWS AREA AROUND BECCLES ROAD/HARBOUR ROAD ROWS OF TANK TRAPS CAN CLEARLY BE SEEN AS CAN PILLBOXES, SEE SKETCH FILE L; 62/5392 NW LANDING CRAFT IN LAKE LOTHING, PILLBOX & POSSIBLE AMMUNITION DUMP; 62/5294 SE ROWS OF TANK TRAPS:

LOWESTOFT AMMUNITION FOR THE PORT WW2, U/G BUNKERS BEHIND SHED AT TRUMANS BOAT YARD, WESTERN SIDE OF OULTON BROAD:

LOWESTOFT BATTERY. 1940-46 FORT RECORD BOOK. PRO WO 192.216:

LOWESTOFT , BATTERY GREEN ROAD SITE OF EARLIER BATTERY 1804-1902. UKFC DATA:

LOWESTOFT & SOUTH FORT ALDIS 43. COASTAL BATTERY AT.PHOTO? FILE I:
SEE LIST IN FILE I VOLUNTEER REVIEW 1865: REDAN 14:
RMs INSTALLING 6" GUN ON FRONT WW2. FILE L:
DRILL HALL AT. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:
DEFENCES AT 1939-45 FILE L:
LOWESTOFTS NORTH & SOUTH BATTERIES LOCATION. FILE L:
IN LOWESTOFT IN APRIL 1998 WORK WAS UNDER WAY TO LOCATE A NUMBER OF WW2 UNDERGROUND AIR RAID SHELTERS. RUMORS WERE THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SHELTERS CONNECTED WITH HMS EUROPA, A SHORE BASE, WHICH WAS IN AN AREA CALLED SPARROWS NEST PARK. DIGGERS UNEARTHED CONCRETE AT ABOUT A DEPTH OF EIGHT FEET & VARIOUS ARTIFACTS. WORK HAS STOPPED FOR THE MOMENT, BUT A PETER WARRING OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL SAID THE HOPE IS TO FIND FUNDING TO CONTINUE & OPEN ONE OF THEM UP TO THE PUBLIC. EACH SHELTER WAS FOR 200 PEOPLE:

LOWESTOFT, GRAND HOTEL BATTERY WW2 TWO x SIX INCH GUNS. THE GUN HOUSE FOR No 2 GUN SURVIVES AS DOES THE BOP BUILT ON TO THE FRONT OF THE HOTEL. SEE PICTURES:
PRO WO 192.59 1940-44 FORT RECORD BOOK:

LOWESTOFT, LINKS BATTERY 1941-46. PRO WO 192.226:

LOWESTOFT. L.T. BATTERY 1940-42 PRO WO 192.63:

LOWESTOFT, MTBs IN DOCK FILE L:
SPARROWS NEST THEATRE (HMS EUROPA), HQ OF THE ROYAL NAVY PATROL SERVICE WW2:

LOWESTOFT, NEAR. AA SITE TM500997 FOUR GUNS SITE D.GODWIN:
FILE L:
PRO WO 199.3104 LOWESTOFT & YARMOUTH EXISTING & PROPOSED AA SITES FILE L:
SEE ALSO BOOKS ON EAST COAST DEFENCES:
SEE APRs & BATTLE HQs:
LOWESTOFT WO 78.2038 SUBJECT/DATE UNKNOWN:

LOWESTOFT NORTH DENES BATTERY 1940-46 FORT RECORD BOOK PRO WO 192.225:

LOWESTOFT PIER BATTERY 2 x 12 PDRS 12 CWT, MANNED BY 177 COASTAL BATTERY, TM 552297, UKFC DATA:

LOWESTOFT SOUTH PIER BATTERY 1942. FORT RECORD BOOK. PRO WO 192.218:

LOWESTOFT SEE BOOK FORTRESS LOWESTOFT BY ROBERT JARVIS:
LIST OF SITE REFERENCES FROM, IN FILE L:

LOWESTOFT SUB CONTROL BUNKER FILE L:
END OF LOWESTOFT:

LOW MOOR WORKS, FROM.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1854):

LOWTHER HILL, DUMFRIESSHIRE RADAR STATION.FORTRESS SCOTLAND FILE F:

LUCHTWACHTTOREN AARDENBURG, TOWER, OBSERVATION. LATTICE WORK CONSTRUCTION, CASEMATE 70:

LUDFORD MAGNA, LINCS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1943 CLOSED 1963:

LUDGERSHALL, WILTSHIRE DEPOT FOR SERVICING OF TANKS/VEHICLES & WAR RESERVE VEHICLES. SEE COLD WAR BOOK ENGLISH HERITAGE:

LUDHAM AIRFIELD, NORFOLK. TG 395195 (HMS FLYCATCHER). DECOY SITE AT SOMERTON (Q) TG 485205 c1941:
DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.4528:

LUDHAM BRIDGE. DEFENCE AREA, UNPUBLISHED NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD:

LUDLOW CASTLE. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1893):

LULSGATE BOTTOM, SOMERSET AIRFIELD ST 504- 651- FSG.DB:

LULWORTH CASTLE. ALDIS 47:

LULWORTH COVE DORSET BEACH OBSTICLES SY 8270 8000. FSG.DB:
LULWORTH COVE DORSET CRATERING CHARGE SY 8240 7920. FSG.DB:
LULWORTH COVE DORSET P/B SY 8239 7989. FSG.DB:
LULWORTH COVE DORSET P/B SY 8241 7980. FSG.DB:
LULWORTH COVE DORSET R B SY 8240 7992. FSG.DB:

LUMPS FORT, SOUTHSEA. SEE PALMERSTON FORTS SOC.NEWSLETTERS FILE P:
ALDIS 57, 65:
REDAN 31:
REDAN No 68 REFERENCES TO THE PILING:
UKFC ARCHIVES FILE No 68 (67):
WW2 BOOM BASE HQ, 2 x 2 PDR QF, 1 x 6 PDR QF, SZ 657983, CONVERTED TO A CIVIL DEFENCE POST 1949-1968. UKFC DATA:

LUNDY ISLAND. REDAN 31: SEE BOOKLET ON THE BRISTOL CHANNEL DEFENCES:
WW2 2 x 75mm UNCONFIRMED. UKFC DATA:

LUPIN, FORT. CASEMATE 31:
SEE ALSO BOOKS:

LUTON, AERODROME. DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.4599:

LUTON COUNTY BOROUGH CONTROL c1954, FILE L:

LUTON, REPORT ON ANGLIA TV NEWS REGARDING WW2 UNDERGROUND BUNKER EITHER SHELTER OR POSSIBLE AUXILLIARY HOME GUARD LOCATED IN BACK GARDEN. LOCATION UNKNOWN:

LUTON, FORT. CHATHAM.KENT. ALDIS 40, 47:
PFSoc NEWS LETTER FILE F & P:
PHOTOGRAPH & PROPOSAL FOR BRIDGE, FILE L & PLANS BOX:
BOOKLET FILE L:
SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:
FORT LUTON DRAWBRIDGE REDAN 35:

LUTON, U/G SHELTER, FROM CIVIL DEFENCE HMSO:
PRO WO 305.189 EASTERN COMMAND SIGNAL REGT CAME INTO EXISTENCE DURING THE 1939-45 WAR. PRIOR TO THIS IT WAS 4 INDEPENDENT COMMANDS, DOVER, CHATHAM, SHOEBURYNESS & FELIXSTOWE.

LUTON HOO, HQ EASTERN COMMAND SIGNALS SITUATED AT:
SEE BASIC HISTORY OF EASTERN COMMAND SIGNALS IN FILE UNI:

LUXEMBURG AS A FEDERAL FORTRESS 1815-1866 FORT 27:
LUXEMBURG, TOWN & FORT OF.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1867):
PLAN OF LAYOUT 1865 FILE L:
PRESERVATION OF DEFENCES CASEMATE 50:

LYCHETT, DORSET S/L. SY 982- 935- FSG.DB:

LYDD, KENT.6" HOWITZER IN ACTION. SEE POSTCARD:
DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.4656?:

LYDDEN SPOUT BATTERY. DOVER, TR 283389. 2 x 6". SEE PLAN & PICTURE FILE L:
1942 ARMED WITH 3 x 6" BL, 1 x 13 PDR (FLANK DEFENCE), MANNED BY 423 COAST BATTERY OF 520 COAST REGT RA. DOBINSON & UKFC DATA:
SEE SUB BRIT WEB SITE:
LYDDEN SPOUT BATTERY, HAD NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY, ALDIS 46:
SEE ALSO WEB SIGHT UNDERGROUND KENT FOR VIEWS OF PLOTTING ROOM:

LYDEARD ST LAWRENCE SOMERSET ROC POST. ST 097- 334- FSG DB:
LYDEARD ST LAWRENCE SOMERSET ROC POST. ST 122- 314- FSG DB:
LYDEARD ST LAWRENCE SOMERSET ROC POST. ST 122- 314- FSG DB:

LYDFORD, DEVON ROC POST SX 510- 856- FSG.DB:
LYDFORD, DEVON ROC POST SX 528- 857- FSG.DB:

LYDIARD MILLICENT, ALDIS 52: FILE L:

LYEMUN, HONG KONG. BRENNAN TORPEDO STATION IN REDAN 26:
SEE ALEC BEANSE BOOK ON THE BRENNAN:
SEE FILE L:

LYME REGIS DORSET A/T B SY 33-- 91-- FSG.DB:
LYME REGIS DORSET ANCILLIARY BUILDING SY 33-- 91-- FSG.DB:
LYME REGIS DORSET BARRACK SY 33-- 91-- FSG.DB:
LYME REGIS DORSET COAST BATTERY SY 345- 921- FSG.DB:
BATTERY ARMED WITH 2 x 4.7" QF MK V, 1 x CASL, MANNED BY 376 COAST BATTERY RA. UKFC & DOBINSON DATA:
LYME REGIS DORSET HARBOUR BATTERY SY 338- 915- FSG.DB:
LYME REGIS DORSET MILITARY HARBOUR SY 33-- 91-- FSG.DB:
LYME REGIS DORSET P/B SY 3384 9150 FSG.DB:
LYME REGISDORSET P/B SY 3400 9145 FSG.DB:

LYMINGTON, HAMPSHIRE AIRFIELD. SZ 342- 960- FSG DB:

LYMPSTONE BATTERY, EXMOUTH. 2 x 75mm GUNS WW2. SY 986852. UKFC DATA:

LYNDON GREEN PROTECTED REPEATER STATION (GPO-BT) (SEE ALSO PORTSMOUTH) FILE L:

LYNESS, SCOTLAND.SEE ALDIS 44:

LYNTON, DEVON. ROC POST SS 713- 498- FSG DB:
LYNTON DEVON ROC POST SS 726- 482- FSG DB:

LYONS, FORTIFICATIONS AT. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1870):
MAP OF CITY SHOWING WALLS FILE L:
CASEMATE No 82:
BASTION ST LAURENT.
FORT DE VANCIA.

LYTHAM BATTERY, WESTERN COMMAND, SD 337273, 2 x 4" GUNS, MANNED BY 404 THEN 171 COAST BATTERY RA OF 524 COAST REGT RA, 2 x CASLs (DOBINSON & UKFC DATA):
CONTRADICTORY REFERENCES STATE GRID REF SD 324279. UKFC:

LYTTON, FORT. AUSTRALIA 19c REDAN 34
CASEMATE 44:
FILE L:
ALDIS 57 SAME AS CASEMATE 44:

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