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Pillbox Camouflage

The basis of this article is Camouflage Military Training Pamphlet No 46: Field Defences 1941 It is intended to show the official line and from personal experience in the South West contrast this with the actual methods used by the …

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Basingstoke Canal Type 26/Stent Prefab Rescue

Prefab Type 26 Pillbox 52B, Lock 15, Brookwood Bridge, Surrey. SU943569 Back in the spring a meeting with Basingstoke Canal Authority Ranger Sara Green decided that winter 2015 was going to the best time to work on this pillbox. …

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Ewshot Pillbox Restoration September 2013.

Just over three years ago PSG members completed the Rescue Archaeology on six of the 18 pillboxes that lay on Ministry land at Ewshot in Hampshire. With permission from the MOD and Taylor Wimpey two pairs of Vickers Machine Gun …

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Aldershot Command’s 2- Pounder Emplacement

GHQ Line B Anti Tank Defence. By Tim Denton. This design of anti tank emplacement is unique and can only be found on GHQ Line B between Elstead and west of the A3 at Peper Harow in Surrey, each …

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Vickers Factory Pillbox.

Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey. TQ 0699562943 This small and unique six sided pillbox can be found within the Brooklands Museum at Weybridge in Surrey close to other British icons such as Concorde and the VC10, although it can be seen close …

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QF Six Pounder Open Gun Emplacement

The hexagonal Anti-tank gun emplacement or gun pit as it can also be called is one of the more rarely found defences, Working in conjunction with pillboxes as well as trenches and roadblocks they were primarily positioned to cover points …

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Aldershot Command’s 8-Sided Pillbox

Hampshire and Surrey Bullet Proof Variant. Ten examples of this bullet proof pillbox survive making it one of the rarest local designs found within Aldershot Command in both Hampshire and Surrey. Similar in appearance to a standard type 22 this small …

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Vickers Gun & Equipped for Action

A Vickers Emplacement 70 Years On An early morning in July saw myself and Mike Hopton meet up to recreate how a fully equipped pillbox would have appeared seventy years ago. The purpose of the day was not only to …

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Loopholed Walls

Loopholed walls are one of the rarer forms of surviving defences. Good examples can be found in Basingstoke Town centre set into the parapets of two railway bridges west and east of the main railway station.The metal bridge below the junction of …

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Farnham Park

Spigot Mortar Base and Air Raid Shelter. Farnham Park is accessible to all and within can be found surviving relics from WW2. During the conflict the park was close to the GHQ Line and next to Farnham Castle where the War …

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Defence Structures and sites of all types both above and below ground can be very dangerous. Serious injury or even death can arise from unauthorised entry into such sites and structures. Join a responsible club, group or society who can arrange official visits. The Pillbox Study Group accepts no responsibility for any damages or injuries caused by ignoring this advice. The PSG does not encourage members to undertake the ad hoc clearance of vegetation from pillboxes, as it can expose them to physical damage and inappropriate use, it may also contravene a variety of statutory regulations including, listed buildings and SSSI designations. Vegetation clearance should only ever be undertaken as part of a formal arrangement, having sought and obtained permission from the land owner and other necessary authorities. Damaging a listed or scheduled monument can be considered as a Heritage Crime.