- Pillbox Study Group
- Types Of Pillbox
- Variant And Local Designs
- Part 1 A – N
- Aldershot Command’s 2- Pounder Emplacement
- Aldershot Command’s 8-Sided Pillbox
- Allan-Williams Turret
- Beehive Pillbox
- Bison Mobile Pillbox
- Cuckmere MG Emplacement
- Cuckmere Mini Pillbox Variants
- Dorset Square Variant
- Dover Quad
- Eared Pillbox
- Eastern Command Type
- Essex Lozenge
- EXDO Posts
- Gosport Rectangular Pillbox
- Hayling Island Rectangular Pillbox
- Lincolnshire 3 Bay
- Lozenge Pillbox
- Marlborough Mini Pillbox
- Mowlem 6 Pounder Drum Pillbox Shalford Surrey
- Mushroom Pillbox
- Norcon Pillbox Type CP/6/40/111
- North Downs Way Shellproof Type 24 Variant.
- North Downs Way Tall Type 24
- North Downs Way Unusual Variant
- Northumberland D Type
- Part 2 O – Z
- Open Machine Gun Positions
- Pentagonal Pillbox
- Pickett-Hamilton Fort
- Pillbox Gun Mounts
- Pre-Fab Pillbox
- ROF pillbox variants
- Seagull Trench
- Surrey’s Mowlem Type 24 Drum
- Tett Turret
- Triumph Motorbike Pillbox
- Two Storey & Tower Pillbox Designs
- Type 22 ‘Eastern Command Variant’
- Vickers Machine Gun Emplacement
- Yarnold Sangar
- Part 1 A – N
- WWII Defences
- Rescue Archaeolgy
- Rescues A – N
- A Pickett-Hamilton Fort Excavated
- Basingstoke Canal Defences
- Basingstoke Canal Type 26/Stent Prefab Rescue
- Basingstoke Canal Unique GHQ Line A Pillbox Rescue
- Beal Farm Pillbox Restorations
- Crookham Shellproof ‘Makeover’
- Dragons Teeth Cleaning
- Ewshot & Operation Cromwell Part 1
- Ewshot & Operation Cromwell Part 2
- Ewshot Pillbox Restoration “Exclusive” September 7th 2013.
- Hampshire 8-Sided Pillbox
- Maiden Newton Pillbox Rescue
- Heifer Law Zero Station
- Netley Park Type 24 Rescue
- Rescues N – Z
- Rescues A – N
- Defence Articles
- A “New” Type Of Pillbox
- Auburn Sands ‘Coastal Crust’ Defences
- Breamore Mill, River Avon, Ringwood Stopline
- Building Pillboxes: A Personal Story
- Building Winterton-On-Sea’s Defences
- Defending Chequers Bridge
- The F.C. Mushroom Pillbox
- Flame Fougasse: Poynings Flame Trap
- Maiden Newton – Poole Harbour Stop Line
- National Trust North Downs GHQ Line B Pillbox Event
- Northumberland Stoplines
- Pillbox Camouflage
- Sand-Le-Mere: Defence of a Coastal Inlet
- Shell Ness EXDO Post
- Stoplines: Some tactical notes
- Stroudwater Canal Pillboxes
- Winterton’s Defences
- War Walks
- Gazetteer
- Home Front Defence Sites
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- Essex
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- Aldershot Open Light Anti-Aircraft Post
- Aldershot, Rectangular Pillbox, Basingstoke Canal.
- Beaulieu’s Disguised Dairyhouse Pillbox
- Bramley C.A.D Depot Guard House Pillbox
- Bramshill FW3/25 Armco Pillboxes
- Claycart Bridge Road Block, Basingstoke Canal, Aldershot.
- Defended Barn,Fullerton.
- Eastney Defences, Portsmouth.
- Elvetham Heath’s Spigot Mortar Base
- Emsworth Channel, Hayling Island, Watchers Post.
- Hayling Island’s FW3/22 Pillboxes
- Hazeley Heath Tank Testing Ramp
- Sherfield On Loddon Type 22s
- Sinah Common HAA Site
- Southern Railway Pillboxes, Farnborough.
- Tongham, Aldershot, East Ring Defences.
- Isles Of Scilly
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Lincolnshire
- Norfolk
- North Yorkshire
- Northumberland
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- A Preserved Type 22 Pillbox in Surrey
- Elstead GHQ Line
- Farnham Park
- Godalming Fire Watchers Post
- Hankley Common’s Atlantic Wall D-Day Practise Area.
- Kettlebury Hill, Assault Training Observation Bunker
- Mowlem 6 Pounder Drum Pillbox Shalford Surrey
- Southern Railway Pillbox, Hook Heath, Woking, Surrey.
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Pillboxes in the Media
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Anti-Tank Obstacles
Anti-Tank Vertical Rails, East Sussex. Picture by Tim Denton 2009 Dragons Teeth on the North Kent coast at the Isle of Grain . Ngr TQ792716. Picture by Tim Denton.
Posted in Defence, WWII Defensive Structures
ARP Signal Box
In the late 1930s as threat of war with Germany grew so did the general anticipation that if war came it would involve an aerial bombing campaign. The railway companies were faced with the prospect of keeping vital buildings, such…
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Auxiliary Unit Signals Hide
George Dawes and Mark Bond have located an example of an Auxiliary Unit radio hide, and in the course of researching the Auxiliary Units for the Defence of Britain Project I have come across some other interesting information on these…
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Auxiliary Unit Radio Bunker
Mark Bond, a friend of mine from Hornsea, N. Humberside, phoned to say he had found what he thought was an Auxiliary Unit Radio Bunker near Sigglesthorne, just outside Hornsea. Mark’s main interest is the Auxiliary Units and their hides.…
Posted in Defence, Rescue Archaeology
Hitler’s threatened British Invasion 1940
In June 1940 the unimaginable happened: the mighty French Army, that had held the line against Germany in 1914, collapsed in a matter of weeks under the weight of the Nazi blitzkrieg. Britain faced Germany alone: even worse, her…
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UK WWII Defence Locations
It is by no accident that the majority of defence structures are located where they are.With the emergency evacuation of the BEF from the beaches of Dunkirk there was an obvious and urgent need to build defences against the threat…
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Pillbox Books
Here are some of the books recommended by The Pillbox Study Group. Most recent entries are at the bottom of the page. If you are looking to buy any of these please consider using the link below the cover so…
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