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`H` LOCATIONS


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HABSBURG EMPIRE. SEE BOOKS & PHOTOS REF AUSTRIAN FORTS:

HACKENBERG. MAGINOT LINE. CASEMATE 6, 81:
SEE ALSO MAGINOT LINE:
PFSoc NEWSLETTER SEP 2007:

HACK GREEN. NR NANTWICH. REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 239,280:
ROTOR GCI BUILT IN THE EARLY 1950s:
FILE H:
SIREN No 4 FILE R:
CASEMATE 51:
SEE BOOKLET ON & BROCHURE:
PHOTOGRAPH OF RADIO ROOM FILE H:
ALDIS 64:

HACKNESS BATTERY, ORKNEY FILE H:
PRO MPH 533/3:
HACKNESS MARTELLO TOWER & BATTERY, CASEMATE 78:

HACKNESS MARTELLO TOWER.CASEMATE 45:
PRO MPH 620/2 & /5:

HACKNEY, STOKE NEWINGTON TOWN HALL, BUNKER FILE H:

HACKNEY TOWN HALL BUNKER FILE H:

HADLEIGH CASTLE. SUFFOLK, SEE LIST IN FILE I (1892):
HADLEIGH CASTLE ESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY No 13 IN FILE E (ESSEX CASTLES):

HADLEIGH, SUFFOLK AA SITE TQ800-865 ALDIS 39:
DECONTAMINATION CENTRE SEP 1939 THE LION HOTEL, HIGHT STREET. CONVERSION OF STABLE BLOCK INTO. BURY ST EDMUNDS RECORD OFFICE EF504/6/41/126:
DRILL HALL, GEORGE STREET. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:
HADLEIGH, SUFFOLK. NEAR SUPER STORE U/G AMMUNITION STORES, NOW DEMOLISHED:
WHEN COUNCIL WANTED TO BUILD THE BY PASS ROUND HADLEIGH ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS FROM THE MOD WAS THAT THERE WERE NO LAY BY'S ANYWHERE NEAR THE STORES. THE SITE WAS SURROUNDED BY A FLOODLIT FENCE:
THE SUPER STORE WAS PART OF AN EARLIER AMMUNITION STORE & IN 1995 BURIED PHOSPHORUS BOMBS WERE DISCOVERED WHEN CHANGES WERE MADE TO A CAR PARK:
AMMO STORE FOR AA AMMUNITION, SUPPLIED IPSWICH & HARWICH. STORE AN EAM. FROM KEITH WARD:

FIRE STATION WW2 PICTURE EADT SEP 6 2007. LARGE AREA OF SANDBAGS SUROUNDING IT FILE H:
MAIN STREET WW2 PICTURE ARP STORE & SANDBAGS FILE H:
R.O.C. POST PICTURES IN EADT JAN 2007 FILE H:
FILE H:
HADLEIGH LANDING GROUND, 1916-20, TM 064424:
PICTURE TAKEN IN 1953 OF TROOPS AT HADLEIGH BASE EADT OCTOBER 17 2006 FILE H:
NORTH OF THE HADLEIGH DEPOT WAS ADHAM MILL HILL, RN AMMUNITION DEPOT (M OSBORNE):

HAFEN BATTERY. MICHELIN GUIDE:

HAHNEBERG, FORT. GERMANY, CASEMATE 75, 80:

HAILE SAND FORT. STEEL/CONCRETE SEA FORT IN HUMBER ESTUARY CASEMATE 51:
SEE ALSO BULL SAND:
2 x 12 PDRS THEN 2 x TWIN SIX PDRS, TA 394062, MANNED BY 276 COAST BATTERY RA THEN 275. CONSTRUCTED IN WW1 IT WAS THEN ARMED WITH 4" GUNS. UKFC DATA:

HAITI, NORTHERN END, FILE H?:
VIEW OF CASEMATED BATTERY & MOUNTAIN FORTRESS, UNTITLED PICTURE FROM THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE 1976/1:

HALDON, DEVON AIRFIELD SX 915- 765- FSG.DB:

HALES BATTERY, CORNWALL SEE ST IVES:
NOTE SPELLING ALSO LISTED AS HAYLE BATTERY:

HALESWORTH AIRFIELD, SUFFOLK, TM 400795. OPENED 1943:
DRILL HALL, IPSWICH ROAD. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

HALF MOON BATTERY. SW 826319, ALDIS 53:
CASEMATE 39:
PRO WO 192.275 FORT RECORD BOOK:
SEE ALSO PENDENNIS CASTLE:
OBSERVATION POST FOR HALF MOON BATTERY 6 INCH BL PLAN WO 192.278. FILE R:
HALF MOON BATTERY, ARMED WITH 2 x 6" BL VII/II MANNED BY 216 COAST BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:

HALIFAX COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL, BUNKER FILE H:

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.CASEMATE 28, 70:
PRINCE OF WALES TOWER CASEMATE 70:

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

HALSTEAD, ESSEX. 11 CORPS U/G HQ (KW) 1 ST BORING GROUP RE:
DRILL HALL, PRETORIA ROAD. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

HALSTEAD, FORT. LONDON DEFENCE POSITIONS. FORT 3:
ALDIS 47:
SEE DOCUMENT LONDON DEFENCE CENTRES FILE L:
SEE LETTER REGARDING USING THE FORT FOR TESTING PURPOSES DURING WW2, FILE H:

HAMBANTOTA, SRI LANKA MARTELLO TOWER. FORT 27:

HAMBLE HAA SITE, ALDIS 45:
HAMBLE MINEFIELD CONTROL POST, SU 468072, 2 STOREY CONCRETE TOWER. UKFC DATA:
HAMBLE BATTERY, SOUTH EAST OF SOUTHAMPTON, SU 480060, 4 x 40mm EMPLACEMENTS. UKFC DATA:

HAMBURG, GERMANY. FLSK TOWERS. CASEMATE 81:

HAM, THE FORTRESS. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1846):

HAMIDIEH 1 & 2 FORTS, DARDANELLES. CASEMATE 30:

HAMILTON, FORT. BERMUDA.ALDIS 34:
CASEMATE 53:

HAMILTON HOUSE, HAVEN PORTS PHQ. FELIXSTOWE, THE SUB HQ AT A MARTELLO TOWER. KW:

HAMINA, FINLAND.c1750 FILE P (THIS ITEM IS ANOTHER SHEET HENCEP):

HAMP, BRIDGWATER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3046 3566 FSG DB:

HAMPSHIRE AA NOTES SEE AA SITES MISC:
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL & BOROUGH AREA CONTROL, CHRISTCHURCH, CONSTRUCTED IN 1963. FILE C:
HAMPSHIRE NOTES.CASEMATE 16: CASEMATE 27:
WW2 SURVEY ALDIS 45:
SOPLEY, TWO LEVEL U/G R3 CONTROL BUNKER, NOW USED AS SECURITY STORE:
SEE ALSO BROWNWICH CLIFFS:
WAR WALK WW2 DEFENCES. LOOPHOLES No 41:

HAMPSTEAD. REF WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 258.

HAMPSTEAD NORRIS, BERKS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1940 CLOSED 1945:
HAMPTON COURT. OLD & NEW BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' SEPERATE SHEETS:

HAMWORTHY DORSET AIRFIELD. SY 986- 903- FSG.DB:
HAMWORTHY DORSET AIRFIELD. SZ 035- 900- FSG.DB:

HANBURY, STAFFORDSHIRE. SEE FAULD, RAF:

HANCOCK, FORT. NINE GUN BATTERY. CASEMATE 53:

HANCOKS FARM, BASINGSTOKE. DEFENCES AT. LOOPHOLES No 40:

HANDORB FORT, SUAKIN.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1889):

HANGERS, SEE AIRFIELDS:

HANGO HARBOUR FORT, FINLAND.SEE LIST IN FILE I(1854):

HAN PIJESAK, NUCLEAR BUNKER. CASEMATE 73:

HANSLOPE PARK, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. DIPLOMATIC WIRELESS SERVICE RECEIVING STATION FROM THE BOOK GCHQ:

HANSTHOLM, DEMARK.GERMAN 38cm BATTERY FILE H:

HANT'S:
HOME GUARD, EIGHT COMPANIES GUARDING, ROYAL CLARENCE YARD, PRIDDY'S HARD, FRATER & BEDENHAM, FLEETLANDS, S.C.E. DEPARTMENT, HMS DAEDALUS, HASLAR WORKS & HMS VERNON. BREAK DOWN OF EACH COMPANY. UKFC ARCHIVES & FILE UNI:

HAPPIDROME, SEE TRIMLEY HEATH ALSO RADAR FILES:

HAPPISBURGH. RSG GROUP:

HAPPISBURGH BATTERY, NORFOLK. TG 374317, 2 x 6" BL & 1 OR 2 x 4.7" MK 5, MANNED BY 353 THEN 546 COAST BATTERY, TG 374317. UKFC DATA:
DEFENCE OF WW2 PRO WO 166.965 & 1073:

HARBOUR BATTERY, RAMSGATE. WW2, 2 x 6" BL, 2 x 12 PDRS 12 CWT, IN THE AREA OF TR 387647, MANNED BY 333 COAST BATTERY RA OF 549 COAST REGT RA (BASED IN RAMSGATE). UKFC DATA:

HARDWICK AIRFIELD, NORFOLK. STATION 104. REQUISTIONED 1941. TM 250900
DECOY SITE AT SHOTESHAM TM 266957:

HARE HALL, ESSEX. ARMY TRAINING GROUND. SEE FRONT LINE ESSEX BOOK:

HARGATE FOREST, NEAR TUNBRIDGE WELLS, UNDERGROUND BATTLE HQs SEE BATTLE HQs (ARMY):

HARLESTON, NORFOLK. STATION ROAD. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

HARLING ROAD LANDING GROUND, NORFOLK. TL 983878, OPENED 1916:

HARLOW, ESSEX. DRILL HALL, OLD ROAD. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

HARNHAM HILL, SAILSBURY. EX WW2 AIRRAID SHELTER (1,700 SQUARE FT) TO BE USED BY SOUTH WILTSHIRE COUNCIL EMERGENCY COMMITTEE. 1988 NEWSPAPER REPORT UKFC ARCHIVES FILE 25:

HARPUR HILL ,DERBYSHIRE.GAS WARFARE STORAGE DEPOT.AFTER THE BATTLE 79:

HARRINGTON, NORTHANTS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1943 CLOSED 1963:

HARROD, FORT. KENTUCKY, USA. FORT 23:

HARROGATE, NORTH YORKSHIRE SUB COUNTY CONTROL c1958 FILE H:

HARROW. EF WAR PLAN U.K. PAGES 221,224-5,270-1,300:
AIR MINISTRY AT, FROM LONDON UNDER LONDON:
DURING WW1 WAS ONE OF THREE SITES PUT FORWARD FOR GOVT. NERVE CENTRES BECAUSE OF THE GERMAN BOMBING.THE OTHER SITES WERE DOLLIS HILL AND CRICKLEWOOD.THE HARROW SITE WAS CALLED STATION Z. ITS UNCLEAR IF ANY BUILDING FOR THESE SITES WENT AHEAD BUT A CENTRAL COMBINED WAR ROOM WAS BUILT IN LONDON AND WAS CALLED THE CABINET WAR ROOMS WHICH BECAME OPERATIONAL ON 27TH AUGUST 1939.FROM THE BOOK HISTORY IN HIDING:
SEE HARROW WEALD PAGE 21 OF THE BOOK WILLESDEN AT WAR:
AIR MINISTRY CITADEL. IN THE GROUNDS OF KODAK LTD., HARROW, MIDDLESEX. (Z STATION). TQ 148898. SEE SUB BRIT WEB SITE:

HARROWBEER, DEVON. RAF AIRFIELD SX 513- 680- FSG.DB:
IS LISTED BY AN R. AUSTEN AS HAVING RAF, USN & USAAF PEOPLE ON IT DURING ITS TIME:
LOOPHOLES No 43 REGARDING ODD WARTIME STRUCTURES ON IT:

HARTFORD END. DEFENCE AREA, UNPUBLISHED NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD:

HARTLAND POINT.REF WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 239,242:
ROTOR GCI BUILT EARLY 1950s:

HARTLEPOOL AREA.ALDIS 34.
HARTLEPOOL BATTERY.CASEMATE 34:
VICTORIAN PERIOD. REDAN 51:
BATTERIES IN, CEMETERY BATTERY; FILEY BATTERY; HEADLAND BATTERY; PASLEY BATTERY; PALLISER BATTERY; SEATON CAREW BATTERY; SOUTHGATE BATTERY; WHEATCROFT BATTERY; WHITBY BATTERY; SEE THE GUNS OF THE NORTH-EAST BY J FOSTER:
SEE ALSO TEES:
OLD PIER BATTERY, 2 x 12 PDRS, MANNED 139 COAST BATTERY OF 526 COAST REGT RA, NZ 533334 OR NZ 532223. GUNS FROM WW1 GUNBOAT. UKFC DATA:

HARTRIDGE, DEVON ROC POST. ST 182- 067- FSG DB:

HARTLAND POINT, DEVON CHL RADAR STATION (I.S.):

HART WARREN BATTERY, HARTLEPOOL, EITHER 2 x 4" BL OR 2 x 75mm BL, NZ 497360. UKFC DATA:

HARVEST HOUSE, FELIXSTOWE. USED AS AN OBSERVATION POST FOR THE 12" RAIL GUN AT TRIMLEY & 6 INCH HOWITZER AT KIRTON. TROOPS ALSO STATIONED ON ONE OF THE FLOORS. FILE F:
LOOPHOLES IN WALLS:
SEE FELIXSTOWE:

HARWELL, OXON. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1937 CLOSED 1945:

HARWICH, ESSEX:
AA DEFENCE. WO 166.14681 AA DEFENCE COMMAND RA HARWICH. WAR DIARY. SEP 1944. THE AADC WAS BASED AT HARWICH. MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH DIVER ACTIVITY. LETTER DATED JAN 19 1944 STATED THAT IN THE CASE OF COMMUNICATIONS BREAK DOWN INSTEAD OF GIVING 'HARWICH ATTACK IN PROGRESS' WHICH WAS A SECURITY BREACH THE CODE 'PIP' WOULD BE USED INSTEAD:

HARWICH, AA WAR DIARY. HQ 129 LIGHT AA REGT IN FELIXSTOWE 'BRANTOVER' 77 TOMLINE ROAD, FELIXSTOWE. WO 166.7928:

SEE ALSO BEACON HILL:

HARWICH AADC 1942 PRO WO 166.7928, 1943 WO 166.11196 & 1944 WO 166.14681:

HARWICH AMMUNITION STORAGE FOR PRACTICE BATTERY & 3 PDR QF. PRO WO 78.4054:

HARWICH ARMAMENT RETURNS. WO 33.942 ARMAMENT APPROVAL 1919. HARWICH.
BEACON HILL 2 x 6" BL VII ON CP MOUNTING II & IV. 2 x 4.7" IVB ON QFI.
UPPERFIELD BATTERY 2 x 6" UNDER CONSIDERATION.
LANDGUARD FORT.
LANDGUARD BATTERY (RIGHT) 2 x 6" BL VII ON CP II (NOTE SAYS BATTERY IS ELECTRICALLY LIT).
DARELL BATTERY. 2 x 4.7" QF IVB ON QF III.
TOWER P 1 X MG ON PC
B BUTT 1 x MG ON CM.
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:

HARWICH APR (ARMY PLOTTING ROOM), WAS NUMBERED No 9 IN NOVEMBER 1941. PRO WO 199.1109 LOCATION UNKNOWN:
PRO WO 199.538 DATED 1942 SHOWS OFFICERS ON DUTY AT VARIOUS APR LOCATIONS. IT LISTS HARWICH AS. AT PRESENT FOUR REGTS UNDER THE COMMAND OF. C.C.C.A? HAS 4 OFFICERS & THE APR 1, A TOTAL OF FIVE. PROPOSED THAT IT REMAINS AT THE SAME LEVEL:
PLOTTING TABLES SHOULD BE LAID OUT IN SIMILAR TO FORTRESS PLOTTERS & GRIDDED IN CASSINI GRID (WO 199.538 DATED 1942):

HARWICH, ISSUE OF SCAFOLDING FOR DEFENCES ON 30/11/1941 STATES THAT 36.5 MILES HAD BEEN LAID & THAT 72 MILES HAD BEEN SUPPLIED. WO 199.95:

HARWICH BATHSIDE BATTERY, NEAR HERE OLD NAPOLEONIC BTY FOUND.CASEMATE 32:

HARWICH, BEACON HILL.SEE BOOK FORTIFICATIONS OF EAST ANGLIA:
FILE H:
FORT 11:
FILE R.
EMB.8:
FILE L,M.REF.IPSWICH COURT BOOKS ARMAMENT CONFERENCE REPORT HARWICH & LANDGUARD 1887.
SEE BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF HARWICH HARBOUR:
LISTS OF FORTIFICATION IN THE HARWICH AREA FILE L.
HAS PHQ BUNKER AT SEE PARKSTONE QUAY:

HARWICH BOMBING RAIDS WW1 FILE H:

HARWICH, BRIGHTLINGSEA TO.1870. WAR OFFICE REPORT ON THE STATE OF DEFENCES & RECOMMENDATIONS FOR. PRO WO 33.25 1870 FILE H:

HARWICH CHEMICAL WARFARE ATTACK EXERCISE WW2. USING AIRCRAFT IWM PHOTO 'A 17232':

HARWICH-CIRCUIT DIAGRAM 1941, LANDGUARD, BRACKENBURY, DARELL, BEACON HILL & S/L EMPLACEMENTS. WO 192.213 FILE LF:

HARWICH CONFERENCE CASEMATE 12:

HARWICH, DECOYS (NAVAL) CBA SPIRAL BOUND BOOK.
SPINNELS FM QF TM 162298 (SEE PHOTOGRAPHS).
WALTON ON THE NAZE SF/QL TM 262247.
KIRBY LE SOKEN SF/QL TM 222239.
BRIGHTLINGSEA QL/QF TM 091144.
EAST MERSEA QL/QF TM 0502157.
ADM 199.733 REGARDING SITING OF 'Q' DECOY SITES FOR INCLUDES WRABNESS & PARKESTON QUAY. FILE H:

END:

HARWICH & FELIXSTOWE DEFENCE POSITIONS WW1. PRO WO 78.4423, SERIES OF LARGE SCALE PLANS SHOWING VARIOUS FIELD DEFENCES, SEE PICTURES FILE:
PICTURES OF DOVERCOURT, SCHOOL NR LAUREL FARM, LANDGUARD FORT & PENINSULAR, FELIXSTOWE, FELIXSTOWE FERRY REDOUBT, POSITION No 12 THE VICARAGE (WALTON), RAY ISLAND (PARKESTON), TOLLGATE FARM (DOVERCOURT). ON ONE OF THE MAPS GARRISON SPRING AT WALTON IS SHOWN SEE PICTURES & FILE F:

HARWICH DEFENCES WW2 FROM PRO WO 199.625.
SEE MAP IN FILE, FELIXSTOWE (INCLUDES FELIXSTOWE DEFENCES).


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

1803/5/6. WO 55.1548/18 REPORT ON EASTERN DEFENCES REF LF SEE FILE LF:
ALSO DEFENCE OF WW2 PRO WO 199.625:

HARWICH EXTRA BUILDINGS TO BE CONSTRUCTED 1818 WO 44.129 & REMOVAL OF (1820) FIVE GUN BATTERY, THE MATERIALS TO BE USED FOR THE REPAIR OF THE SEA WALL:

HARWICH, DEFENCES OF & AREA.FORT 11, FILE H:
HARWICH CASEMATE & DEFENDED AREA P.COBB FILE U:
HARWICH DEFENCES WW2 IN ESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY No 13. THIS CONTAINS REFERENCES TO DOVERCOURT, HARWICH & CLACTON. IT SHOWS SKETCH PLAN OF THE STAINIER LINE WHICH PROTECTED THE REAR OF PARKSTONE & HARWICH, DOVERCOURT AA BATTERY, ANGEL GATE SEE UNDER FILE H (HARWICH):
SEE ARTICLE BY CHARLES TROLLOPE. FILE LANDGUARD:
HARWICH FIXED DEFENCES AT PRO WO 199.113 1941-1945 & WO 199.625 HARWICH:
HARWICH & OTHER AREAS WO 78.5124 & WO 78.5136:
HARWICH PRO WO 78.4053 1886 PROTECTION OF MAGAZINES:
SEE OS PLANS FILE H SHOWS POSITIONS OF VARIOUS BATTERIES BY IAN S:
PRO WO 78.4051:

HARWICH, DRF & PF AT + LF VARIOUS YEARS FILE R:

HARWICH, EAST.IPS.REC.OFFICE.SUBJECT INDEX CARDS NAVAL OPERATIONS 940-45:

HARWICH PORT EMERGENCY PLAN 1954-58 PRO ADM 1.24474. (KG):

HARWICH, FELIXSTOWE & LANDGUARD GERMAN WW2 DRAWINGS PLANS OF FILE F, SEE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHS IN PLAN BOX:

HARWICH HIGHLIGHT. SEE HARWICH HQ:

HARWICH HQ FLAG OFFICER HARWICH. SINGLE STOREY U/GROUND c1942 (FROM R.N.AUX. RESERVE MEMBER): FILE H:

HARWICH IMOBILISATION SCHEME PRO WO 199.162:
AUGUST 1941. FLOODING, DAMMING OF CUTLETS TO TWO PONDS TO WESTWARD, DESTRUCTION OF RAILWAY EMBANKMENT TO DAM SLUICES TO EASTWARDS; VESSELS TO HAFE CHARGES FIRED & SUNK IF THEY CAN NOT BE RAPIDLY FLOODED BY OTHER MEANS; ROLLING STOCK DESTRUCTION OF ONE WHEEL OF TWO WAGONS AT EACH END OF EVERY TRAIN AND OTHERS AS TIME PERMITS (PARKESTONE ONLY QUAY); A NUMBER OF NAVIGATION AIDES & BOUYS; TWO CONCRETE SLIPWAYS & TWO FUELLING PIERS, WOODEN PIERS AT ENTRANCE TO DOCKS, FIFTY TON CRANE PIER, LNER & TRINITY PIERS TO BE BURNT, TRAIN FERRY APPROACH, GANGES & BRISTOL PIERS, WOODEN PORTION OF PARKESTONE QUAY TO BE BURNT. CRANES, PROVISION TO BE MADE FOR DAMAGING FIFTY TON & FIVE TON CRANES AT FELIXSTOWE & ALL CRANES AT FELIXSTOWE & PARKSTONE QUAYS; PIPES TO TWO DIESEL AND THREE HEAVY OIL TANKS, PETROL MAGAZINE, PETROL & DIESEL OIL FILLING STATIONS, OIL PIPE LINE THIS WILL ALSO DESTROY POSSIBLE EXIT FROM PARKSTONE QUAY; EXITS, RAIL EMBANKMENT TO WESTWARD, RAILWAY LINES TO EASTWARD & SUSEQUENT DERAILMENT OF LOCOMOTIVES, LOCOMOTIVES TO HAVE VITAL PART REMOED, EMBANKMENT TO EASTWARD, STATION ROAD BETWEEN HAMILTON HOUSE & LEVEL CROSSING THIS INTERUPS ALL SERVICES TO PARKSTONE QUAY, TWO ROAD BRIDGES ON PARKSTONE HILL. REPORT IN FILE DESCRIBES EVACUATION. SEE IPSWICH REGARDING IMMOBILISATION SHEME.
DECEMBER 1942. PRO WO 199.162. MAINLEY CONCERNED WITH PARKESTON AREA BUT INCLUDES SHOTLEY, FELIXSTOWE & IPSWICH. THE SIGNAL TO BEGIN IMOBILISATION WAS TO BE 'IMOBILISE HARWICH.'
THESE LISTS INLUDE THE INSTRUCTIONS & DETAILS OF THE EXPOSIVE
FELIXSTOWE. DESTRUCTION OF FOLLOWING ITEMS THREE DIESEL OIL TANKS & TWO FUEL OIL TANKS; TWO 3000 GAL READY USE PETROL TANKS; U/G PETROL MAGAZINE SIX 10,000 GAL TANKS; PETROL LIGHTER C.III.
PARKESTON. OIL FUEL PIPELINE TO QUAY; 500 GAL READY TO USE PETROL TANK.
HARWICH. WOODEN BRIDGES OVER THE TANK TRAP; EMBANKMENT AT RIGHT ANGLES TO RAILWAY TO WESTWARD; RAILWAY EMBANKMENT TO EASTWARD & WESTWARD; STATION ROAD BELOW HAMILTON HOUSE; BEACH MINES TO BE LAID ACROSS THE EMBANKMENT AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE RAILWAY TO THE EASTWARD, ON ASSUMING SECOND DEGREE OF READINESS. TRAINS OF RAILWAY WAGON WILL ALSO BE USED AS OBSTRUCTIONS; FIVE DEPTH CHARGES WILL BE FIRED ELECTRICALLY FROM THE STATION TELEGRAPH OFFICE; RAIL LINES TO BE DEMOLISHED.
END:
PRO ADM1.24474 HARWICH-HAMILTON HOUSE BASEMENT AS HQ 1950s. SEE PHOTO OF PLAN?
MENTIONS L ANDGUARDS FORTS SDHQ RADAR AS A TYPE 974 (DATED 1954).
LETTER DATED 23rd DEC 1953 ABOUT NOT ESTABLISHING JOINT AAOR AT HARWICH & OTHER AREAS:
LARGE SCALE PLANS OF HARWICH & FELIXSTOWE LISTING BUILDINGS, UNABLE TO OPEN ON VISIT.OFFICER COMMANDING LANDGUARD FORT CAPTAIN J LAVERY RA (1952)

HARWICH PRO WO 44.129.
REMOVAL OF FIVE GUN BATTERY 1820. BATTERY NEAR CLIFF, SIGNAL HOUSE & BARRACK HOSPITAL:
WELL TO SUPPLY TOWN WITH WATER, ON CROWN LAND 1819:
BUILDING IN HARWICH 1824 & 1818, MILITARY:
LEASING OF THE ROPE WALK 1813:
LETTING OF LAND FOR BUILDING PURPOSES NO LONGER NEEDED FOR DEFENCE 1812:
LETTING OF LAND WEST OF THE BARRACKS 1812:
ERRECTING OF COTTAGES ON CROWN LAND 1817:
TAKING DOWN & RE- ERRECTING OF 2 LIGHTHOUSES ON NEW SITES ON ORDNANCE GROUND 1817:
BOUNDARY OF ORDNANCE LAND 1812:
COMPENSATION TO TENANTS MOVED TO MAKE ROOM FOR ORDNANCE BUILDINGS, 1820:
END:
PRO REFERENCES, VARIOUS:
MPE 693 (L.R.R.O.1/755) ORDNANCE LANDS 1818.
WO 78.1270-MR 555. ORDNANCE BUILDINGS 1829:
WO 396.43 LANDS BELONGING TO THE WD NEAR HARWICH 1861:
WO 396.43 LANDS BELONGING TO THE WD 1861:
MPE 696 (L.R.R.O.1/760) CROWN LANDS 1843:
WO 44.185, f.199 MPH 90. HARWICH 1843:
WO 78.321 MR 1168 HARWICH & LANDGUARD WITH SOUNDINGS. 1740:
WO 78.417 MR 1205 HARWICH HARBOUR & LANDGUARD. C1800:

HARWICH & OVERLORD. WO 199.3072. LETTER 9 JUNE 1944 FROM BRIG BOOTLE-WILBRAHAM REGARDING WITHDRAWING OF HOMEGUARD WHEN THE DUTCH LEAVE, THE DUTCH HAD BEEN DEFENDING THE PORT:

HARWICH RADAR.CASEMATE 12:
SEE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHS OF RESTORED RADAR AT:

1914-18 PRO PLAN ON A3 ACCETATE SHOWING THE DEFENCES AROUND HARWICH & DOVERCOURT SEE BLACK A3 RING BINDER (NOTE THERE IS ASLO ONE FOR LANDGUARD/FELIXSTOWE IN SAME RING BINDER:

HARWICH (EAST COAST) 1944. ADM 1.16025. FILE RE RADAR COVERAGE AT HARWICH & EAST ANGLIA GENERAL. LACK OF HEIGHT FOR CD RADAR TO SPOT E-BOATS SOONER WAS A PROBLEM. TWO SUGGESTIONS WERE USING ONE OF BAWDSEY'S (K162) 360 FT TOWERS PLUS ERRECTION OF A NEW TOWER AT LEAST 350 FT HIGH AT WINTERTON (K135). THERE IS NO FURTHER CORESPONDANCE CONFIRMING THE PROPOSALS:

HARWICH MP VISIT TO WW2 (554 BATTERY) IWM PHOTOGRAPHS H 28386 TO H28398:

HARWICH REDOUBT, FILE M: SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:
WO 78.2781 SHOWS REDOUBT, BATHSIDE BATTERY & VARIOUS MILITARY BLDGS FILE H:
PRO WO 44.551 SHOWS IRON FLUES FOR COOKHOUSE 1832 SEE EQUIPMENT FILE:
DEFENCE LINES No 10:
FILE H:

HARWICH PRO WO 199.1127 REGARDING TELEPHONE LINE COASTAL ART. GUNS EMPLOYED IN ANTI MINE LAYING ROLES OCTOBER 1942. WAR OFFICE DIRECTOR OF SIGNALS BASED AT DOLLIS HILL:

HARWICH REDOUBT WO 44.53 SHOT & SHELLS RETURN 1818 FILE H:

HARWICH, SEARCHLIGHTS AT LANDGUARD & HARWICH. LANDGUARD FORT RECORD BOOK. PRO WO 192.213; FILE H:

HARWICH VARIOUS:
HARWICH AA DEFENCE SCHEME PRO WO 33.1343 1933:
HARWICH GOR (AA GUN OPERATIONS ROOM) WAS Q TOWER FELIXSTOWE THEN MOVED TO LANDGUARD FORT. DOBINSON:
HARWICH AA DEFENCES WERE:-
H1 LANDGUARD M 734505 4 x 3.7" S: TM 286325 (W.O.166 7338 1942):
H2 TRIMLEY, SEARSONS FM M 727540 4 x 3" M: TM 276362 (W.O.166 7338 1942):
H3 DOVERCOURT M 696484 4x3.7" S: TM 247304 (W.O.166.7338 1942):
H4 SHOTLEY STREET M 692522 4 HOLDFASTS: TM 244341 (W.O.166.7338 1942):
H5 LITTLE OAKLEY M 663539 4 HOLDFASTS: TM 216288 (W.O.166 7338 1942):
H6 NO NAME M 633539 4 HOLDFASTS: TM 185358 (W.O.166.7338 1942):
H7 OLD FELIXSTOWE. M 766537: TM 316358 (W.O.166.7338 1942):

SEE ALSO BEACON HILL BATTERY:
STARFISH SITE AT (FIELDS OF DECEPTION):
BOATS AT HARWICH 1775. FILE L:
EVIDENCE BY SIR A.CLARKE AND MAJOR NICHOLSON 1887 REF HARWICH.FILE L:
EXTRACTS FROM THE BOOK HARWICH HARBOUR. FILE L:
HARWICH WO LISTS ARTILLERY,RANGE FINDER AND GUN DATA. FILE L:
WAS ADMIRALTY FUEL STORE IN 1912. A REFERENCE IN WAR PLAN UK P 233, SAYS THAT THIS OIL STORE COULD PART OF LARGE UG FACILITY:
A/T LINE AROUND HARWICH WW2 CALLED THE STANYER LINE FROM THE BOOK EAST ANGLIA AT WAR BY D.E.JOHNSON. LINE CONTAINED A LARGE VERSION OF THE STANDARD A/T BLOCK:
PRO SUPP 6/645. 1905 REPORT 'ARMAMENTS OF HOME PORTS COMMITTEE' 2 X 6" MK VII AT BEACON HILL. ALSO RECOMENDED THAT 2 X 6" BL C AT BEACON HILL SHOULD BE REPLACED BY 6" BL MK VII. THAT BEACON HILL HAD TWO LIGHTS Nos 5 & 6. No 5 WAS A CONCENTRATED MOVING LIGHT, IT HAD 1 X 40 HP OIL ENGINE, No 6 HAD 2 X 16 HP UNITS: REPORT FOR 1917 STATES. BEACON HILL 2 X 6" BL VII ON CP (CENTRAL PIVOT) II & IV*: 1 X 12 PDR BL 6 CWT ON FIELD CARRIAGE (FOR EXAMINATION PURPOSES), 2 X 4.7" QF IVB ON I* MOUNTING, E.L. EMP HAS 2 X MGs ON PARAPET & CONE MOUNTINGS:
THE REDOUBT 1905 APPROVED ARMAMENT WAS 2 X 12 PDR QF WHICH WAS TO BE REDUCED BY THE SAME: RECOMMEND THAT THE 2 ELECTRIC LIGHTS AT HARWICH ARE TO BE KEPT:
THE TWIN SIX AT BEACON HILL HAD A MK 13 DIRECTOR (CHARLES TROLLOPE):
THE REDOUBT. SEE PHOTOGRAPHS, BOOKS FILE & PICTURE OF IN FILE H:
WO 55.740 ENGINEERS REPORTS ON VARIOUS SITES & HARWICH HARD GOING TO READ AS ALL IN LONG HAND. VARIOUS MAPS & PLANS IN THIS BOX FILE (PRO):
HARWICH. WELL AT 1783 SEE LANDGUARD FILE:
PRO WO 199.625 DEFENCES OF FELIXSTOWE & HARWICH WW2. INCLUDES MAP SHOWING THE DEFENCES & REGIMENTS. FILE F:
SUBMARINES (GERMAN) AT 1918 PHOTOGRAPHS. FILE H:

WELLS. ACCOUNT OF SINKING OF WELLS AT SHEERHESS, HARWICH & LANDGUARD FORT BY SIR THOMAS HYDE PAGE 1797. WELLS WERE SUNK IN 1778, 1781, 1783. SEE COPY OF BOOK IN FILE LF:

HARWICH WO LAND 1861 PRO WO 396.43:
HARWICH WO LAND, NEAR 1861 PRO WO 396.41:

HARWICH HQ FOR XI CORPS (DOBINSON):

HARWICH. ZEPPELIN RAIDS ON. FILE H:
END OF HARWICH SECTION:

HASKETON, SUFFOLK. 129 LA REGT. RHQ THE SHRUBBERY, HASKETON. 426 BATTERY LISTED AS NON OPERATIONAL (DG):

HASLAR GUNBOAT YARD, GOSPORT. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

HATCH BEAUCHAM SOMERSET ROC POST. ST 306- 231- FSG DB:
HATCH BEAUCHAM SOMERSET ROC POST. ST 312- 218- FSG DB:

HATHERLEIGH DEVON ROC POST SS 545- 047- FSG DB:
HATHERLEIGH DEVON ROC POST SS 552- 047- FSG DB:

HAVENGORE, PILLBOX AT. ESSEX ARCH. NEWSLETTER No 10 FILE E (ESSEX):

HAWKINS BATTERY, PLYMOUTH FILE H:

HASTINGS BATTERY/BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' SEPERATE SHEETS:
2 x 6" BL MK II, TQ 829095 MANNED BY 360 COAST BATTERY RA OF 552 COAST REGT RA UKFC DATA:
FLANK BATTERY 1 x 4" BL MK 9, 1 x 60 PDR BL MK II, TQ 820094,

HASTINGS BOROUGH COUNCIL CONTROL ROOM (1962) FILE H:

HASTINGS CASTLE.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1866):

HASTINGS.GUNPOWDER EXPERIMENTS ON MARTELLO TOWER 38.SEE LIST IN FILE I
(1866)(1872):

HATFIELD. AMMO STORAGE DEPOT.SEE LIST OF DEPOTS IN FILE A:

HATHERWOOD BATTERY IOW. FILE H:

HATTEN.INTERVAL SHELTER FOR THE MAGINOT LINE, FRANCE.CASEMATE 37:

HAUENSTEIN, SWITZERLAND. FSG.FILE F:

HAUSBACH SEE JAUERNIG:

HAVANAH. 1898 REDAN 44,67:
CASEMATE 77:
LA PUNTA BATTERY, CASTILLO DE LA PUNTA, EL MORRO & VELASCO BATTERY:

HAVENGORE ISLAND, ESSEX. DEVELOPMENT OF THE AA Z ROCKETS CARRIED OUT HERE. FROM ISLANDS OF ESSEX:

HAVEN PORTS. HMS BADGER SEE SIREN No 3 FILE R:
SEE PARKESTON QUAY REFERENCE BUNKER:

HAVERGATE ISLAND, SEE RIVER ORE:

HAVERHILL, ESSEX. BURY ST EDMUNDS RECORD OFFICE EF511/3/104 WW2. MILITARY HQ WAS IN QUEENS PLACE, CIVIL DEFENCE HQ IN SWAN LANE.
THERE WERE FOUR WARDENS POSTS.
MILITARY DEFENCE PLAN WAS 'TO HOLD THE DEFENCES OF A CENTRAL KEEP & SO IMPOSE THE MAXIMUM DELAY & CASUALTIES ON THE ENEMY'S ADVANCE. THE HOME GUARD COMMANDER WAS MAJOR WIFFON. NO DEFENCES LISTED IN THE FILE:
DRILL HALL, BURTON END. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

HAVERWOOD BATTERY, I.O.W.FORT 13:

HAWAIIAN TURRETS, NAVL TURRETS OAHU COASTAL DEFENCES FORT 32:
HAWAII, COAST DEFENCE GUNS. THE ARMOURER No 50:

HAWARDEN CASTLE. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1880)(1889):

HAWKENBURY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS RSG GROUP:
HAWKENBURY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS. 1953 WAR ROOM REGION 12. AT GOVT.BLDGS. FOREST ROAD, HAWKENBURY:

HAWKINS BATTERY, PLYMOUTH. SX 441516, ALDIS 38.
REDAN 36:
PRO WO 192.120 1903-1928 FORT RECORD BOOK:
1902 ARMED WITH 4 x 9" RML, 1916-1927 2 x 9.2" BL (DOBINSON):

HAWKLAW, CUPAR, FIFE.SIGNALS CENTRE. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

HAWTHORN. REF WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 208,217,252,264,267,270 TO 277,284,300,307, 364-5:
SEE ALSO CORSHAM:

HAYFORD MILL, STIRLING CIVIL DEFENCE STORE.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

HAYLE CORNWALL AA BATTERY SW 590- 370- FSG.DB:
HAYLE CORNWALL AIR RAID SIREN SW 5631 3783 FSG.DB:
HAYLE CORNWALL COAST BATTERY SW 525- 399- FSG.DB:
WW2 ARMED WITH 2 x 138mm GUNS, MANNED BY 395 THEN 390 COAST BATTERY RA OF 523 COAST REGT RA (DOBINSON):
DEFENCE OF WW2 PRO WO 166.4732:
HAYLE CORNWALL P/B SW 551- 383- FSG.DB:
HAYLE CORNWALL P/B SW 5532 3869 FSG.DB:
HAYLE CORNWALL P/B SW 5636 3940 FSG.DB:
HAYLE CORNWALL P/B SW 5642 3946 FSG.DB:
NOTE SPELLING ALSO LISTED AS HALE BATTERY:

HAYLING ISLAND. VISITS 2005. THE SINAH COMMON HAA SITE P2 SZ 699 994 A SITE WITH FOUR 4.5 INCH GUNS AT THE ABOVE REFERENCE & ANOTHER BURRIED GUN POSITION. THE AREA WAS VISITED & TWO EMPLACEMENTS SURVIVE & ARE CONVERTED INTO A SEATING AREA. THE FOURTH GUN POSITION IS ON PRIVATE LAND (FISHING LAKE) A LITTLE EAST OF THE EMPLACEMENTS A ROAD LAYOUT ON A PICNIC AREA INDICATES THE LOCATION OF THE DOMESTIC SITE. A CONCRETE SURFACE MAGAZINE SURVIVES CLOSE TO THE ROAD, IN USE BY THE COUNCIL? TO THE EAST OF THE DOMESTIC SITE AGAIN CLOSE TO THE ROAD AN UNIDENTIFIED RECTANGULAR BRICK CONSTRUCTION WITH CONCRETE ROOF UNKNOWN PURPOSE? A FURTHER BRICK BUILDING WITH THICK CONCRETE ROOF SURVIVES NEAR TO THE ROAD, AGAIN UNIDENTIFIED PLUS ANOTHER TO THE REAR OF THE EMPLACEMENTS, AGAIN UNIDENTIFIED:
SEE SITE SKETCH PLAN & NOTES FILE AA (DG):
SEVEN COLOUR PHOTOS OF THE AA BATTERY FILE H:
PILLBOX TYPE 22 BY THE ROAD, NORTH SIDE AT SZ 694 996 & ANOTHER ON THE GOLF COURSE SOUTH SIDE OF SAME ROAD AT SZ 690 997?:
ON THE WESTERN MOST EDGE OF THE ISLAND AT APPROX SZ 687 997 THREE VERY LARGE CONCRETE BLOCKS ALL WITH STEEL HOOPS FITTED. TWO OF THESE BLOCKS IN LINE WITH EACH OTHER. THE IN LINE BLOCK NEARER TO THE WATER HAS SOME SORT OF CONCRETE RAIL COMING FROM THE CENTRE OF IT STRETCHING SOUTHWARD FOR SOME DISTANCE DOWN THE EDGE OF THE BEACH. THERE ARE CONCRETE RAMPS NEAR THE WATER EDGE BLOCK SLOPING INTO THE WATER. AS YET THE PURPOSE OF THE BLOCKS IS UNKNOWN: A NUMBER OF ANTI TANK BLOCKS SURVIVE AT THE HIGH WATER MARK IN THIS AREA:
WHEN COMING ON TO THE ISLAND ON THE A3023 NOT LONG AFTER THE BRIDGE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD IS SOME KIND PILLBOX/CONTROL POSITION. TWO STOREY OBLONG CONSTRUCTION IN BRICK, REQUIRES FURTHER INVESTIGATION, SEE PHOTOGRAPH:
SEE SINAH FIELD GUN POSITION ALDIS 58:
1 x 75mm, SZ 750982 AT EAST STOKE POINT ON WEST STOKE SHORE AT SU 714019 EITHER A 75mm OR 13 PDR QF GUN POSITION. UKFC DATA:
AA SITE VISABLE ON GOOGLE EARTH P5 AT SZ 723034, SINGLE EMPLACEMENT SURVIVING?:

HAY MOOR SOMERSET A/T B. ST 3199 3333 FSG DB:
HAY MOOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 3199 3333 FSG DB:
HAY MOOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 3201 3370 FSG DB:
HAY MOOR SOMERSET A/T B. ST 3199 3333 FSG DB:
HAY MOOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 3199 3333 FSG DB:
HAY MOOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 3201 3370 FSG DB:
HAY MOOR SOMERSET A/T B. ST 3199 3333 FSG DB:
HAY MOOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 3199 3333 FSG DB:
HAY MOOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 3201 3370 FSG DB:

HAZELBURY BRYAN DORSET S/L SY 742- 086- FSG.DB:
HAZELBURY BRYAN DORSET S/L SY 742- 086- FSG.DB:
HAZELBURY BRYAN DORSET S/L SY 742- 086- FSG.DB:

HEDGE END, ROC POST. UKFC ARCHIVE FILE No 34 (45):

HEDINGHAM CASTLE.& PICTURE OF FILE H:
SEE FILE E ESSEX CASTLES FROM ESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY No 13:

HEERESGESCHLICHTLICHES MUSEUM, VIENNA. 8cm TURRET AT. CASEMATE 43:

HEERESKUSTEN BATTERY, LANGESUNDTANGEN, NORWAY. CASEMATE 63:

HEIDELAGER, POLAND V2 TEST SITE. AFTER THE BATTLE No 85:

HEIGHTON HILL, WARTIME (1940s) TUNNELS, SEE BOOK & FILE H:

HEIMAN, FORT. CASEMATE 73:

HELDRUNGEN FORT. GERMANY CASEMATE 79, 80:

HELDSBERG, FORT. SWITZERLAND.CASEMATE 39:

HELFORD RIVER BATTERY (OR TOLL BATTERY), SW 783269? PART OF FALMOUTH DEFENCES SITE LOCATION UNKNOWN, ARMED WITH 2 x 6 PDRS QF, MANNED BY 400 COAST BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:

HELIGOLAND. FORTIFIED ISLAND.WAS BRITISH, EXCHANGED FOR TERRITORY IN AFRICA IN 1894 WITH THE GERMANS.
WAS HEAVILY FORTIFIED DURING WW1. AT THE END OF THE WAR THE GERMAN ENGINEERS WHO HAD CONSTRUCTED THE DEFENCES WERE INVOLVED IN THEIR DESTRUCTION! TWO TWIN 12" GUN TURRETS, EIGHT COAST DEFENCE 11" HOWITZERS, FOUR SINGLE 21cm GUNS IN TURRETS, BATTERIES OF 15cm & 8.8cm QF GUNS, PLUS NUMEROUS 3.7" AA WEAPONS WERE ALL CUT UP & REMOVED FROM THE ISLAND FOR SCRAP. THE FORTIFICATIONS RECEIVED THE SAME TREATMENT, HOWEVER SOME OF THE U/G TUNNELS COULD NOT BE DEMOLISHED & WERE BRICKED UP.
IN THE 1930s THE GERMANS BEGAN BUILDING DEFENCES AGAIN WITH 3 x 12" & 6" GUNS IN TURRETS INSTALLED. UNDERGROUND WORKS WERE ALSO CONSTRUCTED. AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE DEFENCES WERE AGAIN DESTROYED THIS TIME BY THE ROYAL ENGINEERS IN 1945. FROM THE BOOK FORTS & FORTRESSES BY MARTIN BRICE & HELIGOLAND BY G. DROWER:
IWM MAY HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS ISLAND:
CASEMATE 51 PAGE 3, MENTIONED IN CASEMATE 68 (BOOK REVIEW):
FILE H:

HELLENS, ST. IOW SEE BOOKLET:
PRO WORK 43.322 TO 329:

HELLFIRE CORNER, DOVER.SEE DOVER & DUMPY COMPLEX:
SEE BOOKS LIST:
SEE FILE D:

HELMSLEY CASTLE 12c SEE PAMPHLET IN FILE Y (YORKSHIRE):

HELSINGBORG BATTERY, DENMARK WW2 CASEMATE 32:

HELSINKI. AA BATTERIES AT WW2. SEE AFTER THE BATTLE No 127:
CASEMATE No 82:

HEMBOROUGH POST DEVON P/B SX 8316 5226 FSG.DB:

HEMSWELL, LINCS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1937 CLOSED 1967:

HEMYOCK CASTLE, DEVON. FILE H:

HENGRAVE, NORFOLK. SOUTH OF ON THE A1101 EAST SIDE OF ROAD, NEAR RIVER LINE OF PILLBOXES (DW JUNE 1999):
SEE BOOKS LIST FOR NORFOLK DEFENCES:

HENGISTBURY HEAD BATTERY (SOUTHBOURNE). EAST OF BOURNEMOUTH, WW2 2 x 4" BL MK 9 REPLACED LATER BY MK 13, MANNED BY 172 COAST BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:

HENHAM PARK COPSE, SUFFOLK. WAS HQ HAD BASES FOR SIX 6" HOWITZERS & NEARBY HUTTED CAMP. TM 450777, TWO LOCATIONS FOR GUNS FOUND AT TOAD ROW AT JUNCTION WITH A12 & NEAR CHURCH FARM, UGGESHALL (WANGFORD). UKFC DATA:
PRO WO 166.4680 LISTS & SHOWS 4 x 6 INCH GUNS, MANNED BY 72 RGT. SEE SKETCH MAP IN FILE S SUFFOLK:
WO 166.1037 STATES 72 REGT 'B' TROOP AT GRID 904955, ARC OF FIRE EASTON BROAD TO SANDYMOUNT COVERT. O/Ps AT 944959, 963940, 951922 & TWO RESERVES AT 905960 & 967946:
SEE ALSO FROSTENDEN:

HENLADE SOMERSET AA BATTERY. ST 25-- 23-- FSG DB:

HENLEY FORT CASEMATE 42:

HENLEY GROVE. LONDON MOBN.CENTRE.ALDIS 47:
SEE FORTBASE LETTERS FILE & DESCRIPTION OF BY VICTOR SMITH:

HENLEY MIN. OF SUPPLY WAR PLAN UK PAGE 230:

HENLEY ON THAMES. BUNKER, FILE H:
FORMER WW2 SHADOW FACTORY-AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS:

HENLLAN, LLANDYSSUL, DYFED. POW CAMP 70. CASEMATE 40:

HENRICIAN CASTLES FORT 3,4:
GUINES CASTLE FORT 26:
HENRICIAN COASTAL FORTS FORT 10:
SEE BOOKLET ON:

HENRY, FORT. REDEND POINT, STUDLAND BAY, DORSET SZ 039825. (SEE MILITARY DORSET BOOK BY C. A. POMEROY:

HENRY, OLD FORT. SEE CANADA. FILE H:
PHAMLET FILE H:

HENSTRIDGE, Nr MARNHULL, DORSET AIRFIELD ST 752205- FSG DB:
EX NAVAL AIRFIELD:

HERAT, THE CITADEL AT. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1879)(1885):

HERMITAGE CASTLE, SCOTLAND. CASEMATE No 84:

HERNE BAY BATTERY, KENT. TR 188.68? 2 x 6" BL MK 7, 2 x DELs, 1 x 40mm, CONTROLLED BY 415 COAST BATTERY RA THEN 336 COAST BATTERY RA OF 517 COAST REGT RA. UKFC DATA:

HERSTMONCEUX ROC BUNKER INTERIOR SEE ROC FILE:

HERTFORD, HERTS.REF.WAR PLAN U.K. PAGE 280:
SEE SOVEREIGN HOUSE:

HETHEL AIRFIELD, NORFOLK. STATION 114. TG 154006. REQUISTIONED 1940:

HEUGH BATTERY, HARTLEPOOL 1859 FILE H:
CASEMATE 79:

HEVER CASTLE. KENT. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1894):
FILE H:
SEE BOOKS SECTION:

HEXHAM.REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 280:
FILE H:

HEYSHAM HEAD, WESTERN DEFENCES, BATTERY/DEFENCE POSITION? WW2 1 x 4" BL MK 9, SD 4061 UKFC DATA:

HICKLING BROAD, NORFOLK, LANDING GROUND, 1914-20, TG 409226:

HIGH ANGLE BATTERY, PORTLAND. SEE PORTLAND:

HIGH BICKINGTON DEVON ROC POST SS 602- 203- FSG DB:

HIGHBRIDGE SOMERSET P/B. ST 3215 4698 FSG DB:
HIGHBRIDGE SOMERSET ROC POST. ST 311- 568- FSG DB:
HIGHBRIDGE STATION SOMERSET P/B. ST 3221 4687 FSG DB:

HIGH CAPE BATTERY? WELLS NEXT TO THE SEA, TF 914455, MANNED BY 229 THEN 174 COAST BATTERY RA, 2 x 6" BL. UKFC DATA:

HIGHER BARRACKS, EXETER. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

HIGHER LOCK SOMERSET P/B. ST 3081 2931 FSG DB:

HIGH KEIL, SOUTHEND, KINTYRE.TRANSMITTER STATION.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

HIGH KNOLL FORT, ST HELENA. BUILT IN THE 1870s. CASEMATE No 82:

HIGH POST W. WILTSHIRE AIRFIELD SU 145- 372- FSG DB:
DEFENCE OF WW2 PRO WO 166.1329:

HIGH STREET, NR DARSHAM, SUFFOLK. RADAR STATION HAD TYPE 1 RADAR, R x TOWERS x 4 x 240 FT WOOD & T x TOWERS 5 x 360 FT STEEL. THE WOOD TOWERS STOOD IN A CLOSE FORMATION

HIGH WYCOME.REF WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 218,233,286,288 TO 291:
AIR HQ AFTER THE BATTLE MAGAZINE No 87:
FILE H:
SITED IN HIGH WOODLAND OVERLOOKING THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE TOWN. ITS THREE STOREY UNDERGROUND COMMAND CENTRE WAS CONSTRUCTED DURING WW2 TO CONTROL US STRATEGIC BOMBING RAIDS IN EUROPE. APPROX 20,500 SQ FT IN 1982 IT WAS REFURBISHED AT A COST OF 2.8 MILLION:
VIEW OF CONTROL ROOM & DESCRIPTION OF FILE H:
DAWS HILL NEW U/G COMMAND BUNKER USED BY THE AMERICANS WW2, LIES BEHIND HIGH WYCOMBE ABBEY SCHOOL:

HIGLEY, FORT. KNOXVILLE. CASEMATE 73:

HILL BARN DORSET AA BATTERY SY 682- 846- FSG.DB:

HILL BATTERY, SWANSEA, SS 628874. 2 x 6" BL MK VII, MANNED BY 299 HEAVY BATTERY RA. DEMOLISHED. UKFC DATA:

HILLBOROUGH K DECOY SITE, NORFOLK, FOR WATTON AIRFIELD, TF 8200?:

HILLHOUSE PLANT, FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE. GAS WARFARE FACTORY.AFTER THE BATTLE 79:

HILLINGDON, UXBRIDGE, BOROUGH CONTROL BUNKER FILE H:

HILLSBOROUGH BARRACKS, SHEFFIELD. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

HILPSFORD BATTERY, WESTERN COMMAND. SD 211618, 2 x 6" BL GUNS, 4 x DELs, MANNED BY 370 COAST BATTERY RA OF 562 COAST REGT RA. UKFC DATA:

HILSEA, HAMPSHIRE.GAS WARFARE US DEPOT.AFTER THE BATTLE 79:

HILSEA LINES.HAMPSHIRE.ALDIS 40,41,43, 65 FILE P:
P.COBB FILE U:
REDAN 14,15,31,49:
PF Soc. NEWSLETTERS No 44 FILE P:
BOOKS SECTION:
CASEMATE 45:
UKFC ARCHIVE FILE No 37 40):
WW2 1 x 75mm QF MK CASEMATED GUN, SU 668040. UKFC DATA:

HILTON HEAD USA. REDAN 49:

HIMMELBERG, GERMANY UNDERGROUND FACTORY. AFTER THE BATTLE 101:

HINDENBURG BATTERY.MICHELIN GUIDE:
FOUR x 11" GUNS FILE H:

HINDENBURG LINE. CASEMATE 50,51:

HINGHAM, NORFOLK. LANDING GROUND, 1914-20, TG 025022:

HINTLESHAM HALL, NEAR IPSWICH, SUFFOLK. DURING WW2 WAS A RED CROSS HOSPITAL:

HINTON IN THE HEDGES, NORTHANTS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1940 CLOSED 1945:

HIPSFORD BATTERY, WALNEY ISLAND, SD 211619. BARROW IN FURNESS, WESTERN COMMAND. ALDIS 48:
WW2 2 x 4.7" GUNS THEN 2 x 6" BL MK 12, MANNED BY 370 COAST BATTERY RA OF 562 COAST REGT RA. UKFC DATA:

HISTON, CAMBRIDGE.US GAS WARFARE PLANT.AFTER THE BATTLE 79:

HITLER, BERLIN BUNKER, FILE H, AFTER THE BATTLE 128:
HITLER, WESTERN FUHRER HQs:
ADLERHORST.
FELSENNEST.
TANNENBURG.
WOLFSSCHLUCHT.
WOLFSSCHLUCHT2.
SEE BUNKERS FILE:

HIXON, STAFFS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1942 CLOSED 1957:

HJELMENKOLLEN FORT. NORWAY. CASEMATE 78:

HLAVCE NJIVE, FORT. SLOVENIA, CASEMATE No 83:

HLUCIN-DARKOVICKY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA CASEMATE 38:

H.M.FACTORY 'RANDLE', WIGG ISLAND.GAS WARFARE PLANT.AFTER THE BATTLE 79:

H.M.S. GANGES, SUFFOLK. SEE GANGES & SHOTLEY BATTERY:

H.M.S. VERNON, ORTSMOUTH, SHORE BASE.FILE P:

H.M.S. WILDFIRE, GILLINGHAM, KENT. NORE COMMAND COMMUNICATIONS HQ. UNDERGROUND c1937. SEE UNDERGROUND KENT WEB SITE & WILDFIRE:

HOCKERING, NORFOLK. R.A.F. AMMUNITION DEPOT WW2:
SEE 20c DEFENCES IN BRITAIN-NORFOLK:

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

HOGAS BATTERY, NORWAY. REDAN No 68:

HOG WOOD. DEFENCE AREA, UNPUBLISHED NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD:

HOHENZOLLERN CASTLE, GERMANY.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1893):

HOLBEACH/BOSTON AREA. DEFENCE & DEFENCES OF PRO WO 166.1065:
DEFENCE AREA, NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD & BOOK:
DEFENCE OF WW2 PRO WO 166.6754:

HOLBERTON DEVON ROC POST SX 602- 488- FSG.DB:
HOLBERTON DEVON ROC POST SX 653- 447- FSG.DB:

HOLBORN. REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 247,250:

HOLBORN FARADAY TUNNEL. REF WAR PLAN U.K. PAGES 228,246:

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

HOLDERNESS DISTRICT COUNCIL EMERGENCY CENTRE c1989 FILE H:
DEFENCES. CASEMATE 81:

HOLFORD, SOMERSET ROC POST. ST 162- 428- FSG DB:

HOLLAND. CASEMATE 10:
MAURITSFORT & OTHER FORTS IN THIS AREA, MAP OF FILE H:

HOLLAND. BASTIONED ENTRENCHMENT.FORT 16.

HOLLAND BATTERY. ESSEX. FORT RECORD BOOK PRO WO 192.60 1940-43:
10 SUPER HEAVY BATTERY RA. 2 x 6" BL WW2. 6" BL Mk XII IN 1914. 9 FOOT BARR & STROUD RANGEFINDER: No 1 GUN LOCATION E 664105, 52 N 233758,88

HOLLAND, GREAT.AA SITE HAD AT LEAST 2 GUNS POSS.MORE GRID REF.225-193:

HOLLAND HAVEN, PILLBOX AT. SEE ESSEX ARCH No 10 FILE E
(ESSEX):

HOLLAND.THE GREBBE LINE.FORT 19:

HOLLESLEY HEATH, SUFFOLK. MILITARY GRID REFERENCE 801634 SIX INCH MK V11 POSITION ON PL V MOUNTING AS 22/8/1942. SITE DATES BACK TO AT LEAST OCTOBER 1941. LISTED AS B TROOP 10 SUPER HEAVY BATTERY RA BUT THE HOME GUARD WERE TO PROVIDE GUN DETACHMENTS FOR LIVE FIRING PRACTICE OFFICER IC LT H N CLIFFORD TURNER R.A. FROM SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE, SUFFOLK POLICE RECORDS REGARDING WARNINGS OF LIVE FIRING UNSORTED DOCUMENTS ED400: 14703:

THE HEATH HAD A CANADIAN PIPE MINES AT 796646, ANOTHER TWO WERE LISTED BUT CROSSED OUT AT 797647 & 794647. WO 166.958:

HOLLESLEY, AA SITE USED OXLEY HOUSE (DIVER OPERATIONS)

HOLLESLEY. SKETCH MAP OF WW2 DEFENCES SEE THE BOOK 20 CENTURY DEFENCES IN BRITAIN-SUFFOLK. BY M. OSBORNE:

HOLLESLEY, INUNDATIONS 1943. WO 166.11004. DUMB BOY SLUICE OPERATED BY HOME GUARD. FOUR MEN OF 5 SUFFOLK BTLN H.G. TO BE INSTRUCTED IN CARRYING OUT THIS WORK. SEE FILE S FOR EXTRACTS:

HOLLESLEY, POPLAR FARM SIX INCH MK V11 AS 13/5/1942. MANNED THEN BY B TROOP 10 SUPER HEAVY BATTERY RA. MILITARY GRID REF 799633:

HOLLESLEY WW2 ROAD MINE LOCATIONS WO 166.958 AT MILLITARY GRID REFERENCES 802621, 809624, 808627, 815628, 816629, 818630:

HOLLESLEY, SUFFOLK. TWO GUN BATTERY & SHELTER WITH MAGAZINE NORTH OF VILLAGE, LARGE EMPLACEMENT. SEE D. WOOD REPORT:
MOUNTING IS FOR A FOUR INCH QF (NAVY) MK 3 OR 5 (CT):
WO 166.958 LISTS A GUN POSITION AT THE MILITARY REF OF 802633 THIS MAKES IT JUST NORTH OF THE EMPLACEMENTS, IT STATES 2 x 6" BL GUNS MANNED BY A DET 10/1ST SUPER HEAVY REGT RA. SEE LIVE FIRING NOTE ABOVE:

HOLLESLEY WAS SITE OF DUMMY AIRFIELD IN WW2 FOR MARTLESHAM HEATH KQ44 (FIELDS OF DECEPTION) TM 335462 OR 350462. KNOWN AS AERODROME PLANTATION :
SEE ALSO P.COBB, FILE U:
BATTERY AT PRO MFQ 74:
SEE SKETCH OF IN FILE H:

WO 55.740 ENGINEERS PAPERS HAS PLAN & SECTION VIEW OF 1853 BATTERY (A2). THREE GUNS, GUARD ROOM 60 FT DEEP x 90 FT LONG. TYPICAL BATTERY ON THIS COAST:
13 GUNS & 19 CARRONADES WO 55.740 1853:
MANOEUVRES AT 1915 FILE H:
PRO WO 44.129. 1822 RENT DUE BY THE ORDNANCE FOR SITE OF BATTERY & GUARD ROOM TOWER 'AA': FOUNDATIONS OF TOWER BB HAD DROPPED 4 FT & ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR MARTELLO TOWER, 1812:

HOLLIWELL FARM, ESSEX. A MINEFIELD CONTROL AT (RIVER CROUCH?) TM 019959. UKFC DATA:

HOLLYCOMBE BEACH. DEFENCE AREA, NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD & BOOK:

HOLLOGNE, FORT. LIEGE. FILE L:

HOLLOWAY. PROPOSED BUILDING FOR THE P.O.AT A LOCATION WHICH WAS CLASSED AS IMPORTANT (FROM KEN VALENTINE):

HOLLYBUSH FARM. STRIKE COMMAND HQ SEE AFTER THE BATTLE MAGAZINE No 87:

HOLM BATTERY 12 PDR.ALDIS 52 FILE C:

HOLMB BATTERY, ORKNEY. 2 x 12 PDR & 1 TWIN SIX PDR. HY 493.017. IN WW1 ALSO ARMED WITH 2 x 12 PDR. UKFC DATA:

HOLME-NEXT-THE-SEA, NORFOLK. TANK GUNNERY RANGE WW2, SOME WINCH BLOCKHOUSES SURVIVE:

HOLME ON SPALDING MOOR, YORKS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1941 CLOSED 1945:

HOLMPTON, ROTOR RADAR STATION. FILE H:
CASEMATE 75:

HOLMSLEY SOUTH, HAMPSHIRE AIRFIELD. SZ 215- 988- FSG DB:

HOLSWORTHY, DEVON ROC POST SS 352- 040- FSG DB:

HOLT, NORFOLK (BAYFIELD), LANDING GROUND, 1916-18, TG 084414:
DEFENCE OF WW2 PRO WO 166.3709, 4422 & 4560:

HOLTON HEATH, ROYAL NAVY CORDITE FACTORY, DORSET. SY 939903? CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN WW1, FILE H:
CASEMATE 48, 52:
SMALL CONCRETE (SQUARE) GUARD/WATCH POST NEAR ENTRANCE:
AA TOWER FOR THE SITE, SEE THE BOOK MILITARY DORSET TODAY:
RECORDS IN HAMPSHIRE ARCHIVE OFFICE UKFC (PC):
SEE DOBINSON REPORT LAA DEFENCES SPIRAL BOUND BOOK:
SEE WEB SITE:

HOLWORTH, DORSET AA BATTERY SY 765- 830- FSG.DB:

HOLYHEAD. WALES PILLBOX. CASEMATE 79:

HOLYHEAD BATTERY, WALES. 2 x 6" BL MK 12 & 1 x 4" BL MK 9, 2 x DELs, MANNED BY 130 COAST BATTERY (INDEP). LOCATION UNKNOWN. UKFC DATA:

HOLY LOCH, SCOTLAND.ALDIS 48:
SEE FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

HOME GUARD. SEE HG & CIVIL DEFENCE FILE:

HOME OFFICE SUPPLY/TRANSPORT WAR PLAN UK PAGE 221:

HOMMET, FORT.GUERNSEY. CASEMATE 39:

HONEYBOURNE, WARKS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1941 CLOSED 1946:

HONGHAM BATTERY.WOOLWICH ARTILLERY LIBRARY HAS PHOTO ALBUM (No 450) WITH PICTURE OF THIS BATTERY:

HONG KONG. CASEMATE 30,31,51,53,62:
CAPE COLLINSON. CASL EMPLACEMENT FILE H:
CAPE D'AGUILLAR, WAS EMERGENCY BATTERY HERE (FROM ROB SEE LETTER):
CHUNG HOM KOK REMAINS OF 6" BATTERY EMPLACEMENT No 2 HAS UNUSUAL O/H PROTECTION FILE H:
LYE MUN BRENNAN TORPEDO STATION IN REDAN 26:
SEE BOOK ON BRENNAN STATIONS:
CASEMATE 52:
FILE L THE TORPEDO INSTALLATION (ALEC BEANSE):
LYE MUN REDOUBT (FROM ROB SEE LETTER):
MOUNT PARKER B.O.P.FILE H:
STANLEY BATTERY 9.2" VIEW OF EMPLACEMENT FILE H:
DESCRIPTION OF DEFENCES BY ROB WEIR FOR UKFC ALDIS 63. FILE H:
PRO CAB 11.57 DEFENCE SCHEMES 1886-1910:
ALDIS 66:
PFSoc NEWSLETTER No 63:

HONILEY, WARKS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1941 CLOSED 1958:

HONINGTON AIRFIELD, SUFFOLK. STATION 375, TL 890755, LAND AQUIRED 1937. DECOY SITES AT IXWORTH (Q) TL 948714, SNAREWELL (Q) TL 806895 & THETFORD (Q/K) TL 896810:

HONOLULU, BATTERY RANDOLF. CASEMATE 19.


HONSWIJK FORT, NETHERLANDS CASEMATE 34, 73:

HOOFDDIJK, FORT. UTRECHT. SEE CROSSING THE LINES BOOKLET FILE F:

HOO FORT, MEDWAY.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1888):
FILE F:
REDAN 29:
SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

HOO, KENT.DAILY EXPRESS 9th APRIL 1994. ARMY SELLING ONE ROOM NUCLEAR SURVIVAL BUNKER COMPLETE WITH RATIONS. ACCESS IS BY LADDER DOWN A 20 FOOT SHAFT.IS ROC POST. FILE B:

HOOK GRANGE, HANTS. DEFENCES IN THIS AREA INCLUDE BUNGALOW BATTERY & HAA SITE. SEE SKETCH MAP FILE B:

HOO NESS ISLAND & PENISULA BOTH HAD NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY.ALDIS 46:

HOPE COVE, BOLT HEAD.REF. WAR PLAN U.K. PAGES 239,242:
ROTOR GCI BUILT EARLY 1950s:
HOPE COVE DEVON RADAR STATION SX 715- 375- FSG.DB:
HOPE COVE FILE H:

HOPE COVE DEVON P/B SX 6750 4004 FSG.DB:
HOPE COVE DEVON P/B SX 6752 4000 FSG.DB:
HOPE COVE DEVON R B SX 6753 3999 FSG.DB:
HOPE COVE DEVON R B SX 6753 3999 FSG.DB:
HOPE COVE DEVON RADAR SX 687- 386- FSG.DB:

HOPE GAP, SUSSEX. EAST OF SEAFORD. REMAINS OF UNDERSEA CABLE TO CONTINENT. IN THE BOOK FRONT LINE SUSSEX BY P. LONGSTAFF-TYRELL:

HOPTON BATTERY. 2 x 6" BL MK 16, TG 534 006, MANNED BY 191 COASTAL BATTERY RA OF 514 COAST REGT RA. GUN Nos. 3203 & 3208 FULLY EMPLACED MARCH 1942, PROBLEMS WITH THE CLIFF WHEN TEST FIRING, FINAL LOCATION UNKNOWN. DUMMY GUN AT TG 537990. UKFC DATA:
WO 192.217 DESCRIPTION, PLAN OF & INFORMATION ON THE BATTERY FILE H:

HOPTON ROTOR RADAR STATION.FILE H:
WAR PLAN UK PAGE 238:
SEE PICTURE OF IN NEATISHEAD GUIDE BOOK:
HOPTON HAD RADARS TYPES 2,12,13 & 54:
NOW BACK IN THE HANDS OF THE RAF AS RADAR STATION AGAIN:
SEE CONCRETE PIPE MODERN DEFENCE POSITION PILL BOX FILE P:
ROC U/G POST WAS WITHIN THE RADAR COMPLEX IN ONE CORNER:

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

HORHAM AIRFIELD, SUFFOLK, STATION 119, TM 210730 1941:

HORLEY GHQ LINE, ALDIS 48:
FILE H:

HORNCHURCH AERODROME. ESSEX, RECOLECTIONS. FILE H:
DEFENCE OF WW2 PRO WO 166.4249 (MAP):
GREYTOWERS HOUSE SITE OF ARMY TRAINING CAMP. SEE FRONT LINE ESSEX BOOK:
SECTOR HQ.SEE THE BOOK THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN THEN & NOW:
SEE PILLBOX FILE FOR DESIGNS USED AT HORNCHURCH:
FEATURED ON TV PROGRAM TWO MEN IN A TRENCH:
DEFENCE POSITIONS PLAN SEE DOBINSON SPIRAL BOUND BOOK ON AIRFIELD DEFENCE:
SEE DVD TWO MEN IN A TRENCH ABOUT EXAMINING THE DEFENCES IN 2006:

HORN MOOR, SOMERSET A/T B. ST 343- 069- FSG.DB:
HORN MOOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 3430 0693. FSG.DB:
HORN MOOR SOMERSET P/B. ST 3433 0696. FSG.DB:

HORNSCROSS DEVON ROC POST SS 375- 236- FSG DB:
HORNSCROSS DEVON ROC POST SS 376- 232- FSG DB:

HORNSEA BATTERY, 2 x 4.7" QF MK V, AROUND TA 20954700, MANNED BY 383 COAST BATTERY RA PART OF 512 COAST REGT WHOSE BASE WAS AT SPURN POINT, 2 x 90cm SLs. SEE UKFC COAST BATTERIES DOCUMENT:

HORN SOMERSET P/B. ST 343- 071- FSG.DB:
HORN SOMERSET P/B. ST 343- 073- FSG.DB:
HORN SOMERSET P/B. ST 3440 0732. FSG.DB:

HORNWORK, THE.CHATHAM.ALDIS 40.

HORSE DOWN DORSET AA BATTERY SY 975- 089- FSG.DB:

HORSEA ISLAND, NEAR PORCHESTER. DESCRIPTION & HISTORY FILE H:
USED BY THE NAVY & FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PARTS FOR MULBERRY HARBOUR, PLUS A RADIO STATION:

HORSEFERRY ROAD.REF.WAR PLAN U.K. PAGE 225:
SEE BUNKERS:

HORSEFERRY TANDEM.REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 324:

HORSEGUARDS PARADE.REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 225,226,248:ALDIS 44:
FROM P.COBB.THE CITADEL WAS STARTED IN 1939, 4 LEVELS, 3 OF WHICH ARE ABOVE GROUND. MADE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE. 2 LIFTS AND A SPIRAL STAIRCASE. 4 SCREEN WALLS DIVIDE BUILDING UP. BATTLESHIP TYPE INNER DOORS:
SEE AFTER THE BATTLE No 123 INCLUDES PLAN:
SEE ALSO ADMIRALTY CITADEL:

HORSESAND FORT. SZ 655949, SEE PF Soc NEWSLETTERS. FILE P:
ALDIS 50,53:
FILE H SKETCH OF:
REDAN 28,29:
WW2 ARMED WITH 2 x 6" BL MK VIIa, 1 x 3" QF, MANNED BY 121 COAST BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:
SEE PETER COBBS UKFC FILES FOR REPORTS ON VISITS:
WO 78.5002 S/L MODS AT THE FORT:
WO 78.5016 PROPOSED TWIN SIX PDR 1950s NOT INSTALLED:

HORSESHOE BASTION, EDINBURGH CASTLE.ALDIS 42:

HORSESHOE POINT BATTERY, LINCOLNSHIRE WW2 1 x 4" OR 4.7", TA 383017. UKFC DATA:

HORSHAM. ROC GROUP HQ 2, FILE H:
HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL EMERGENCY CENTRE, WEST SUSSEX. FILE H:

HORSHAM ST FAITH AIRFIELD, NORFOLK. TG 220138, STATION 123. NOW THE SITE OF NORWICH AIRPORT, SELECTED IN THE 1930s OPENED IN 1940. DECOY SITES WERE MOUSEHOLD AERODROME TG 250102 & CROSTWICK Q/K SITE AT TG 263155:

HORSTEAD, FORT. O.S.TQ751651, BEGUN IN THE 1870s:
SEE PFSoc NEWS LETTER FILE H:
FORT 6:
CASEMATE 50, 74:
SEE CHATHAM'S DEFENCES IN THE 19th CENTURY BY V. SMITH & THE MEDWAY FORTS
BY K. GULVIN:
R.E. LIBRARY REFERENCES PLAN V41; V46; C14; ED/D3; D4; D12; D17; D20; D30 & UN-NUMBERED PLAN DATED 14th MARCH 1892: PRO PLAN WO 78.2715:
BOOKLET, PLANS & NOTES ON THE DRAWBRIDGE. FILE H:

HOSPITAL (SEE FORT PITT IN BOOKS SECTION) & BARRACKS:
SEE LIST IN FILE I (1867):

HOSPITALS. BRITISH MILITARY. DEFENCE LINES No 5 FILE D:
ALDIS 78:

HOUGHAM BATTERY TR 292.396. & CAPEL BATTERY, CLOSE TO DOVER 3 x 8" BL MK VIII, 17 TONS EX NAVAL MOUNTINGS WW2.HAD NARROW GAUGE RAIL LINE.ALDIS 46:
SEE ALSO CAPEL BATTERY & UKFC COASTAL DEFENCE DOCUMENT:
AFTER THE BATTLE 29:
ALDIS 46:
ARMED 1942-1947 3 x 8" BL VIII (DOBINSON):
FILE H:
FORT RECORD BOOK PRO WO 192.61:
SEE SUB BRIT WEB SITE:

HOULGATE BATTERY, SOUTH WEST OF LE HARVE, 4 x 155mm GUNS, UNDERGROUND GARRISON SHELTER, FROM D-DAY THEN & NOW:

HOUMET HERBE, FORT.GUERNSEY.FORT 8: REDAN 30: CASEMATE 42:

HOUNSLOW BARRACKS. SITE OF GHQ COMMAND POST DURING WW2. WO 199.118. SEE DRAWING IN FILE H:
SEE BATTLE HQs:
WO 166.5153 COMMAND SUPPLY DEPOT 1941, POOR FILE:
WO 32.12325 EASTERN COMMAND FUTURE HQ LOCATION. 1947. DISCUSS BEAVES LANE CAMP, HOUNSLOW & RETAINING THIS SITE, WITH POSIBLE RE-LOCATION TO ALDERSHOT:

HOUNSLOW BARRACKS. SEE 'SAVE' SEPERATE SHEETS & BOOK:
I have not heard of an underground HQ at Hounslow Barracks; The Barracks, in Beavers Lane, Hounslow, was built in 1795 as a cavalry station and was greatly enlarged in 1875 to provide quarters and depot facilities for infantry. It has a prominent late 19th century 'keep' or armoury building. I will show your letter to one of my regular customers, Mr. Barry Raymond. Barry Raymond is very interested in the history of Hounslow Barracks and has developed excellent personal contacts with officers the regiment presently quartered there. He has been researching a book on the military history of Hounslow. I am sure that he would be interested to hear of the plan, he is a regular reader at the PRO. Yours sincerely, James Marshall, Local Studies Librarian, Hounslow Library Centre, 24 Treaty Centre, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW3 1ES.
HOUNSLOW SAVE BOOK, COPY IN FILE H:
BARRACK ROOM ARTICLE ON HOUNSLOW FILE H:

HOUSESTEADS, ROMAN FORT FILE C:

HOUTON HEAD BATTERY, ORKNEY S/L EMP.FILE H:
POSSIBLY NAMED HOWTON HEAD BATTERY, 2 x 12 PDR 20 CWT QF. HY 310.035, MANNED BY 158 C BATTERY PART OF 534 COAST REGT RA. UKFC DATA:

HOWARD, FORT. MARYLAND U.S.A. CASEMATE 33, 45:

HOWLETT POINT BATTERY, NEW ZEALAND. SEE TAIAROE HEAD FILE F/T:

HOWTON HEAD BATTERY, ORKNEY. SEE HOUTON HEAD BATTERY:

HOXA BATTERY. ORKNEY. WW2 2 x 6" BL MK 7 ND 404924, MANNED BY 533 COAST REGT RA. UKFC DATA:

HOXA, FORT. ORKNEY. CONSITS HOXA & BALFOUR BATTERIES. HOXA BATTERY 2 x 6" BL MK 7, 2 x DELs. MANNED BY 533 COAST REGT 208 C BATTERY. BATTERY WAS FIRST CONSTRUCTED IN WW1. ND 404.924. UKFC DATA:
BALFOUR BATTERY. ALSO A WW1 SITE 2 x 12 PDRS QF 20 CWT, 3 x DELs. ND 403.931. UKFC DATA:

HOY ISLAND, ORKNEY:
SCAD HEAD BATTERY, 2 x 12 PDR QF, 1 x TWIN SIX PDR, MANNED BY 142 C BATTERY OF 534 REGT RA. HY 290.007, SITE NOW A RUIN. UKFC DATA:
SKERRY BATTERY, 2 x 12 PDRS 20 CWT QF, MANNED BY 144 C BATTERY, 1940. UKFC DATA:

HOYLAKE, DEFENCE POSITION WW2, WEST OF BIRKENHEAD. 1 x 4" BL MK 9, MANNED BY 98 FIELD REGT RA. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. UKFC DATA:
DEFENCE OF WW2 PRO WO 166.3753:

HOYTORP FORT, NORWAY. CASEMATE 62:

HUBBERSTONE, PEMBROKE, OPEN BATTERY. FORT 5. MAIN MAGAZINE REF.FORT IN FORT 12:
SEE ALSO PLAN OF DRAWBRIDGE 1861 5 SHEETS FILE H:
CASEMATE 51:

HOYLAKE. WEST OF BIRKENHEAD. WW2 1 x 4" BL MK 9. MANNED BY 98TH
FIELD REGT RA. UKFC DATA:

HUDDERSFIELD CD CONTROL CENTRE c1966 FILE H:
DEFENCE OF WW2 PRO WO 199.1560:

HUDDESWELL.REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGE 219: SEE ALSO HUDSWELL?:

HUDSON, PORT/FORT OF. LOUISIANA. CASEMATE No 83:

HUDSONS TUNNEL, DOVER.CASEMATE 27:
HUDSONS BASTION, EASTERN OUTWORKS, DOVER. SEE PICTURE OF DRAWBRIDGE COUNTERBALLANCE WEIGHT PIT. FILE EQUIP:

HUDSWELL QUARRY.REF.WAR PLAN U.K.PAGES 208,219,274:
SEE ALSO HUDDESWELL?:

HUGHENDEN MANOR, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. RAF MAPPING CENTRE WW2. AFTER THE BATTLE No 141:

HULLAVINGTON W WILTSHIRE AIRFIELD ST 900- 810- FSG DB:

HULL. DEFENCES OF FILE H:
DEFENCE OF WW2 PRO WO 166.1346, 6865 & 11640:
SEE WAWNE:
FSG CONFERENCE AT, CASEMATE 75:

HUMBERSIDE. FSG CONFERENCE. FSG FILE:

HULL BATTERY, BUILT IN 1627. CASEMATE 78:

HULL CITADEL.ALDIS 43:
CASEMATE 73, 79:
REDAN 14:
'SAVE' SEPERATE SHEETS:
UKFC ARCHIVES FILE No 43 (89):

HUMBER SEA FORTS. ALDIS 39:
SEE THE BOOK THE GUNS OF THE NORTH EAST BY JOE FOSTER:

HUMBERSIDE AREA NOTES.ALDIS 40:
HUMBER DEFENCES; BULL SANDS FORT, FORT PAULL, FORT GODWIN, HAILE SANDS FORT, SPURN FORT, STALLINGBOROUGH BATTERY, SUNK ISLAND BATTERY, SEE GUNS OF THE NORTH EAST BY J FOSTER:
SEE BROCHURE IN FILE F:
CASEMATE 31,33,51:
SEE BOOKS GUARDIANS OF THE HUMBER:
SEE BULL SAND & HAILE SAND FORTS (& CASEMATE 51):
HUMBER & AREA PRO WO 78.5148 1912; 78.5148-9 WW1; 78.5149 BULL SAND FORT; 78.5150-52:
PAULL POINT BATTERY. CASEMATE 68:
HUMBERSIDE CONFERENCE FSG NOTES FILE H:
SEE KINGSTON UPON HULL, AREA, MAP OF. FILE K:


HUMBERSTONE, FORT. ENTRANCE TO, FILE H:

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


HUNSTANTON BATTERY, NORFOLK, 2 x 6" BL MK II, 2 x DELs, TF 675420, MANNED BY 323 COASTAL BATTERY, FIRE CONTROL TOWER STILL REMAINS (1983). UKFC DATA:
THE LIGHTHOUSE AT WAS USED BY THE 'Y' SERVICE DURING WW1 & THE R.O.C. DURING WW2 (M. OSBORNE):

HUNTERSTON, SCOTLAND. ARDROSSAN. BUILDING THE SIZE OF AN AAOR, CAMOFLARGED TO BLEND IN WITH COUNTRYSIDE. ELECTRICAL SWITCH HOUSE FOR DEEPWATER TERMINAL? APPROX GRID REF 220 523:
SEE PICTURE OF CONCRETE STRUCTURE FILE H:

HUNT, FORT.U.S.A.CASEMATE 33:

HUNTINGDON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, DRILL HALL, COWPER ROAD, ST MARYS STREET & CROMWELL WALK. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

HUNTSPILL, RIVER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3449 4361. FSG.DB:

HUNTWORTH SOMERSET P/B. ST 3125 3500 FSG DB:
HUNTWORTH SOMERSET P/B. ST 3177 3452 FSG DB:
HUNTWORTH SOMERSET P/B. ST 3184 3416 FSG DB:
HUNTWORTH SOMERSET P/B. ST 3125 3500 FSG DB:
HUNTWORTH SOMERSET P/B. ST 3177 3452 FSG DB:
HUNTWORTH SOMERSET P/B. ST 3184 3416 FSG DB:

HURN DORSET AIRFIELD. SZ 115- 980- FSG.DB:
HURN DORSET GUARD ROOM. SZ 103- 978- FSG.DB:

HURST CASTLE.I.O.W. SEE EMB. No 19:
ALDIS 34,43,45,48:
ARMAMENT SEE LISTING IN DOBINSON FOR UP TO WW1:
ARMAMENT WW2 2 x 12 PDR QF & 2 TWIN 6 PDR, IN 1947 THIS WAS REDUCED TO 2 TWIN 6 PDR, MANNED BY 129 COAST BATTERY RA OF 530 COAST REGT RA. DOBINSON & UKFC DATA:
FILE M & FILE F & BOOK SECTION:
PFSoc NEWS LETTER FILE F, THERE IS REFERENCE TO CAMOUFLAGED CASEMATES IN VICTORIAN TIMES:
FORT 13:
REDAN 27,31:
AERIAL VIEW FILE H:
SEE BOOKLETS ON:

HURSTMONCEUX CASTLE.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1866)(1872)(1893):

HUSBANDS BOSWORTH, LEICS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1943 CLOSED 1956:

HUSVIK, NORWAY. THREE 15cm GUNS. AFTER THE BATTLE No 101:

HUTS. FILE H:
ASBESTOS CURVED.
BCF (LIGHT & REINFORCED CONCRETE).
CORRUGATED IRON.
IRIS HUTS 55 FT SPAN MENTIONED IN WO 166.3445. 1941:
JANES (CORRUGATED IRON).
LAING (PORTABLE).
LONGMANS PORTABLE HUT (1850s). FROM THE BOOK ARMING THE FLEET BY DAVID EVANS. PRO WO 47.90?
MARSTON SHED.
MINISTRY OF SUPPLY (PLASTERBOARD).
MOWP. HALL (PLASTERBOARD).
NISSEN 16 ft & 24 ft.
ORLIT.
ROMNEY (CORRUGATED IRON).
ROMNEY HUT 35 FOOT SPAN NAT. ARM.MUSEUM 355.544 1942 28p.AC No 30597:
S.A.A.D. LISTED AT LANDGUARD, UNKNOWN TYPE?;
SECO (PLYWOOD & WOODWALL).
TEMPORARY BRICK.
TEMPORARY OFFICE BUILDINGS (TOBs) FOR WAR OFFICE USE. SEE DEFENCE OF WORCESTERSHIRE WW2 BY MICK WILKS:
TYPE A SECTIONAL HUT.
ALL THE ABOVE FROM THE BOOK BRITISH AIRFIELD ARCHITECTURE:
SEE ALSO AIRFIELD HUTS IN THE BOOK BRITISH AIRFIELD BUILDINGS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR:
HUTS, SURVIVING AT LIPPETS HILL (WOODEN), SEE ESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY No 15 FILE ESSEX:
SEE AIRFIELDS FILE:
REF FROM AA COMMAND BOOK. HO 192.46 HUT DESIGNS 1942 (RE LIBRARY) & COPIES OF HUT DESIGNS FROM FILE EQUIP:
SEE SPIRAL BOUND BOOK ON HUTS:
PRO HO 192.46 HUTS WW2 FILE E.
ASBESTOS 18 FT SPAN HUT.
BCF CUBICLE HUT.
BCF OPEN TYPE.
DYKE OPEN TYPE HUT.
GOMME HUT.
GYPROC HUT.
M OF S PLYWOOD HUT No 9.
MOWB PLYWOOD HUT (CUBICLE).
NISSEN HUT 35 FT TWIN SPAN.
NISSEN HUT 24 FT SPAN.
NISSEN HUT 16 FT SPAN 36 FT LONG.
ORLIT HUT.

SEE ALSO AIDE MEMOIRE TO THE MILITARY SCIENCE VOL 2 1849 FOR VARIOUS DESIGNS & THE BOOK BRITISH BARRACKS BY JAMES DOUET FOR VARIOUS REFERENCES:
END:

HWASEONG FORTRESS, SOUTH KOREA. CASEMATE 73:

HYDE PARK, VOLUNTEER REVIEW.SEE ALSO UNIFORMS SECTION FOR REFERENCES TO THIS PLACE.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1876):
CAVALRY/INFANTRY BARRACKS & MAGAZINE SEE 'SAVE' SEPERATE SHEETS:

HYDE, SIR THOMAS PAGE. SEE LANDGARD FORT FILE L:

HYDRAULICS, USE OF IN VICTORIAN FORTIFICATIONS. SEE EQUIPENT FILE & NO MANS LAND FORT IN FILE N:

HYERES CASTLE, FRANCE.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1892):

HY-RIB WALL CONSTRUCTION. USED ON ARMING SHED ON MISSILE SITES. CONCRETE WAS APPLIED TO A STEEL MESH. IT WAS DESIGNED TO PREVENT SCATTER OF LARGE PIECES OF CONCRETE IN CASE OF ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSION. FILE H: SEE COLD WAR BY ENGLISH HERITAGE.

HYTHE BATTERY, ALDIS 41:
HYTHE DEFENCE OF WW2 PRO WO 166.1059:

HYTHE, KENT. ROYAL MILITARY CANAL. BUILT 1804 AS ANTI INVASION MEASURE:

HYTHE KENT.REDAN 14: MARTELLO TOWER No 13 & THE SCHOOL OF INFANTRY SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

HYTHE, SCHOOL OF MUSKETRY.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1855)(1886)(1888):

HYTHE, VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY AT GUN PRACTICE.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1860):
UPDATED 28/05/2009.

 

 

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