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`I` LOCATIONS

I.

IBREEM, CASTLE OF.ON THE NILE.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1884):

IBSLEY HAMPSHIRE AIRFIELD SU 155- 090- FSG DB:

I'ECLUSE, FORT. FRANCE 17 TO 19c. SEE PAMPHLET FILE I:

IKEN, SUFFOLK, WW2, SEE SUDBOURNE:

ILE DE FORT BLOQUE, FRANCE 18c CASEMATE 74:

ILE DE GOREE, SENEGAL. DEFENCES OF CASEMATE 85:

ILE DE RAZ (RAT ISLAND FORT), FORT.ALDERNEY. REDAN 30:

ILFORD, U/G FACTORY WW2.FILE F:

ILFRACOMBE DEVON HARBOUR BATTERY SS 532- 478- FSG DB:
WW2 2 x 4" BL MK 7, MANNED BY 399 COAST BATTERY RA. DOBINSON & UKFC DATA:
ILFRACOMBE DEVON ROC POST SS 543- 482- FSG DB:
ILFRACOMBE DEVON TUNNELS AT (NON MILITARY) FILE I:

ILHA DE MOZAMBIQUE. CASEMATE 53:

ILMINSTER SOMERSET A/T EMPLACEMENT. ST 3478 1489 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET A/T EMPLACEMENT. ST 3482 1307 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET AIR RAID SIREN. ST 3624 1466 FSG.DB:
DEFENCE OF WW2 PRO WO 166.3826:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B ST 3717 1772 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B ST 3748 1525 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B ST 3763 1513 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3419 1309 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3456 1449. FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3462 1432. FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3465 1288. FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3465 1436. FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3470 1511 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3483 1495 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3546 1515 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3576 1528 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3578 1531 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3601 1540 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3607 1370 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3616 1520 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3663 1492 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER SOMERSET P/B. ST 3676 1454 FSG.DB:
ILMINSTER. SOMERSET P/B. ST 3456 1437. FSG.DB:

ILTON SOMERSET A/T B. ST 345- 168- FSG.DB:
ILTON SOMERSET A/T EMPLACEMENT. ST 3478 1716 FSG.DB:
ILTON SOMERSET P/B. ST 3430 1726. FSG.DB:
ILTON SOMERSET P/B. ST 3439 1708. FSG.DB:
ILTON SOMERSET P/B. ST 3456 1702. FSG.DB:
ILTON SOMERSET P/B. ST 3456 1733. FSG.DB:
ILTON SOMERSET P/B. ST 3470 1657 FSG.DB:
ILTON SOMERSET P/B. ST 3483 1608 FSG.DB:
ILTON SOMERSET P/B. ST 3496 1517 FSG.DB:
ILTON SOMERSET P/B. ST 3497 1556 FSG.DB:
ILTON SOMERSET R B. ST 347- 164- FSG.DB:
DEFENCE AREA, NMR PUBLICATION BY W FOOT. SEE CD & BOOK:

IMMERHOF, FORT.CASEMATE 9:
SEE ALSO MAGINOT LINE:

IMPHAL BARRACKS, YORK. WAR PLAN UK PAGES 179,266:
1957 RSG2:

INCHCOLM ISLAND. SCOTLAND. DEFENCES OF ALDIS 62:
VIEW OF COASTAL ARTILLERY BOP. DEFENCE LINES No 12:
2 x TWIN SIX PDR, 3 x CASLs, NT 191826, MANNED BY 245 COASTAL BATTERY THEN 505 CB. UKFC DATA:

INCH FORT, LOUGH SWILLY, IRELAND. REDAN 35:

INCHGARVIE BATTERYY. FIRTH OF FOURTH REDAN 14:
VARIOUS GUNS, DATES FROM WW1 UKFC DATA:
ALDIS 62:
FORT 13:

INCH HOLM ISLAND, FIRTH OF FORTH. CASEMATE 25:
INCH HOLM BATTERY REDAN 14:

INCHKIETH ISLAND, THE WATER SUPPLY, FORT 12,13:
CASEMATYE 72:
COUNTER BOMBARDMENT BATTERY, NT 295826, 3 x 9.2" MK 9 ON MK 5 MOUNTS. MANNED BY 251 COASTAL BATTERY OF 505 COASTAL REGT. UKFC DATA:
INCHKIETH WEST BATTERY, 2 x 6" BL ON MK VII MOUNTS. NT 294825, 2 x DELs. MANNED BY 254 COASTAL BATTERY. UKFC DATA:
NORTH BATTERY 2 x 6" BL MK VII ON MK V MOUNT, 3 x DELs. NT 292.832. MANNED BY 256 COASTAL BATTERY OF 505 COASTAL REGT. UKFC DATA:
REDAN 14:
SOUTH BATTERY. 2 x 6" BL MK VII/II NT 296.823. MANNED BY 255 COASTAL BATTERY OF 505 COASTAL REGT. UKFC DATA:
UKFC ARCHIVE FILE No 97 (86, 87, 88):
WATER SUPPLY PRO WO 78.5161 1913:
WEST FORT, ALDIS 76:

INCHMICKERY ISLAND BATTERY, 2 x TWIN 6 PDRS, 2 x CASLs, NT 207806, MANNED BY 247 COASTAL BATTERY OF 504 CB THEN 505 COASTAL REGT. UKFC DATA:

INCHOLM BATTERY, FIRTH OF FORTH, SCOTLAND. AMTB BATTERY 1939 ALSO INCLUDES CRAMOND ISLAND:

INCHTERF, KIRKINTILLOCH.MOD PROOF ESTABLISHMENT. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

INDIAN FORTS. CASEMATE 44:

INDIA. THE DOGRA FORTS. FORT 20:
INDIAN CASTLES. CASEMATE 78:

INFANTRY DIVISIONS & BRIGADES EAST ANGLIA, SEPTEMBER 1940 (BATTLE FOR THE EAST COAST).
A. NORTH NORFOLK, 18 DIVISION 53 BRIGADE.
B. MUNDESLEY/LOWESTOFT, 18 DIVISION 54 BRIGADE.
C. SOUTHWOLD, 55 DIVISION 199 BRIGADE.
D. ALDEBURGH, 55 DIVISION 164 BRIGADE.
E. ORFORDNESS/HARWICH, 55 DIVISION 164 BRIGADE.
OTHER UNITS ARE LISTED!:

INGATESTONE, ESSEX. DRILL HALL, FRYERNING LANE. SEE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

INGHAM, LINCS. BOMBER AIRFIELD OPENED 1942 CLOSED 1945:

INGHAM, STATION, TROOPS AT, FILE I:

INFANTRY REDOUBT TWYDALL.SEE LEWIS DRAWINGS:

INNAN HEAD BATTERY, ORKNEY. 1 x 4.7" QF LATER 2 x 6 PDR MK 1, 2 x DELs ND 350.923, OPERATIONAL BY 1940. MANNED BY 136 COAST BATTERY RA OF 533 COAST REGT RA. UKFC DATA:

INNER FROWARD POINT, DEVON S/L SX 902- 496- FSG.DB:

INNER PIER HEAD FORT, PORTLAND, SY 703745. 1902-1914 2 x 12 PDRS QF; 1916 1 12 PDR QF (DOBINSON):

INNES LINKS, LOSSIMOUTH. TWO GUN POSITION BATTERY WW2. SEE PICTURES FILE:

INSTOW, DEVON BB SS 4734 3138 FSG DB:
INSTOW DEVON COAST BATTERY SS 473- 313- FSG DB. THE SITE, WHICH WAS IN THE SAND DUNES APPEARS TO HAVE NOW GONE & A MILITARY TRAINING ESTABLISHMENT IS WITHIN THE AREA? :
INSTOW DEVON L/H WALL SS 4738 3128 FSG DB:
FORT RECORD BOOK PRO WO 192.137. MAP OF LAYOUT-SEE SKETCH PLAN. BATTERY HAD 9 FT BARR & STROUD NAVAL TYPE RANGE FINDER. 4 INCH BL GUNS MK 7 ON P 11* MOUNTINGS. TWO S/Ls PROJECTORS VI AA 90cm & V AA 90cm. THERE WAS ALSO A TWO GUN BATTERY AT APPLEDORE. THERE WAS A FALSE BOOM INSTALLED. SEE PHOTOCOPY OF BATTERY PLAN FILE I:
BATTERY MANNED 1942 BY 398 COAST BATTERY RA (DOBINSON):

INVASION DEFENCES WW2. SEE CBA SPIRAL BOUND BOOK. INCLUDES PILLBOXES TANKS TRAPS & DEFENCE LINES, HAVE:

INVERARAY CASTLE, SCOTLAND. PAMPHLET.FILE F:
FIRE AT, SEE LIST IN FILE I (1877):

INVERBERVIE. ANGUS. WAR PLAN UK PAGE 238:
ROTOR CEW R1 RADAR STATION. FILE I:
US NAVY MICROWAVE RELAY STATION FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

INVERGORDON, SCOTLAND. ALDIS 44:

INVERGOWRIE, DUNDEE. SAS TA REGT.FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:

INVERKIP AAOR FILE I:

INVERNESS.F.S.G.VISIT 1988. CASEMATE 23,(1996)48:
INVERNESS, CAMERON BARRACKS. TACTICAL OPERATIONS CENTRE. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:
INVERNESS (LONGMAN).AIR FUEL DEPOT. FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK FILE S:
INVERNESS (RAIGMORE) HQ 30 GROUP R.O.C.BUNKER WAS AN EX ROYAL AUX AIRFORCE FIGHTER CONTROL BUNKER. FROM FORTRESS SCOTLAND BOOK:

IPSWICH AREA AA SITE:
SEE IPSWICH DATA FILE:
AIRFIELD TM 190415, NOW BUILT ON, BUT SOME DEFENCE WORKS SURVIVE FILE I:
IPSWICH. COURT YARD BEHIND LIBRARY IS A CONCRETE BUILT BLOCKHOUSE/WARDENS POST? HAS ROUNDED ROOF EDGES-UNKNOWN PURPOSE:

IPSWICH D DAY EMBARKCATION POINTS SEE FELIXSTOWE-D DAY:

IRAQ. SWEIDAN POLICE FORT. CASEMATE No 83:

IRELAND, WALES & SCOTLAND (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1939-45 ANTI INVASION DEFENCES. INSIGHTS & ISSUES. FILE A:

IRELAND, CORK AREA SEE FORT WESTMORELAND, CHARLES FORT, LE FORT NEUF & VIEUX FORT, FORT CAMDEN. SEE FSG IRELAND TOUR 1989. FILE F:
ARTICLE BY IAN STEVENSON, TWO TREATY PORTS & THE ONE THAT NEVER WAS. IN FORTRESS No? FILE I:
REDAN 35:
CASEMATE 47:

CBA BOOK 20c FORTIFICATIONS IN THE UK (1998) NORTHERN IRELAND, INCLUDES AA SITES, BOMBING DECOYS, COASTAL ARTILLERY, RADAR & ANTI INVASION DEFENCES. ADDITIONAL LIST OF BATTERIES INCLUDED IN THIS PUBLICATION:
REPORT BY COL TWISS ON THE PROPOSED DEFENCES OF WO 30.73 DATE?:

CORK HARBOUR DEFENCES FORT 27:
SEE FILE G REF GREY POINT FORT:
SEE FILE L REF LOUGH FOYLE:

IRELAND, ISLAND DOCKYARD. ALDIS 46:

IRELAND, TUDOR FORTIFICATIONS, FORTRESS 7:

IRELAND. WW2 DEFENCES DEFENCE LINES No 12:

IRETON CASTLE, CO TIPPERARY. CASEMATE 70:

IRON SHIELDS FOR THE KRONSTADT FORTS CASEMATE 56:

IRONSIDE PLAN WW2, BRIEF NOTES.FILE I: SEE ALSO GHQ LINE:

IRWIN, BATTERY.U.S.A.SEE BOOKLET ON FORT MONROE FILE F:

IRWIN, FORT. GUERNSEY, REDAN No 68:

ISABELLA II, FORTRESS. LA MOLA, MENORCA. CASEMATE 77:

ISLE OF GRAIN. KENT. SEE GRAIN:

ISLE OF MAN.
CASTLE RUSHEN, CASTLETOWN. SEE BOOKLET:
PEEL CASTLE, ST PATRICKS ISLE, PEEL. IN THE 19c A TWO GUN BATTERY WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE CASTLE. SEE BOOKLET.
IOM AIRPORT WAS KNOWN AS RNAS RONALDSWAY & WAS A TRAINING SCHOOL AT ONE STAGE. A NUMBER OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS HANGERS, DEFENCES & MISC BUILDINGS SURVIVE. THE CONTROL TOWER APPEARS TO BE A NAVAL TYPE FROM WW2?
IOM DURING WW2 HAD AT LEAST ONE CH LOW RADAR STATION SITUATED IN THE SOUTH OF THE ISLAND, WEST OF CASTLETOWN NEAR SCARLETT POINT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS WHICH SURVIVE, INCLUDING TWO LARGE EARTH COVERED BUNKERS (SEE PHOTOGRAPHS & SUBTERRANEA BRITANNICA WEB SITE):
RADAR IN GENERAL SEE FILE I:
JURBY AIRFIELD IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH WESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND IS AN ALMOST COMPLETE RAF STATION WITH ALL ITS BUILDINGS & SHELTERS ETC. IN PRIVATE HANDS IT STILL STAGES AIR SHOWS & OTHER EVENTS:
RAF ANDREAS WAS A FIGHTER STATION THEN LATER A TRAINING SCHOOL (THIS SITE WAS NOT VISITED):
SEE FILE I FOR LIST OF PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS HELD IN THE IOM MUSEUM ARCHIVES OR THEIR WEB SITE:
DOUGLAS BECAME AN INTERMENT CAMP DURING WW2:
SNAEFELL. CHEL STATION WITH R11 SURFACE BUILDING:
RONALDSWOOD AIRPORT, ISLANDS MAIN AIRPORT. DURING WW2 BECAME RNAS. CONTROL TOWER IS TYPICAL RN TYPE, PILLBOXES & OTHER WARTIME BUILDINGS SURVIVE. SEE PHOTOGRAPHS:

ISLE OF WIGHT, FILE W:
SEE AA FILE REFERENCE IOW:
FILE I:
FORTS AT 1880. SEE LEWIS DRAWINGS:
CASEMATE 7,17,18,20:
CONFERENCE AT CASEMATE 17:
DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.1067, 4491, 4545 & 4732:
D.WOOD REPORT ON FILE I:
SEE VARIOUS BOOKS ETC:

ISLE OF WIGHT, NEEDLES BTY FORT 13:

ISLE OF WIGHT/PORTSMOUTH/SPITBANK LIST OF ORDNANCE IN 1898-9 FILE S:

ISLE OF WIGHT, RESTORATION.CASEMATE 20:

IOW UKFC FILE No 29 (65 TO 68):

ISLES OF SCILLY, CASEMATE 39:
WW2 3 x 13 PDRS QF FIELD GUNS. LOCATION UNKNOWN. UKFC DATA:

ISLE, RIVER, SOMERSET R B. ST 349- 161- FSG.DB:

ISLINGTON, MILITARY TOURNAMENT.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1888):

ISLIVIG, ISLE OF LEWIS, CHL RADAR STATION (I.S.):

ISONZO FRONT. ITALY MOUNTAIN FORTIFICATIONS WW1 IN FORT No 33:

ISRAELI FORTIFICATIONS. OCTOBER WAR. CASEMATE 85:

ISSY, FORT. PARIS. SEE LIST IN FILE I (1871):
FILE I:

ISTANBUL, FORTIFICATIONS. CASEMATE 20:
FORT No 35:

ITALY:
ITALY, GERMAN DEFENCES IN REVIEW CASEMATE 77:

ITALIAN BORDER-FRENCH ALPS. LA BASTILLE, FORT ST EYNARD, FORT RABOT, FORT BARRAUX, FORT DE L'INFERNET, CROIX DE TOULOUSE, THE BRIANCON AREA, LA VACHETTE STOP LINE, FORT ST GOBAIN, FORT MARIE CHRISTINE, FORT CHARLES ALBERT, FORT CHARLES FELIX, FORT VICTOR EMMANUEL, REDOUTE MARIE THERESE, FORT DE VARISELLE, FORT OF FENESTRELLE, CHATEAU QUEYRAS. CASEMATE No 83:

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE FORTIFICATIONS FORT 1,7,8,10:

ITALY NORTH-EASTERN. PARTIAL THAWING OF A GLACIER HAS REVEALED BUNKERS & BARRACKS BUILT BY THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN TROOPS IN WW1. CAME TO LIGHT ON ONE SIDE OF THE MARMOLADA GLACIER IN THE DOLOMITES, OTHER FORTIFICATIONS BUILT BY THE ITALIANS HAVE ALSO COME TO LIGHT NEAR BY. FORTEAN TIMES No 141 DECEMBER 2000:
SEE ALSO CASEMATE 60:
DAILY TELEGRAPH AUGUST 24th 2000:

ITALY, NORTHERN. FSG 1997 TOUR. SHEET SHOWS SOME PICTURES OF FORTS. FILE I:
CASEMATE 50:

ITALY.THE AUSTRIAN QUADRANGLE OF FORTS.SEE LIST IN FILE I (1859):

I'UBAYE, FRANCE. FORTS IN THE REGION OF CASEMATE 42:

IVANGOROD FORTRESS, RUSSIA, 1492-1610. CASEMATE 76:

IVER HEATH (SEE BLACK PARK). AMMO STORAGE DEPOT. SEE LIST OF DEPOTS IN FILE A:

IVES, FORT. MCNABS ISLAND. SEE INTERNET & PICTURE OF RML AT, FILE I:

IVYBRIDGE DEVON ROC POST SX 646- 374- FSG.DB:

IWO JIMA. DEFENCE POSITIONS. AFTER THE BATTLE 100:
ARMOURER No 81:

IXWORTH Q DECOY SITE, SUFFOLK. SITE FOR GREAT ASHFORD AIRFIELD, TL 948714:
TROOPS MARCHING THROUGH FILE I:

UPDATED 28/05/2009.

 

 

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