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`Y` LOCATIONS

Y STATIONS. SEE STOCKTON-ON-TEES. 'Y' STATION. FORTRESS 8:
FELIXSTOWE SUFFOLK 'Y' STATION WAS AT THE CLIFF HOTEL (BATTLE OF THE EAST COAST):

YARM (YAM?) ON TEES. 1950s AAOR FOR THE TEES AREA:

YARMOUTH, BARRACKS AT FILE Y:
SEE ALSO SOUTHDOWN BARRACKS:
PRO WO 44.551 1832 EXTENT OF ORDNANCE PROPERTY OVER THE DENES:
PRO WO 55.2272-1750 RELATES TO TOWN WALL & THE ADDITION OF TWO BASTIONS, OFFICE OF ORDNANCE STOREROOM, YARMOUTH CASTLE, FILE L-LANDGUARD:

YARMOUTH ARTILLERY TRAINING CAMP 1898 FILE Y: ARTILLERY PRACTICE?
DEFENCES OF SEE FILE N:

YARMOUTH, DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.468:

YARMOUTH & LOWESTOFT PRO WO 199.3104 MAP OF EXISTING & PROPOSED AA SITES FILE L:

YARMOUTH, PRINCE OF WALES AT ARTILLERY PRACTICE 1899, PICTURE IN ARTILLERY SCRAP BOOK:

YARMOUTH. FORT RECORD BOOK WO 192.82 1945. UNCLEAR WHERE THIS CONTROL ROOM WAS SITED, WAS KNOWN AS THE APR (AUXILLARY PLOTTING ROOM?) HAVE PLANS OF APR No 11 THIS IS A PLOTTING ROOM WITH NAVAL & ARMY IN RESIDENCE. ALSO A DIAGRAM SHOWING RDF SETS SERVICING No 11 APR & TELEPHONE & RADIO LINES, INCLUDES THE BATTERIES. ALL THESE FILE Y: ALSO 2 x EAST ANGLIAN COAST DEFENCE LINE DIAGRAM (GPO) 1945 FILE E & Y:
SEE ALSO ARMY PLOTTING ROOMS:

YARMOUTH NORTH & SOUTH BATTERIES WO 78.4053 1856. DIAMOND SHAPE BATTERIES:

YARMOUTH CASTLE, I.O.W. HENRY VIII:
SEE BOOKLET ON FORTS:

YATE AVON AIRFIELD ST 706- 830- FSG DB:

YATESBURY WWILTSHIRE AIRFIELD SU 055- 710- FSG DB:

YAVERLAND BATTERY, IOW, SZ 61528531, FILE Y:
SEE BOOKLETS ON THE IOW:
PRO WORK 43.350 TO 375:
PRO WO 199.1162 PROPOSAL TO MOVE SIX INCH FROM LANDGUARD FORT TO YAVERLAND:
2 x 6" BL MK VII ON MK II MOUNTS, MANNED BY 441 COAST BATTERY RA. UKFC DATA:

YAXLEY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE. DRILL HALL, CHAPEL STREET. SEE THE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

YEADON, ROC 18 GROUP HQ 1964-1968 SEE SALE NOTES FILE Y:

YEOMANRY BARRACKS, DERBY. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:

YEOVIL GOLF COURSE SOMERSET AA BATTERY ST 531- 170- FSG DB:
DEFENCES OF WW2 PRO WO 166.10824 & 11001:
YEOVIL. ROC GROUP HQ FILE Y:
YEOVIL SOMERSET AIRFIELD ST 540- 158- FSG DB:
YEOVIL SOMERSET P/B ST 5242 1620 FSG DB:
YEOVIL SOMERSET ROC POST ST 5509 1504 FSG DB:
YEOVIL SOMERSET ROC POST ST 5548 1606 FSG DB:
YEOVIL SOMERSET VP ST 5--- 1--- FSG DB:

YEOVILTON RN AIRSTATION SOMERSET P/B ST 5414 2390 FSG DB:
YEOVILTON RN AIRSTATION SOMERSET P/B ST 5420 2392 FSG DB:
YEOVILTON RN AIRSTATION SOMERSET P/B ST 5427 2393 FSG DB:
YEOVILTON RN AIRSTATION SOMERSET P/B ST 5602 2418 FSG DB:
YEOVILTON RN AIRSTATION SOMERSET P/B ST 5608 2414 FSG DB:
YEOVILTON RN AIRSTATION SOMERSET RNAS AIRFIELD ST 550- 234- FSG DB:

YORK. SEE IMPHAL BARRACKS & 'SAVE' BOOK:

YORK, CAVALRY BARRACKS & COLLIERGATE DRILL HALL. SEE 'SAVE' BOOK:
YORK. SEE ACOMB:

YORK. DRILL HALLS AT. 9 ST LEONARDS PLACE; COLLIERGATE; FULFORD ROAD IMPHAL BARRACKS & YEOMANRY BARRACKS; 20 ST GEORGES PLACE; BURTONSTONE LANE; HUNGATE; DUNCOMBE BARRACKS. SEE THE BOOK ALWAYS READY BY MIKE OSBORNE:

YORK REDOUBT, HALIFAX. CASEMATE 70:

YORKSHIRE CASTLES. SEE PAMPHLET IN FILE Y:

YORKTOWN. BATTLE OF 1781, CASEMATE 75:

YOXFORD, SUFFOLK. SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE EG155/A1/1 CONCERNS INVASION COMMITTEE PAPERS. STATES THAT YOXFORD WAS REGARDED AS AN IMPORTANT CENTRE OF COMMUNICATIONS. THE MILLITARY HQ WAS IN THE KEEP AT THE HOLLIES. IN 1941 THE GARRISON COMMANDER WAS MJR LAUGHTIN RA. IN 1944 THE MILITARY COMMANDER WAS CAPTAIN LACEY (HOME GUARD).
WITHIN THE FILE IS A SMALL BOOKLET TITLED 'PAPER FOR DETECTOR GAS, SPRAY, SMALL. CONTRACT 294/A/1038 WALPAMUR. SHEETS COLOURED LIME GREEN.
FILE CONTAINS NO MENTION OF ANY DEFENCE POSITIONS BUT DOES CONTAIN INTERESTING DOCUMENTS BY THE INVASION COMMITTEE:
DEMOLITION LOCATIONS 1943 FROM PRO WO 166.11004. CANADIAN PIPE MINES AT MIL GRID REFs 735517, 736517 & 735516. TO BE BLOWN BY THE R.E. ON ORDERS FROM THE GARRISON COMMANDER

YOXTER TRAINING CAMP. CORNWALL, SEE FILE C CORNWALL REFERENCE TRAINING AREA. PURCHASED IN 1933 BY THE ARMY:

YUGOSLAVIA:
THE NUCLEAR BUNKER DESIGNED TO SHELTER YUGOSLAVIA'S FORMER DICTATOR MARSHALL TITO HAS BECOME AN ART GALLERY.
A WARREN OF TUNNELS AND BOMB-PROOF ROOMS 250 METRES BELOW A CROATIAN PARK WAS CREATED IN 1949 AFTER TITO'S RIFT WITH STALIN.

NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITIES HAVE NOW TURNED IT INTO EXHIBITION HALL AND PLANNING MORE EVENTS IN THE FUTURE WITH INVESTMENT OF £500,000.

IT REMAINED A SECRET TO ALL BUT A FEW OF THE NATIONAL ELITE AND WAS ONLY DISCOVERED IN 1991 AFTER CROATIA'S SPLIT FROM YUGOSLAVIA.

AMERICAN NATIONAL PARK EXPERTS PROVIDED HELP ON TRANSFORMING THE BUNKER, WHICH LIES UNDER THE PEAK OF MOUNT VELEBIT AT PAKLENICA, FOR USE WITHOUT DISTURBING NATURE.

TITO, WHO DIED IN 1980, BUILT THE SYSTEM AT A COST OF MILLIONS.

IT IS ONE OF MANY COLD WAR BUNKERS ACROSS EUROPE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO PEACETIME SANCTUARIES.

THE ONE THAT SERVED TITO'S OPPOSITE NUMBER IN EAST GERMANY, ERICH HONECKER, HAS NEW RESIDENTS MOVING IN THIS WEEK - A COLONY OF BATS.

RUPNIK LINE, THE. YUGOSLAVIA'S WESTERN FRONT FORT 29:


 

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