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📌 WWII, FW3/24 Type 24 Pillbox, Nr Jude's Ferry Bridge, Worlington [TL 6819 7464]
Located North of Church Farm, to the south-west of Jude's Ferry Bridge crossing of the River Lark, on the Eastern Command Corps stop line, is a standard Type 24 pillbox. The FW3/24 Type 24 pillbox is an irregular hexagonal, with five faces of 8ft in length externally and a rear face of 13ft with two rifle loopholes and an entrance 2ft wide. Those with thinner walls (up to 15ins) have rifle embrasures built in; the thicker-walled version (up to 24ins) has pre-formed embrasures designed to accommodate light machine guns (LMG’s).
A standard Type 24 pillbox, constructed on concrete raft, now around 20in above ground level due to peat shrinkage. Built to a smooth finish with chamfered roof edges (giving the appearance of being shellproof) and an internal brick anti-ricochet wall. The two rear wall loopholes are for rifle use to defend the rear. The small side and front embrasures are for Bren machine gun use. The overall condition doesn't looks very good, totally covered in dense vegetation, not visited close up.
Eastern Command: Corps and Command Stop Lines – One of three Eastern Command Corps stop lines, this one running from the River Colne in Essex via Wakes Colne and Bures, along the River Stour to Sudbury and Long Melford, and thence to Bury St. Edmunds and the River Lark at Mildenhall. Its final stretch (known now as the Command Line) was via Littleport along the line of the River Great Ouse to King's Lynn.
📌 WWII, FW3/24 Type 24 Pillbox, Nr Jude's Ferry Bridge, Worlington [TL 6819 7464]
Located North of Church Farm, to the south-west of Jude's Ferry Bridge crossing of the River Lark, on the Eastern Command Corps stop line, is a standard Type 24 pillbox. The FW3/24 Type 24 pillbox is an irregular hexagonal, with five faces of 8ft in length externally and a rear face of 13ft with two rifle loopholes and an entrance 2ft wide. Those with thinner walls (up to 15ins) have rifle embrasures built in; the thicker-walled version (up to 24ins) has pre-formed embrasures designed to accommodate light machine guns (LMG’s).
A standard Type 24 pillbox, constructed on concrete raft, now around 20in above ground level due to peat shrinkage. Built to a smooth finish with chamfered roof edges (giving the appearance of being shellproof) and an internal brick anti-ricochet wall. The two rear wall loopholes are for rifle use to defend the rear. The small side and front embrasures are for Bren machine gun use. The overall condition doesn't looks very good, totally covered in dense vegetation, not visited close up.
Eastern Command: Corps and Command Stop Lines – One of three Eastern Command Corps stop lines, this one running from the River Colne in Essex via Wakes Colne and Bures, along the River Stour to Sudbury and Long Melford, and thence to Bury St. Edmunds and the River Lark at Mildenhall. Its final stretch (known now as the Command Line) was via Littleport along the line of the River Great Ouse to King's Lynn.