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Irish Army Sniper teams practicing marksmanship skills in the Glen of lmaal.
Photos: Cpl Johhny Tuft
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An Interclub competition between Nature Warriors, Bury Defence Academy and Accrington Wrestling Club was held at Accrington Academy on Saturday 17th Dec 2022.
Saw this on a walk around Lisburn. The memorial is excellent gesture in recognition of the brave men and women of the UDR
The destroyed remains of a World War II Suffolk Square pillbox, possibly bombed by a stray German bomber! But more than likely used as part of the nearby firing range and training area, or destroyed as part of ''programme of post-war demolition''. An interesting online article about the clearance of war defences, please follow link – chriskolonko.wordpress.com/2021/11/19/pillbox-myth-4-five...
Along the East Anglian coastline, as elsewhere in the British Isles, a number of World War II coastal anti-invasion defences remain, more or less intact. Between Felixstowe and The Wash at King's Lynn, a large number of these were hastily constructed between 1939 and early 1940's, necessitated by the imminent invasion by Nazi Germany ''Operation Sealion''. Out of an estimated 28,000 pillboxes only just over 6,000 survive. Many are hidden from view; others have now become part of the landscape, some put to other uses.
The defences take various forms, the most commonly seen is the pillbox, (sometimes called a blockhouse) these themselves come in many forms: usually having four, five or six faces. The most common being the hexagonal shape, sometimes with a blast wall protecting the entrance. The embrasures differ too, from small to large and varying in number in each wall. Occasionally a narrow slit along the whole of the wall facing the invader is the only opening although these are usually observation posts. Other defences can also still be found, anti-tank traps, square concrete anti-tank blocks, and some pyramidal called ''dragon’s teeth'' were in the 1940's a common sight on the side of a strategic road. Most if not all these have been removed.
Being the most easterly part of Great Britain's coastline, having a flat and very accessible beach, leading in land. The coastline and hinterland at Corton was considered to be a particularly vulnerable place for an enemy invasion during World War Two. This section of beach was quite heavily defended with emergency coastal battery's, anti-tank emplacements, an old sea wall converted for defences, pillboxes, anti-tank blocks, barbed wire entanglements, many of which are very accessible and can quite easily be seen walking the beach. Today they are nothing more than permanent monuments and a silent tribute to the courage and tenacity of the British people during the uncertainty of the early 1940's when Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany.
The Suffolk Square Pillbox is a bulletproof infantry pillbox approximately 12ft 6in square, it was used for both rifles and light machine guns, there are slight variations in designs, it was designed by CRE (Commander Royal Engineers) 55th Division and is unique to the county Suffolk. The walls are 15in thick, some have no reinforcing rods (as some demolished examples have shown) and the roof is 12in thick. There are usually two loopholes in each face except the entrance which only has the one loophole.
The entrance is protected by an L-shaped blast wall, which was quite often chamfered on the outer edge to increase the field of fire from the loophole in the entrance face. Normally there is no internal anti-ricochet wall, which would have made the personnel inside vulnerable to stray bullets (some loopholes were blocked up to help eliminate this) there are several bricked up loopholes, but it's not easy to tell if this happened during the war or after.
A different range of shuttering was used, between Aldeburgh to Thorpness and in South Suffolk pre-cast concrete blocks were used. The Walberswick pillboxes used bricks for the internal shuttering and pre-cast concrete blocks for the external shuttering. From Southwold to Lowestoft most pillboxes were shuttered with timber. Loopholes were pre-cast concrete and either stepped or splayed, sometimes both types were used in the same pillbox and fitted with a concrete weapons shelf below, and in some cases a loophole was fitted in to the external blast wall.
At Trimley St Martin there is a ''Hybrid Pillbox'' consisting of a ''Suffolk square pillbox'' married to a ''FW3/23 Type-23 pillbox'', which is a unique example ! The Suffolk square pillbox is only found in forward defences, such as in the defence of a vulnerable point or to the rear of the beaches, there are none found on inland Stop Lines. There were 245 Suffolk square pillboxes listed as being constructed.
Some information sourced from – www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2233257
Members of the Irish Defence Forces during taking part in a MOUT training exercise as part of the 59th PNCO Course.
Photos: 105 Sqn Photographic and Airborne Imagery
British Civil Defence representative Nicholas Ridsdale came from York to pay his respects to those who lost their lives in the tragedy. It was the third time he had attended the ceremony
Photograph by Helen Varley
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Irish Army Sniper teams practicing marksmanship skills in the Glen of lmaal.
Photos: Cpl Johhny Tuft
@irishdefenceforces
Irish Army Sniper teams practicing marksmanship skills in the Glen of lmaal.
Photos: Cpl Johhny Tuft
@irishdefenceforces
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Members of the Irish Defence Forces during taking part in a MOUT training exercise as part of the 59th PNCO Course.
Photos: 105 Sqn Photographic and Airborne Imagery
SPIC MACAY is a national movement to promote indian classical music and culture among youth. It works with children and students in schools and colleges. Every year 3000+ concerts and performances conducted in schools and colleges in India and beyond. This movement started over 30 years ago, initiated by Dr. Kiran Seth and has contributed immensely to light the spirit of culture among children.. Long live such movements !!
Fear of russian invasion was one of the reasons for the construction of this coastal defence system.