Summary

An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows the indistinct shape of a pillbox – possibly an FW3/22

Full description

1996: An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows the indistinct shape of a pillbox – possibly an FW3/22 – on the beach at this point. <1> <2>

An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows its demolished remains. <3>

Some seaweed-covered very large pieces of concrete, with reinforcement rods, still remain. Also, a large piece of concrete with “serrated shuttering” – typically from the low entrance of a Type 22 – to prevent bullets ricocheting into the pillbox.

Two photos of site <4>.

2009: Visited in November 2009, the entire area of the beach has altered here with the introduction of cut rock breakwaters. Nothing was seen of the pieces of pillbox. One photo of site. <5>

<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1673-4012, July 1946 (AP). SEX61551.

<2> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.

<3> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 21-074 (AP). SEX61572.

<4> Nash, Fred, 1996, Photograph of pillbox (10764) (Photograph). SEX61573.

<5> Nash, Fred, 2009, Site of pillbox 10764, One Frame Nov 2009 (Photograph). SEX69383.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)? (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Events

• WWII Defences of Tendring - Fred Nash visits Nov 2009 (Ref: Nash TEN Nov 2009)

Sources and further reading

Images

Pillbox, Destroyed(beach), St Osyth © Essex County Council

Pillbox, Destroyed(beach), St Osyth © Essex County Council

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