Summary

WWII pillbox

Full description

Contemporary records state, ‘Wiring. 2 Pill Boxes and Gun Turrets. Field S. of Brook Rd. and rear of Swan Inn. Map ref. 435224.’ (Mil. Ed.) <1>

What is almost certainly one of the two pillboxes can be seen on 1945 aerial photographs. It stood at the field edge on the S side of Brook Road, a huge rectangular, flat-roofed structure with a projecting entrance on the shorter E side. It looks very similar to a Type FW3/28a artillery pillbox but the small projecting entrance belies this. Nevertheless, it was a formidable defence side. Nothing else can be seen in this field and the other pillbox is thought to have been, in fact, on the N side of Brook Road (SMR 21308). <2> <3>

Nothing of the pillbox now survives.

<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Tillingham (LIST). SEX31436.

<2> RAF, 1945, 106G-UK 555-3012, July 1945 (AP). SEX68584.

<3> RAF, 1945, 106G-UK 717-3150, August 1945 (AP). SEX68585.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A)? (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Events

• WWII Defences of Maldon - Fred Nash visits November 2008 (Ref: Nash MAL Nov 2008)

Sources and further reading

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