| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), corner of Willoughby Avenue, West Mersea |
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| SMR Number: | 10020 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 018 124 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM01SW |
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| Parish: | WEST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox
Full description
War Time Contraventions 1968 states, "Waste land on N.E. corner of junction of Willoughby Avenue (S. of "The Bungalow"). Pillbox S.W. corner....".<1> During WWII, the entire area was a coastal artillery site having a battery of 4.7" guns made in Japan in 1918. The layout of the site can be clearly seen on a photograph of a hand-drawn plan, the original of which is held by the Public Records Office.<2> The pillbox stood on the plot now occupied by No. 17 Victoria Esplanade and is shown as "LG No.1" (presumably Lewis Gun Emplacement No. 1) on the plan. One photo of site. <3>
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, West Mersea (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> unknown, unknown, SMR, one frame (Photograph). SEX224.
<3> Nash, Fred, 1993, SMR, one frame (Photograph). SEX31432.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. West Mersea. |
| <2> | Photograph: unknown. unknown. SMR. one frame. |
| <3> | Photograph: Nash, Fred. 1993. SMR. one frame. |
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