2016

SU3802 : Beaulieu WWII anti-tank island: interpretation panel - Fire Station Lane

taken 8 years ago, near to Beaulieu, Hampshire, England

Beaulieu WWII anti-tank island: interpretation panel - Fire Station Lane
Beaulieu WWII anti-tank island: interpretation panel - Fire Station Lane
With the threat of invasion from Nazi Germany a reality, Beaulieu became a designated 'anti-tank island' in 1940, part of a nationwide linked network of Stop-Line defences designed to slow the advance of enemy forces. This interpretation panel provided by the New Forest National Park Authority on a pillbox in Fire Station Lane recalls Beaulieu's historic role during this time. Responsibility for the defences at Beaulieu fell to the Beaulieu Platoon of the Home Guard's 9th Forest Battalion under their 2nd in Command, Lt. Col. Sir Morgan Crofton. His detailed plans, maps and personal papers have survived, giving us a remarkable insight into accounts of those times, and the location of many of the defences, remains of which can still be found today. According to an amendment made to a map of the local defences in the Crofton collection, Beaulieu's status as an 'anti-tank island' was downgraded later in the war to that of 'road block'.

SU3802 : Beaulieu WWII anti-tank island: pillbox - Fire Station Lane (1)

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Village, Rural settlement Construction, Development Defence, Military other tags: Interpretation Panel Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · New Forest [16] Other Photos: · Beaulieu WWII anti-tank island: view from Montagu Arms - defended building (2) ·
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Mike Searle   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 13 April, 2016   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 16 April, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 3882 0227 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:49.1208N 1:27.0178W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SU 3882 0227
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