Thread: WWII coastal defences in Lincolnshire

This was a Heritage walk I went on; the guy that led it really knew his stuff Amazon.co.uk: Mike Osborne: Books, Biogs, Audiobooks, Discussions

All these photos were taken at Freiston Shore, a few miles from Boston. The land in front of the original sea bank on which the defences are has been reclaimed since the war; it would all have originally been beach. Very bleak for a lot of the time for those who were stationed here, possibly a mix of regular troops and the Home Guard. Incidentally, one thing I learnt on the walk was that there were women members of the Home Guard, not something you'd know from watching Dad's Army!

Gun emplacements

#1 A couple of goats use it as shelter!


The gun would have fitted on here


#2


The present sea wall is in the distance


Ceiling


The chains hanging from the ceiling probably supported nets which would stop the cordite smoke from being observable to enemy ships being fired on


The rear of the gun emplacement


The rods also helped support the nets; you can see a munitions store






Crew's rest area. Room for two sleeping and resting places at each end of the building


There would have been a stove here








Back at gun emplacement #2


Store area

nice pics there, also good to see more of our coastal defence