Military Archaeology

london socialist historians? huh?

 

You'd be amazed, Fortune.....

 

Does anyone know of any program or website that converts wartime Cassini Map refs to OS map refs?

 

I've got some acetate overlays which I got from the RE to do that, but it's still a complicated procedure. Hopefully someone's come up with a programme to do it now.

 

I should have googled harder.

This looks promising. Cassini Conversion

Btw I managed to get the local Home Guard's Intelligence Officers file from the local record office. It's got Cassini refs for all the road blocks, etc.

 

Wartime buildings to be restored at East Fortune airfiield

 

Another stalwart passes on.........

Aviation archaeologist passes away

 

Here's the programme for the 4th International Fields of Fire Conference on battlefield archaeology, due to take place at the Royal Armouries, Leeds, from 29th Sept. to 3rd October this year.
4th International Fields of Fire Conference
One of the presentations is on Pointe du Hoc, the rest are pretty international too.

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Some fascinating finds from Russia.



This is captured Soviet T34 tank salvaged from a lake.



Finnish Brewster Buffalo shot down 1939-1940 during the Soviet-Finnish Winter War.

 

Just been reading Beaches Fields, Streets and Hills and the author mentions two locations of anti-invasion defences in England where explosives were still found in 2005.

One was a flame fougasse in Kent which still had explosive charge and oil intact and the other was Sarre Bridge which still had demolition charges in place.

Does anyone have anymore info?

can't find any mention on google.

 

My copy still hasn't arrived, Ian. Mind you, neither have either of the other two CBA-published books I ordered before Christmas.
Be interested in hearing more about those sites you mentioned.

 

Probably injured your postman carrying them.

BFSH is a hefty tome at 650 pages!

 

A piece of forward thinking here....
Visiting archaeology on MOD ranges

 

Bombs found at school made safe

Road workers set off buried bomb

A busy week in Suffolk!

 

I noticed! Turned out that the second device was a Phosphor Molotov Cocktail buried by the local Home Guard.
Never did find out what the school one was?

 

And makes you wonder how many more are out there....

 

That's just what contractors at the London 2012 Olympics site are wondering. A fair few bombs were dropped on the Lea Valley/Hackney marshes and part of the Olympics park will be on the site were UXBs from the City/East End were taken for disposal.

 

So when opening gets delayed a la wembley stadium we blame the Germans....!?

 

I'm sure it's in the 'ammo locker' with a few other ready-use excuses....

 

At a recent AGM, the UK Fortifications Club and the Pillbox Study Group have decided to amalgamate.This has arisen due to the untimely death of the UKFC's late Chairman Peter Cobb.
Some new office bearers have been elected, but it has been agreed to combine the two magazines Loopholes and Aldis as well.
Both websites will continue to exist for the time being however.
Let's hope the good work done by members of both clubs in the past reaches new heights.