Site of Second World War Pillbox, Kings Promenade, opposite Trafalgar Road, Clacton-on-Sea (EHER 21182)

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Summary

Site of Second World War Pillbox, now destroyed, Kings Promenade, opposite Trafalgar Road, Clacton-on-Sea

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Grid reference	TM 1729 1419 (point)

Type and Period

PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

WWII Defence of Clacton survey A plan of the wartime defences along the seafront at Clacton-on-Sea (see SMR 21178) shows a pillbox, annotated ‘B’, where a breakwater joins Kings Promenade. <1> Aerial photograph, 1941 An aerial photograph taken in July 1941 shows something here, but not identifiable. <2> Aerial photograph, 1946 Aerial photographs taken a year after the war in July 1946 show that it had been demolished by that date. <3> <4>

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<1> SEX67942 Map: CRE, Colchester - WDLA, North Essex. 1944. Dwg. No. 1908. July 1944.
<2> SEX67879 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1941. S346-47. July 1941.
<3> SEX67881 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-3044. July 1946.
<4> SEX70635 DESC TEXT: Clacton VCH Group. 2008. Survey of World War Defences of Clacton.

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