Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Cubes, slipway, west side of Pier (EHER 21185)
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Summary
Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Cubes, now destroyed, near slipway, west side of Pier.
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Location
| Grid reference | TM 1765 1448 (point) |
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Type and Period
Description
WWII Defence of Clacton
A plan of the wartime defences along the seafront at Clacton-on-Sea (see SMR 21178) shows a ‘road block’ across both the slipway and Kings Promenade, on the west side of the pier. This is confirmed by a letter from a local fisherman in June 1945 to Clacton Urban District Council requesting that the block on the E ramp of the pier be removed as, apparently, that on the west side had been. <1> <2>
Aerial photographs taken in July 1940 and July 1941 show these in place, a short run of cubes, perhaps 5 or 6, across the slipway and up and across the promenade. Although the surface marks could still be faintly made out, by July 1946 they had gone, and surveyed in January 2007 nothing now remains. <3> <4> <5> <6>
Sources
- <1> SEX67942 Map: CRE, Colchester - WDLA, North Essex. 1944. Dwg. No. 1908. July 1944.
- <2> SEX67954 CORRESPONDENCE: Tucker, A.D.. 1945. Clacton UDC - June 1945.
- <3> SEX67888 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. 2-BR11-8. July 1940.
- <4> SEX67879 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1941. S346-47. July 1941.
- <5> SEX67886 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-3043. July 1946.
- <6> SEX70635 DESC TEXT: Clacton VCH Group. 2008. Survey of World War Defences of Clacton.