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Background imageBunkers Collection: Churchill AVRE Tank in France; Second World War, 1944

Churchill AVRE Tank in France; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank moving up to the front, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE tank was equipped with a Petard mortar

Background imageBunkers Collection: BUNKERs HILL MINE / 1875

BUNKERs HILL MINE / 1875
Bunkers Hill mine, in North Staffordshire, the scene of a fatal explosion on April 30th 1875. Date: 1875

Background imageBunkers Collection: Charing Cross Dressing Station bunkers, Ploegsteert

Charing Cross Dressing Station bunkers, Ploegsteert
These are close by the Plugstreet Experience 14-18 (Interpretation Centre) and served the Dressing Station which, like many of the sites around here, used a series of Central London names

Background imageBunkers Collection: Hilly Fields and Golf Course, Harborne, Birmingham

Hilly Fields and Golf Course, Harborne, Birmingham
Hilly Fields and Golf Course, Harborne (looking towards Weymoor), south-west Birmingham. The Harborne Golf Club was established on October 14, 1893

Background imageBunkers Collection: Elie and Earlsferry Golf Course, Fife Scotland

Elie and Earlsferry Golf Course, Fife Scotland
Elie and Earlsferry Golf Course, nr. St. Andrews, Fife Scotland Date: circa 1930s

Background imageBunkers Collection: One of the four Lettenberg Bunkers, Kemmel Hill

One of the four Lettenberg Bunkers, Kemmel Hill Date: 2016

Background imageBunkers Collection: Wurzberg radar antenna Douvres Radar Station

Wurzberg radar antenna Douvres Radar Station
This is just outside the Museum which is based in two well preserved bunkers and charts the evolution of radar. The dish, a Wurzberg-Reise, was removed after the war, renovated and returned here

Background imageBunkers Collection: Luftwaffe Radar Station Bunkers Douvres Normandy

Luftwaffe Radar Station Bunkers Douvres Normandy
This was not only a radar station but as it was on high ground it was a major defensive position with bunkers, barbed wire and minefields. The bunkers are often hidden by crops

Background imageBunkers Collection: Petard Mortar on a Churchill AVRE Tank; Second World War, 19

Petard Mortar on a Churchill AVRE Tank; Second World War, 19
Photograph showing the Petard mortar on a Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE tank equipped with a Petard mortar

Background imageBunkers Collection: WW1 - Cartoon - German gun Big Bertha

WW1 - Cartoon - German gun Big Bertha
WW1 - A satirical cartoon illustrating the German gun personified as Big Bertha attacking the city of Paris. As the city is underattack

Background imageBunkers Collection: After WW1 - The battlefield at Fort Vaux in Verdun, France

After WW1 - The battlefield at Fort Vaux in Verdun, France
A post-war view of the heavily damaged fortifications, wire fences and bunkers at Fort Vaux on the Verdun Battlefield, France. Date: 1920

Background imageBunkers Collection: Royal Engineer adjusting a Flying Dustbin charge; Second W

Royal Engineer adjusting a Flying Dustbin charge; Second W
Photograph showing a soldier of the Royal Engineers preparing a Flying Dustbin explosive charge, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers)

Background imageBunkers Collection: The Channel Islands - Caves Exterior

The Channel Islands - Caves Exterior - Rocky in let and Caves. Part of Box 234 Boswell Collection - The Channel Islands. Hohlgangsanlage are a number of tunnels constructed in Jersey by occupying

Background imageBunkers Collection: Bunkers. 1960s. Korce. Albania

Bunkers. 1960s. Korce. Albania
Republic of Albania. Korce. Concrete bunkers built in the 1960s by order of Enver Hoxha (1908-1985)

Background imageBunkers Collection: Bunker. 1960s. Korce. Albania

Bunker. 1960s. Korce. Albania
Republic of Albania. Korce. Concrete bunker built in the 1960s by order of Enver Hoxha (1908-1985)

Background imageBunkers Collection: Bunkers Hill, Cheshire - The Stag and Pheasant

Bunkers Hill, Cheshire - The Stag and Pheasant pub. Date: circa 1908

Background imageBunkers Collection: Bunkers Hill, Cheshire, with Edwin Child and his son

Bunkers Hill, Cheshire, with Edwin Child and his son Jean Baptiste in a typical carriage of the time. Edwin Child was an agent for Battersby Hats in Paris

Background imageBunkers Collection: Its the Little Things that worry by Bruce Bairnsfather

Its the Little Things that worry by Bruce Bairnsfather
Its the Little Things that Worry What is so particularly annoying to Private Lovebird is, that he would not have had this bother with his dug-out if his leave had not been postponed A cartoon by

Background imageBunkers Collection: Coming to the Point by Bruce Bairnsfather

Coming to the Point by Bruce Bairnsfather
Coming to the Point " Lets ave this pin of yours a minute. I ll soon ave these winkles out of ere" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

Background imageBunkers Collection: Artillery placements WWI

Artillery placements WWI
The 2nd Divisional Artillery strengthening the Suez Canal defences. The men are seen here making two gun emplacements behind the desert lines

Background imageBunkers Collection: Damaged Concrete Wall, France; Second World War, 1944

Damaged Concrete Wall, France; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing the damage caused to a reinforced concrete wall by a Flying Dustbin explosive charge, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers)

Background imageBunkers Collection: Churchill AVRE Tank entering Geilenkirchen; Second World War

Churchill AVRE Tank entering Geilenkirchen; Second World War
Photograph showing a Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank entering the town of Geilenkirchen in late 1944


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