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Forum: General topics 29-01-2018, 10:32 AM
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Posted By Coquet
Yes noticed that before. I think it must be a...

Yes noticed that before. I think it must be a tank trap. I wonder where the War Office plans/maps of such things are? I assume they are not released yet or we would have heard about them.
Forum: General topics 05-04-2016, 11:50 AM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
That's a little gem of a discovery. I have no...

That's a little gem of a discovery. I have no idea where it is!
Forum: General topics 30-12-2013, 11:08 AM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
Nice photos! that area of exposed peat looks...

Nice photos! that area of exposed peat looks enormous. 6000bc when that tree stood upright. Yes there is a good flow out the drain - you would think at one time there must have been a stream or burn...
Forum: General topics 30-12-2013, 11:02 AM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
Hi Derilda, this is Amble Beach as Hollydog...

Hi Derilda, this is Amble Beach as Hollydog mentions, sorry I forgot to include the precise location in the earlier post. The water out of this appears to be contaminated with red ochre as associated...
Forum: General topics 29-12-2013, 05:34 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
Did you see this? I think it's just a field drain...

Did you see this? I think it's just a field drain but an ancient one. Constructed from sandstone. There are more of those square sandstone covers that have been flipped off by the sea nearby.

I...
Forum: General topics 21-12-2013, 11:17 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
It sounds like there was "something going on"...

It sounds like there was "something going on" "home guard plus" there borderlad! It would be a great sense of pride to have such an ancestor. Our own version of suicide troops. None of them would...
Forum: General topics 11-03-2013, 08:22 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
If it is the generator building, it's the only...

If it is the generator building, it's the only part of the Coast Battery complex left standing more than a couple of inches above the ground. :)
Forum: General topics 11-03-2013, 08:19 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
here's that building, it's the searchlight...

here's that building, it's the searchlight generator building I think? or may be something else :)



http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/saltpans_structure.jpg
Forum: General topics 11-03-2013, 08:10 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
it's near, I think it's on a bit that has eroded...

it's near, I think it's on a bit that has eroded away?
Forum: General topics 11-03-2013, 02:17 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
Arc of guns and rangefinders, shows Amble Landing...

Arc of guns and rangefinders, shows Amble Landing Beach and Warkworth-Alnmouth Landing Beach. Dead water areas shown including behind the island.
Forum: General topics 11-03-2013, 02:03 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
You will not be able to see the detail on this...

You will not be able to see the detail on this one but I will redraw it at some point.

This is the cliff with its guns, showing the extensive camp behind it.
there's even a storage place for...
Forum: General topics 11-03-2013, 01:53 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
part of the drawing for the arc of the search...

part of the drawing for the arc of the search lights:
Forum: General topics 11-03-2013, 01:43 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
East Cemetery and saltpans. lots of gravestones...

East Cemetery and saltpans. lots of gravestones in 1940

There are concentric semi-circles in a corner of the saltpans. Now is that the searchlight area? or some old structure from the salt panning...
Forum: General topics 11-03-2013, 01:31 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
Lord Mayor's Camp. The Guns (or the concrete...

Lord Mayor's Camp. The Guns (or the concrete housings anyway) are visible on the cliff.
Looks like tented accommodation at the quarry at this date.
Forum: General topics 11-03-2013, 01:25 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
We can add these now to this password protected...

We can add these now to this password protected site.
Can't escape the fee though for use elsewhere!
Copyright resides with the National Archives, I have had to watermark them and downgrade them...
Forum: General topics 09-03-2013, 02:00 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
I've asked the NA if we can use the small number...

I've asked the NA if we can use the small number of sketches included in the fort book, if we get the ok we can have a closer look at them on here.

I'll merge this thread onto the other WW2...
Forum: General topics 08-03-2013, 07:06 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
The establishment of the battery was 108 men and...

The establishment of the battery was 108 men and 4 officers, 103 from the Home guard, 80 of the Home Guard as gunners.

This appears to be a very significant part of Amble's wartime history....
Forum: General topics 08-03-2013, 06:36 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
Hollydog, there was a Lewis gun emplacement at...

Hollydog, there was a Lewis gun emplacement at the north corner of the quarry area at Wellhaugh, I bet those .303 bullets of yours...
Forum: General topics 08-03-2013, 06:32 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
A pair of 90cm Search Lights for the battery are...

A pair of 90cm Search Lights for the battery are shown, one to the south and another appears to be at the Salt Pans. Each had a generator building with a 22kw Lister generator in it.

I've...
Forum: General topics 08-03-2013, 06:07 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
In the Fort record book I'm looking at a sketch...

In the Fort record book I'm looking at a sketch of the arc of the two guns. The beach at Amble (the 'big shore'), and the beach from Warkworth to Alnmouth are marked as 'landing zones'. the arc of...
Forum: General topics 08-03-2013, 04:19 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
My main target doc. was no2 above (7th NF war...

My main target doc. was no2 above (7th NF war diary), I promised myself to go and copy the war diary, I've kept that promise for 30 years and finally got off my butt and gone and done it. :)


...
Forum: General topics 08-03-2013, 04:02 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
National Archives material

I was at the National Archives yesterday with my 'big list of stuff to look at'.
Managed to get through 3 documents in five and a half hours of work. :o

BUT... they're beauties :D

1. The Fort...
Forum: General topics 10-02-2013, 03:15 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
The more you look the more units you find serving...

The more you look the more units you find serving round here! What about those AA and HAA Gunners, and searchlight units.

Specialist Tunnelling companies was not something I was aware of for WW2....
Forum: General topics 10-02-2013, 02:51 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
The photos that Woodhorn has online - a while...

The photos that Woodhorn has online - a while back you could click on the thumbnail and download a massive image. I think the website was broken but someone must have fixed it since then!
Forum: General topics 10-02-2013, 02:47 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,838
Posted By Coquet
I think Alnwick was a separate battalion? ...

I think Alnwick was a separate battalion?

Good question as to how the companies of the 16th were distributed. Were they organised like a regular battalion? A HQ Company and 4 other companies?
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