Just wondering if anyone can ID the south coast resort pictured here ? 3.7-inch anti-aircraft guns emplaced on the promenade of a South Coast resort, 6 August 1944. THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45. © IWM (H 39807)IWM Non Commercial Licence
'Somewhere in Southern Command.' Dover? THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-1945. © IWM (H 4733)IWM Non Commercial Licence[/url THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45. © IWM (H 4610)IWM Non Commercial Licence COASTAL DEFENCE. © IWM (H 4609)IWM Non Commercial Licence Royal Scots Fusiliers on 'An East coast beach'. THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45. © IWM (H 2357)IWM Non Commercial Licence THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-1945. © IWM (H 2351)IWM Non Commercial Licence Tentsmuir, Scotland: THE POLISH ARMY IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947. © IWM (H 5493)IWM Non Commercial Licence Sheringham, Norfolk: THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45. © IWM (H 11689)IWM Non Commercial Licence Tayport (Great series of pics. Several more on there. A specialist reenactment group in the making...) THE NAVAL MINE RECOVERY AND DISPOSAL SQUADS IN SCOTLAND, 1939-1945. © IWM (A 6427)IWM Non Commercial Licence THE NAVAL MINE RECOVERY AND DISPOSAL SQUADS IN SCOTLAND, 1939-1945. © IWM (A 6428)IWM Non Commercial Licence Burton Bradstock, Dorset. (Another cracking set of pics of a US unit in an English village) US TROOPS IN AN ENGLISH VILLAGE: EVERYDAY LIFE WITH THE AMERICANS IN BURTON BRADSTOCK, DORSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944. © IWM (D 20126)IWM Non Commercial Licence
Oh I do like this one, crying out for a plucky caption. "...we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches ..."
quick work. streetview https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Grosvenor+Gardens,+Hastings,+St+Leonards-on-sea,+East+Sussex+TN38/@50.8504542,0.5405152,3a,47.3y,266.22h,95.18t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s9wwoUKyryx4WHEvUUlsmSA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D9wwoUKyryx4WHEvUUlsmSA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D285.60492%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x47df101b0cbf3667:0xf9038b23e09ea95
These Ack Ack guns were a very important component in the aerial defence of Great Britain but when the V1 offensive commenced,from experience in dealing with the V1,a modus operandi was adopted to ensure that RAF fighters were not brought down by friendly fire. The tactic adopted was that Ack Ack would act as the first screen with no fighters approaching their target air space.Fighter Command would operate as the second screen and pick up those V1s which had got through the first screen.
I was actually there 2 days ago trying to take the 'now' photo; I didn't have the wartime one with me at the time, so didn't quite nail it... Pete
Apologies for the edit. I had thought this was Dover but I no longer think it is. Although it has a superficial resemblance, the cliffs look too low, distinctly un-chalky and Dover's beach is shingle, not sand.
Great shots! And I love Andy's enquiry about "Then & Now" - seen some shots online by a (woman?) photographer who has done this with many images from WW2. They are quite remarkable! Edit: http://gadling.com/2012/10/24/ghosts-of-war-photographer-overlays-then-and-now-photos/
Guns on the promenade ? Go see here: http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/48592-return-to-brighton-of-all-places/ Ron
And some other things happening in Hastings in 1944......all from the RVS Archive View attachment Hastings May44.pdf View attachment Hastings July 44.pdf
