Samuel Llewelyn Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 The registration number was issued in Londonderry, NI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Llewelyn Posted October 8, 2023 Author Share Posted October 8, 2023 Hi Richard Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Dwyer Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, Richard Farrant said: The registration number was issued in Londonderry, NI 10 hours ago, Samuel Llewelyn said: Edited October 9, 2023 by Adrian Dwyer fat fingers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Dwyer Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Just now, Adrian Dwyer said: Morning. Great images! I've seen some interesting examples of camouflaged pillboxes (British and German) but never one incorporating half-a-truck. My list (from The Chiltern Preservation Group') shows the registration as 'IW - Derry (Coleraine)'. Interestingly, Londonderry is specified as 'UI'. Just to add an extra dimension of intrigue, it also shows 'YZ - Derry (Coleraine)' within the same table. In England, the letter 'I' seems not to have been used because of possible confusion with the figure '1'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Dwyer Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) The excellent Pillbox Study Group <http://www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/defence-articles/pillbox-camouflage/> show the attached image. No pumps for E5 or E10? Pillbox camouflaged as a petrol station in Felixstowe, 24 August 1940. THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45. © IWM (H 3307) IWM Non Commercial Licence Edited October 9, 2023 by Adrian Dwyer Attribution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Dwyer Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 And this, from the Historic England Blog -Street pillbox being camouflaged as a car by an artist, Felixstowe, Suffolk, 24 August 1940 © IWM H3306 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 2 hours ago, Adrian Dwyer said: I have checked another source, my 1960 edition of Observers Book of Automobiles and IW is listed as Londonderry C.C. Whatever, it is likely the vehicle in the photo is in Northern Ireland! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Dwyer Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 12 minutes ago, Richard Farrant said: I have checked another source, my 1960 edition of Observers Book of Automobiles and IW is listed as Londonderry C.C. Whatever, it is likely the vehicle in the photo is in Northern Ireland! Agreed. And Coleraine is certainly in Co Londonderry. Shame there isn't more in the photograph to use 'street view'. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatchFuzee Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Original wartime caption: Camouflaged pillbox at Coleraine, Co.Londonderry. From the IWM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Dwyer Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Just to add, and not to say a Coleraine/Londonderry plate means that's where the van was repurposed, but some pillboxes in what are now the built-up areas seem to have been removed. See <https://edob.mattaldred.com/map/e24607> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Dwyer Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Just now, Adrian Dwyer said: Just to add, and not to say a Coleraine/Londonderry plate means that's where the van was repurposed, but some pillboxes in what are now the built-up areas seem to have been removed. See <https://edob.mattaldred.com/map/e24607> Just seen MatchFuzee's post. That seems to do it for me. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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