There are videos of installations long out of use and one's imagination gets a workout trying to "see" what it was like...so the release of film taken at the time they were in operation really complete the picture...thank you so much...from America.
Really interested to see this video as my late father Charles Holloway was stationed on No Mans Fort for the first part of the war in the Royal Artillery. I was hoping he might have been in the film somewhere It’s by no means what I expected to see and really amazing. I remember dad telling me that he had been on watch when a German fighter bomber dropped a single bomb behind the funnel of a fishing boat in the harbour and sunk it, he could still picture it in his mind and was amazed by the accuracy of the fighter bomber.
My dad Frank Vear was sent out to one of the forts within days of war being announced, he'd just turned 18 and was in the TA from Southampton, he was there for a few months before being shipped out to Egypt for the start of El Alamein. Then across to Malta for some of the worst air raids, then up through Italy finished in 1945 as a Lance Bombardier I think he's in the end clips of this film in the sing along ,does anyone know when it was filmed. Did he possibly know your father because he knew a Holloway who I believe was in the Southampton CID .
I believe the footage is a mix of the three forts (No Man's, Spitbank and Horse Sand), as I could recognise the features of the three forts, most of it is actually at No Man's Land Fort. I have the pleasure of working there. :)
"The grub's absolutely wizard!" Isn't that spiffing? Rather-r! Interesting movie, though, about life in the the largely unacknowledged sea-forts. Well worth a watch. Top hole.
@ 4: 34 there is fellow loading a what looks like 3" fragmentation shell for air defense -- there is another picture or a room full of shells but that could be for another coastal gun anti-ship gun which was not shown but you can figure out it's over 8" one guy can cary the prjectail there is also twin Lewis gun from ww1 times I don't know what they will shoot with that its only good for 600 yards maybe catch some seagulls
There are videos of installations long out of use and one's imagination gets a workout trying to "see" what it was like...so the release of film taken at the time they were in operation really complete the picture...thank you so much...from America.
Very proud of my British heritage
Brilliant as always!
Really interested to see this video as my late father Charles Holloway was stationed on No Mans Fort for the first part of the war in the Royal Artillery. I was hoping he might have been in the film somewhere It’s by no means what I expected to see and really amazing. I remember dad telling me that he had been on watch when a German fighter bomber dropped a single bomb behind the funnel of a fishing boat in the harbour and sunk it, he could still picture it in his mind and was amazed by the accuracy of the fighter bomber.
My dad Frank Vear was sent out to one of the forts within days of war being announced, he'd just turned 18 and was in the TA from Southampton, he was there for a few months before being shipped out to Egypt for the start of El Alamein.
Then across to Malta for some of the worst air raids, then up through Italy finished in 1945 as a Lance Bombardier
I think he's in the end clips of this film in the sing along ,does anyone know when it was filmed.
Did he possibly know your father because he knew a Holloway who I believe was in the Southampton CID .
I believe the footage is a mix of the three forts (No Man's, Spitbank and Horse Sand), as I could recognise the features of the three forts, most of it is actually at No Man's Land Fort. I have the pleasure of working there. :)
Maria Oliveira What are the functions of these Forts today?
"The grub's absolutely wizard!" Isn't that spiffing? Rather-r! Interesting movie, though, about life in the the largely unacknowledged sea-forts. Well worth a watch. Top hole.
At least one of the Palmerstons forts saw some action !!
When was this filmed please ?
I wonder how big the big guns were, I would guess about 8 inch maybe larger.
@ 4: 34 there is fellow loading a what looks like 3" fragmentation shell for air defense -- there is another picture or a room full of shells but that could be for another coastal gun anti-ship gun which was not shown but you can figure out it's over 8" one guy can cary the prjectail there is also twin Lewis gun from ww1 times I don't know what they will shoot with that its only good for 600 yards maybe catch some seagulls
I would go nuts at a duty station like that.
Drogo Baggins yup
Like a ship going nowhere.
That's why lighthouse staff were the preferred choice.
It looks like fort boyard
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Wouldn't like to take direct hit from a large naval gun.