EPW039639 ENGLAND (1932). Culver Down, Culver Cliff, 1932

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Title [EPW039639] Culver Down, Culver Cliff, 1932
Reference EPW039639
Date 12-August-1932
Link
Place name CULVER CLIFF
Parish BEMBRIDGE
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 463839, 85511
Longitude / Latitude -1.0966101207995, 50.665185773512
National Grid Reference SZ638855

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Port War Signal Station.

HALLY64
Tuesday 10th of September 2013 07:51:14 PM
Battery Observation Post.

HALLY64
Tuesday 10th of September 2013 07:49:44 PM
Culver Signal Station.

HALLY64
Thursday 5th of September 2013 03:28:24 PM
Of interest, an army bivouac between fort and battery.

HALLY64
Wednesday 7th of August 2013 12:09:26 PM
9.2 inch breech loading Mk X Gun.

HALLY64
Wednesday 7th of August 2013 11:53:45 AM
Battery command post and Telephone room.

HALLY64
Wednesday 7th of August 2013 11:43:56 AM
Battery ablutions, quarters, stores and workshops.

HALLY64
Wednesday 7th of August 2013 11:41:57 AM
Bembridge Fort. Built between 1862 and 1867, decommissioned in 1956.

HALLY64
Wednesday 7th of August 2013 11:32:39 AM
Could these be gun emplacements? They appear today on google maps quite clearly.

SteveAUS
Tuesday 19th of February 2013 04:22:10 AM
Here's the record for Culver Down Battery, dates from 1906. There were some really interesting guns up here.



http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?a=0&hob_id=461925&rational=m&maplat=50.66553528&maplong=-1.09644775&mapist=os&mapilo=-1.0964&mapila=50.6655&mapiloe=w&mapilan=n&mapios=SZ638855&mapigrn=85550&mapigre=463850&mapipc=&mapisa=1000&recordsperpage=10&sort=2

Katy Whitaker
Tuesday 6th of August 2013 11:04:45 PM
Yes my friend, this fantastic photo shows the 9.2" guns of Culver Battery and its associated buildings. This area was closed to the public until 1956 and all photos of battery before its demolition are very rare.

HALLY64
Wednesday 7th of August 2013 10:49:55 AM
Hi HALLY64 - didn't the two really big guns have nicknames? I can't remember.



Katy

Katy Whitaker
Wednesday 7th of August 2013 11:08:14 AM
Hi Katy, the guns were not nicknamed publicly as far as I know but would almost certainly have been named by their crews.

HALLY64
Wednesday 7th of August 2013 11:25:07 AM
Thanks - I couldn't remember quite what it was I had read, or whether it was in relation to WWI or WWII either. Must go and look it up!

Katy Whitaker
Wednesday 7th of August 2013 11:33:49 AM

User Comment Contributions

The 9.2" guns of Culver Battery. Built between 1904/06 and in service with various armament until 1956. Bembridge Fort can also just be made out at the top of this photo. This is where the troops who manned the battery where stationed.

HALLY64
Wednesday 7th of August 2013 11:05:42 AM