Thesaurus Term/Concept: PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)

Identifier 123514
Class DEFENCE OF BRITAIN
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A hexagonal pillbox, with an internal anti-ricochet wall and loopholes for five Light Machine Guns and one rifle. Originally designed to have walls 15in bulletproof walls many were built with 42in thick shellproof walls. Designed by DFW branch 3.

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Context Record
Monument Type MXS19828 A World War II pillbox (Building)
Monument Type MSF24770 East Lane Pillbox, Destroyed (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25986 Extant hexagonal pillbox at RAF Wattisham. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF32434 Former Second World War pillbox (Building)
Monument Type MSF25976 Hexagonal pilbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25969 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25973 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25974 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25979 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25982 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25983 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25984 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25985 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25987 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25992 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26010 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26019 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26024 Hexagonal pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26014 Hexagonal pillbox, probably type 22 (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26201 Pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF16698 Pillbox on southern bank of River Lark next to Judes Ferry Bridge, Standard hexagonal type 22. (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27379 Pillbox, Henham Park (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26053 Pillbox, Ipswich Airport, (IAS 9108) (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26054 Pillbox, Ipswich Airport, (IAS 9108). (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26055 Pillbox, Ipswich Airport, (IAS 9108). (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26209 Pillbox, Wherstead Road, Ipswich. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26362 RAF Martlesham Heath (WW2) (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25990 Second World War Pillbox, Barnham Camp (Monument)
Monument Type MSF38382 Second World War Pillbox. (Allocated Number)
Monument Type MSF26143 Small type 22 pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26219 Small type 22 pillbox. Unprotected entrance with rifle embrasure to the left. Concrete shelf under each embrasure. Brick-lined interior. Brick Y-shap… (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26214 Small World War II type 22 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26208 Type 22 concrete pillbox. Concrete block interior anti-ricochet wall. Entrance faces S. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26107 Type 22 pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26144 Type 22 pillbox, hidden by foliage in the summer almost up to the roof. Unprotected doorway on the W side. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26205 Type 22 pillbox, Southwold Covert (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26334 Type 22 pillbox, with loophole in screen/anti-ricochet wall at entrance. Destroyed (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19100 World War II barbed wire obstructions forming a possible strongpoint. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF20934 World War II hexagonal concrete pillbox with a single firing slot on each side. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25975 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25977 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25978 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25988 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25989 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26013 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26015 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26017 World War II hexagonal pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19056 World War II pillbox Type 22 Hexagonal. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19087 World War II pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22757 World War II pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19226 World War II strongpoint , now fallen into the sea (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19055 World War II strongpoint. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19094 World War II strongpoint. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19113 World War II strongpoint. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26218 World War II type 22 pillbox of standard construction. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26221 World War II type 22 pillbox of standard construction. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26222 World War II type 22 pillbox of standard construction. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26126 World War II type 22 pillbox of standard design but with no exterior blast wall. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26239 World War II type 22 pillbox with blast wall. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF45078 World War II type 22 pillbox with blast wall. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26215 World War II type 22 pillbox with brick anti-ricochet wall. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26139 World War II type 22 pillbox with internal brick shuttering and an anti-ricochet wall. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26216 World War II type 22 pillbox with thick walls and a brick anti-ricochet wall. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26223 World War II type 22 pillbox with thick walls. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26403 World War II type 22 pillbox with unprotected entrance, covered by rifle embrasure. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26228 World War II type 22 pillbox, partially obscured. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26116 World War II type 22 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26117 World War II type 22 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26203 World War II type 22 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26226 World War II type 22 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26240 World War II type 22 pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27380 World War Two searchlight battery, Henham Park (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25964 World War Two type 22 pillbox (Monument)