EAW004506 ENGLAND (1947). Alexandra Dock and environs, Kingston upon Hull, from the south-west, 1947

Approx position of a recorded 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site.

Approx position of a recorded 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site.

Approx position of a recorded 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site.

A group of 2ndWW Communal Surface Blast Shelters surrounding the school.

Approx position of a 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site.

Approx position of a 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site.

Gun platform still fitted to the stern of the ship.

A pair of 2ndWW Communal Surface Blast Shelters.

A pair of 2ndWW Communal Surface Blast Shelters.

A group of 2ndWW Communal Surface Blast Shelters.

A 2ndWW Communal Surface Blast Shelter.

A group of 2ndWW Communal Surface Blast Shelters.

Location of the accommodation buildings that served the adjacent HAA Gun Batteries.

Location of the WW2 HAA Gun Battery near Preston, designation C/H4. The Defence of Britain project records - 'Mostly demolished, This unusual site has three 1938 pattern gun pits infilled but extant, the fourth has been demolished. To the north east the remains of four 5.25 inch gun pits can be seen as grass covered mounds. A magazine appears to exist in the back garden of a house and a Nissen type hut which may be original on the western side of the farm track. No sign of the command post.'

Group of Second World War era surface air raid shelters

Second World War era surface air raid shelter

Group of Second World War era surface air raid shelters

Group of Second World War era surface air raid shelters

A collection of army tanks awaiting shipment?

Gun platform still on the stern of the ship.