Oliver Mattingley

Archaeology & Cultural Heritage graduate @UniOfWinc
Archaeo Volunteer @NatTrustArch
Type 1 Diabetic

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@aviationarchive Cheers! This is Studland Bay, Dorset, where there were extensive Sea Flame Barrage Tests!

[Good Morning Britain @GMB]

'We are so incredibly proud of you'

Graeme Souness and Isla Grist receive a special message from Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, who is a DEBRA Patron.

Graeme swam across the English Channel, raising funds for those with epidermolysis bullosa.

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@SeaSpitfires @BCPCouncil Worth noting that the Poole (Hamworthy) hards were more useful in the buildup to D-day, training both naval crews and troops to land on beaches, and test military theory at Studland Bay, with records detailing at a bare minimum extensive training of LCT(R) and LCA (HR) crafts.

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@ckolonko Same old, same old! 😁

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@ckolonko Very impressive! That's a lot of hard graft!

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@1940Andy Believe I have the account of the Canadian unit who were billeted at the Abbey during this raid, very vivid stuff.

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@remembertheregs @vickersmg Again, potentially controversial but could it have been used to throw grenades back out of a Pillbox? Or a smokescreen if you are retreat from said Pillbox?

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@ckolonko Too old! You need to find a .303!

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@M1ke_A Is that the bulk orders section of Kew?

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@M1ke_A @LukeB_MTB @RivetsAndPins @TommiesGuides Happen to know which Canadian RE Unit it was?

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@ckolonko @Tofrek Studland is my passion area! They only amount for a small bit of the concrete at Studland but are the only intact structures so get all the love! As @ckolonko has stated, they are a 4-inch gun emplacment!

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@ckolonko @Tofrek Honestly, need to research the terminology for Flame Barrage/Fougesse, still confuses me!!!!

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@ckolonko @Tofrek Nope, it was a pump with a massive fuel tank underneath. I don't even want to think what they shoved into the tank when they were clearing up Studland.

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@ckolonko Preach it!

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@sonsrap10 @NewForestRamble Yup, Brownsea Island and nearby Arne Heath were decoy sites for the area, to protect nearby Poole Harbour and RNCF Holton Heath. Brownsea also had a few costal guns to protect the mouth of Poole Harbour! If you look at Arne on Google Maps the bomb craters are still visible!

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@SeaSpitfires Admiral Ramsay's 1943/1944 War diary are epic in the sense that it brings to light the preparations occurring before d-day and the amount of thought into diffrent aspects of what was to occur!

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@M1ke_A @WSCCNews @WestSussexRO @ckolonko @sussexPillbox This is defiantly pre-1943. Canadian Engineers built a suspension bridge to gain acsess to the Pier, to be used as a training AA position.