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Springwell at War
During the First World War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England. These have been made available by Newcastle Libraries.
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Peter Ball - RND - Springwell (Invalided home)
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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Mitchell - RND - Springwell (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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Tyne and Wear HER(5516): Springwell, Bombing Decoy (QL12b)
- "Bombing decoy - a QL site.Newcastle's decoys were in place by January 1941. They remained in place until February 1944. Attempts had been made during WW1 to deceive the enemy …
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Simon Cotterill
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Tyne and Wear HER(5532): Springwell, Searchlight Battery TT231
- "Searchlight Battery - During WW2 many of the Tyneside searchlights were manned by the 225th Anti Aircraft Artillery (Searchlight Battalion) USA. Their headquarters was at Debdon Gardens in Newcastle (HER …
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Simon Cotterill
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Tyne and Wear HER(5397): Springwell, pillbox
- Pillbox of WW2 origin. Demolished, NZ286589
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Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W. Tindle - N.F. - Springwell - Killed
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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
2nd Lieut. W,G, PRETSWELL, M.C., K.O.Y.L.I., Springwell, (Killed).
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Pte. R.T. DUNCAN, D.L.I., Springwell, (Wounded 3rd time).
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Peter Ball - RND - Springwell (Invalided home)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Mitchell - RND - Springwell (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from http://www.twsitelines.info/S…
Tyne and Wear HER(5516): Springwell, Bombing Decoy (QL12b)
- "Bombing decoy - a QL site.Newcastle's decoys were in place by January 1941. They remained in place until February 1944. Attempts had been made during WW1 to deceive the enemy …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from http://twsitelines.info/SMR/5…
Tyne and Wear HER(5532): Springwell, Searchlight Battery TT231
- "Searchlight Battery - During WW2 many of the Tyneside searchlights were manned by the 225th Anti Aircraft Artillery (Searchlight Battalion) USA. Their headquarters was at Debdon Gardens in Newcastle (HER …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://sitelines.newcastle.g…
Tyne and Wear HER(5397): Springwell, pillbox
- Pillbox of WW2 origin. Demolished, NZ286589
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W. Tindle - N.F. - Springwell - Killed
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
2nd Lieut. W,G, PRETSWELL, M.C., K.O.Y.L.I., Springwell, (Killed).
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Pte. R.T. DUNCAN, D.L.I., Springwell, (Wounded 3rd time).
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
