1st Orkney RGA Volunteer Officers & Sergeants, circa 1902                
East Gate, Fort Nelson                
Isle of Wight Artillery Malitia at Carisbrooke Castle                 
6inch BL HP, Fort Taiaroa, Dunedin, New Zealand                
PAV operate the 8-inch shell gun at Pendennis Castle, Falmouth                
7 inch RBL on reproduction Moncrieff carriage, Crownhill Fort, Plymouth                
Gloucester Artillery Volunteers, circa 1860                
Spitbank Fort, Portsmouth, circa 1888                
Portsdown Artillery Volunteers and 32 pr SBBL, Fort Nelson                
Antrim Artillery Volunteers at Carrickfergus Castle, Ulster                

Meetings / Events

23/05/2012 - What The Papers Said: Fort Nelson - 1860 to 1900
A talk by Phil Magrath, Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson
 
27/06/2012 - Fort St. Elmo, Malta
A presentation by John Cartwright
 
25/07/2012 - The Diving Museum, No 2 Battery Stokes Bay
PFS Outside Visit to the Diving Museum located at No 2 Battery, Stokes Bay
 

News

On Friday 27th April a few PFS members were privileged to be invited out to Spitbank Fort by the owners Clarenco to see the results of their labours over the last two years of converting the Fort into a five star private hotel.
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PFS member Colm Doyle tells us that Fort Camden, Cork, featured in an RTE 1 programme 'dirty old town'. The program shows what can happen if local residents get together to tidy up or restore a run down part of their town. ...> read more
 
 

Meetings / Events

Meetings are held at Fort Nelson on the fourth Wednesday of every month, excluding August and December, often with speakers on military subjects that may range from Victorian guns to local history to World War One and Two.
 
The meetings are held at Fort Nelson from 19.30 to 21.00 hours, and are both informative and social occasions. One meeting each year is normally a visit to a local fort or gun battery not generally available to the public.
 
 

Forthcoming Events

23/05/2012

What The Papers Said: Fort Nelson - 1860 to 1900

A talk by Phil Magrath, Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson
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27/06/2012

Fort St. Elmo, Malta

A presentation by John Cartwright
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25/07/2012

The Diving Museum, No 2 Battery Stokes Bay

PFS Outside Visit to the Diving Museum located at No 2 Battery, Stokes Bay 		> more


15/09/2012

PFS trip to Isle of Wight

A visit to two selected Isle of Wight fortifcations: Fort Bembridge and Steynewood High Angle Battery, both of which normally have limited access, and then possibily the Yaverland Battery too. Details and arrangement are yet to be made, but members are requested to keep this date free for a very interesting day out.		> more


26/09/2012

Members' Photographs Evening

An opportunity for PFS Members to share their photographs of fortifcations. This has proved to be a popular event in the past, so all contributions are welcome on a first-come, first served basis.


06/10/2012

Annual General Meeting

The 2012 Annual General Meeting will be held at Fort Nelson, commencing 14.00hrs. All PFS members are entitled to attend and vote.


24/10/2012

Forts of the Caribbean

A talk by PFS Archivist Ian Stephenson


28/11/2012

Fort Gomer

A talk by PFS member Graham Linnington