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

Over the last few months new PFS Fort Logs have been created for an additional 13 Forts & Batteries in the British Isles. This brings the total up to 208, all of which are available free for members to download from the Members section of this Web site.

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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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Latest News

PFS Members on-line information available

The PFS electronic archives are now available within the members area of the web-site to view or download. These include all Fort Logs and Redans.
 
Fort Logs - The PFS Fort Logs are a rich source of information about the Victorian Forts and Batteries of Great Britain, and the format enables them to be downloaded for use as field guides. Now, this comprehensive collection of 186 Fort Logs is available in the members section of the PFS web-site, together with some useful maps to help identify the location of each site.
 
Redans - All back issues of the societies journal (The Redan) are now available to view/download. To help with the process of looking for information within the back issues, a full Index is available on the "Information" tab. This enables members to see if the information they require is available within the archive, and what issue/page number the information is to be found at.