A Aberdeen defences 46/36-48 Accidents involving guns 40/32-34, 77/84-85, 81/8-12 Adjutant precedence 55/31 Aerial views of Portsmouth forts 42/2-6 Alderney defences 30/13-17, 82/1-40, 83/1-38 Aldershot 79/75-89, 79/93-96 Alexandria (Egypt) 9 inch RML on Moncrieff mounting 28/34, 36/42 Ambulance military 47/35-40 Ammunition See also: Explosives Barrows 71/131-133 Cartridges 45/8 Dynamite Shell 85/23-29 Gas Check 17/22, 52/36 General description 9 Hoists 69/53-65 Regulations for storage 32/15-21 RBL 7 inch 45/15 & 20 RML 64 pdr 27/18-20, 45/15 & 20 Zinc cylinders RML guns 31/12-15 Ammunition storage and gun grouping at Forts Nelson and Widley 48/19-22 Anglicanus Portsmouth defences 38/2-3 Arcs traversing and pointers 32/13, 38/10, 39/13, 40/11 Armament: Fort Nelson 9, 12/12, 13 & 24 Fort Gilkicker 85/30-71 Portsmouth Defences 1905 11/9 Armament Returns National Archive references 21/6 Arming the Forts 24/33-35, 30/19-20 Armoured Shields: Du Cane Lecture (1863) 86/83-92 Jervois Lecture (1868) 84/22-48 Gibraltar Shield 84/42 Fort Gilkicker 85/30-71 Horse Sand Fort 28/19-21, 84/44-45 Laminated Shields 84/43, 84/48 No Mans Land Fort 28/19-21 St Helen’s Fort 84/37 Segmental Shield 84/37 Spitbank Fort 41/28 Armstrong W.G. 26/2-5, 28/2, 30/27-40, 31/32, 33/25-26 Armstrong’s Protected Barbette 26/2-5, 27/2-5, 31/17-19 Armstrong’s 6 inch QF (USA) 68/5-19 Army Cuisine 59/45-50 Army, Victorian British 78/1-27, 79/75-89 Army Pay (1855) 50/27 Army Signalling 52/2 Artillery Competition 74/17-19 Artillery Director of Committee Minutes 24/33-35, 26/6 & 18, 27/32, 28/30, 33-34, 29/28-32, 30/22, 31/6, 15, 16 & 19, 32/6-7, 33/16, 35/36, 37/14, 43/44-45, 69/66-69 Artillery, Faith 29/33 Artillery Groups 33/2, 35/37, 48/19-22 Artillery of the Jameson Raid 68/112-130 Artillery Reports 21/29-31 Artillery Terms Committee 23/18 Artillery workshops and forges 32/10 Atkins Tommy Christmas Dinner, rations and diet 53/40-49 Domestic Life 46/2-10 In Hospital 72/25-32 Married Life 50/2-17 The Soldier at Play 74/1-13 The Unmaking of (Discharge) 75/1-19 The Volunteer Artilleryman 77/2-37 Ascension Island 76/1-24 Australia: Queensland Fort Lytton 34/24-26 Australia and New Zealand Boer Artillery trophies 56/39-44, 57/37, 59/24-30 Aviation and the Forts 34/37-47, 35/37-38 B Barbette Armstrong’s Protected 26/2-5, 27/2-5, 31/17-19 Barges, Gun 81/46-51 Barrack Accommodation 19/13, 35/36, 44/37-40, 45/47, 46/2-10, 79/75-89 Barrack Accommodation at Fort Nelson 14/11-16 Battery 35H at Fort Nelson 22/28, 25/34 Battle of Portsmouth volunteer review (1882) 42/12-18, 49/40-48 Beds hospital 47/34 Berehaven defences (Irish Republic) 37/23-37, 74/114-119 Billiards 41/37-43 Binoculars 29/31 Boer Artillery trophies in Australia and New Zealand 56/39-44, 57/37, 59/24-30 Boer Krupp guns 66/11-31, 67/60 Boer Maxim guns 65/21-37, 68/112-130 Boer Republics Armstrong RML guns 60/9-28 Boer Whitworth guns 58/11-17 Boer War captured guns 43/36-39 Boer War clothing and gear – re-enactors’ guide 61/29-40 Boer War Hampshire Volunteers 86/41-54 Boer War machine guns 65/21-37 Boer War monster guns 63/2-18 Boer War railway guns 77/40-65 Boer War siege artillery 79/1-19 Boer War and Portsmouth forts 29/25-27 Bombardment of Saltport 80/1-12 Book Reviews: A Guide to the Western Heights Dover by D Burridge 25/35 A Legacy in Brick and Stone by J R Weaver 56/53 A Tidy Little War by W Wright 70/139 Alderney’s Victorian Forts & Harbour by T Davenport 73/92 Allied Artillery of World War I by I V Hogg 45/47 Allied Artillery of World War II by I V Hogg 45/48 American Coastal Defences 1885-1950 by T McGovern and B Smith 68/138 American Civil War Fortifications (1) by A Konstan 68/137 American Civil War Fortifications (2) by R Field 68/137 American Civil War Fortifications (3) by R Field 69/93 America’s Fortress by T Read 68/136 Bermuda Forts 1612 to 1957 by Dr E C Harris 42/43-44 Between Two Oceans by M H Murfett & others 50/52 Bismarck’s First War by M Ernbree 70/132 Bitter Victory: The Battle of Custozza 1866 by J Pocock 58/42 British Barracks 1600 to 1914 by J Douet 45/47 British Commonwealth Web Equipment 1871-1944 66/52 Castles, Town Defences and Artillery Fortifications In the United Kingdom & Ireland By J R Kenyon 69/95 Castles and Fortifications in Ireland 1485 to 1945 by P M Kerrigan 35/38-39 Colonial Armies in Africa 1850-1918 by P Abbott 69/96 Defending Scilly by M Bowden & A Brodie 73/98 Discovering Fortifications by B Lowry 68/135 Dover Castle and the Defence of Dover by J Coad 35/39 Dover Castle, a Frontline Fortress and its Wartime Tunnels by J Croad 74/121 Dover’s Hidden Fortress by J Peverley 39/41 Duelling with Long Toms by D Martin 51/48 English Martello Towers by R M Telling 48/47 Fortress Falmouth (2 Volumes) by D Linzey 52/45 Fortress Ireland by J H McEnery 69/91 Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites by C Tabraham & D Grove 35/40 Fort Morgan by B England & others 56/52 Forts or Follies: A History of Plymouth’s Palmerston Forts by F W Woodward 43/43, 44/42 Front line Kent by V T C Smith 58/44 Gosport in Old Photographs 24/37 Gosport in Old Picture Postcards 24/37 Guns and Carriages by A C Carpenter 47/41-42 Handbook on Martello Towers by R M Telling 48/47 Imperial Defence 1868 to 1887 by Dr D M Schurman 58/43 Into the Jaws of Death by Lt-Col M Snook 69/98 Ironclads at War by J Greene & A Massignami 47/44 Khartoum: The Ultimate Imperial Adventure by M Asher 68/140-141 La Garde Impériale de Napoleon III by L Delporier 56/51 La Neuvieme Croisade 1860-1870 by P Crociani & P Fiorentino 56/50-51 Landguard Fort by P Pattison 68/134 Martello Towers Worldwide by B Clements 73/96-97 Old Sea Forts of Florida and Old Sea Forts of Louisanna & Mississippi) by D Manuel 49/49 Pendenais Castle and St Mawes Castle By P Pattison 70/138 Petersburg 1964-65 by R Field 70/136 Portsmouth in Old Photographs 24/37 Ramparts of Empire by Dr T Crick 73/93-94 Recollections of an Airman by L A Strange 22/30 San Juan Hill 1898 by A Konstom 46/50-51 Sedan 1870 by D Fermer 69/100 Sentinels of Savannah by D Manuel 49/49 Shoot Shoot Shoot by R Lovatt 37/43 Solferino 1859 by R Brooks 70/135 Southsea Castle by S Brooks 38/43-44 Strong as the Rock of Gibralter by Drs Q Hughes & A Migos 34/48 The Austro-Prussian War by G Wawro 42/45 The Brennan Torpedo by A Beanse 40/37 The Campaign of Magenta and Solferino 1859 by H L Wylly 42/45 The Castles of Henry VIII by P Harrington 69/92 The Castles of Pendennis and St Mawes by D Linzey . 48/47-48 The Catalytic Wars: A Study of the Development of Warfare 1860-1870 by P Howes 45/48 The Danish German War 1864 by J Neilson 38/42 The Death of the Prince Imperial in Zululand 1879 by W P Philips 40/37 The Defences of Lower Mobile Bay by D Manuel 49/49 The Defence of the Dardanelles by M Forrest 74/120-121 The First Carlist War 1833-40 by C Cairns 70/137 The First Schleswig-Holstein War 1848-50 by N Svendsen 70/131 The Fortifications of Alderney by C Partridge & T Davenport 30/41 The Fortifications of Gibraltar by D Fa and C Finlayson 68/133 The Forts of the Meuse in World War I by C Donnell 68/132 The Guns and Gunners of Malta by G Rollo 48/48-49 The Head of Captain Danjou by C Richards 68/139-140 The High Road to Command by E Ironside 23/36 The Historic Defences of Plymouth by A Pye & F Woodward 39/41 The History of Archcliffe Fort Dover by D E Welby 23/37 The Italian Campaign of 1859 by W F Knollys 56/51-52 The March to Kandahar by R Atwood 70/133 The Palmerston Forts of the South-West by J Kinross 46/51 The Pope’s Legion by C A Coulombe 73/95 The Schleswig Holstein Revolt 1848-1850 by J Nielson 38/42 The Spanish American War 1898 by A A Nofi 46/51 The Victorian Lines by R C Zammit 38/42-43 Towers of Strength by W H Clements 47/42-43 Twentieth Century Defences in Britain by B Lowry 35/40 Whaley: The Story of HMS Excellent 1830- 1980 24/37 Brading William 36/2-10, 37/2-8, 38/45 Breakwaters: Plymouth and Portland 39/16-21 Brennan Torpedo 25/35-37, 28/3-14, 29/2-16, 30/18-19, 31/26-27, 32/22-30, 35/37 Bricks 77/66-68 Bridge caponiers late 19th century 59/2-9 Bridge rolling (Chatham) 35/29-31, 36/38-39 Bridge rolling Guthries self balanced 15/19-22, 16/13-15, 25/17-22, 26/19-24, 35/32 Bristol Channel (& Swansea) defences 22/27, 50/28-51, 85/1-22 British Defences in 1840s and 1850s 27/21-31 Brummers German 420 mm howitzer & Forts of Liege 47/12-16, 48/2-7 Buffers & Compressors 32/6-8 Building the fortifications: Dartmouth 45/35-36 Spithead 69/32-50 Portsmouth 70/21, 77/66-68 C Canada Esquimalt defences 81/52-90 Halifax defences 43/2-5, 72/40-60 Kingston defences 16/3-8 Quebec Fort No 1 Point Levis 18/6-10 Rideau Canal defences 70/113-125 St. John’s defences 72/61-91 Canteen regimental 59/50 Captured Boer War guns 43/36-39 Caponiers 27/32, 28/30, 54/47-53, 55/17-27, 59/2-9 Carriages Depression 57/33-37 Garrison: see also Traversing platforms High angle RML 9 inch 12 tons 34/29-35 Naval RML 7 inch 6.5 tons (converted) 28/31-32 Naval RML 9 inch 12 tons (converted) 33/17-18 Sliding medium 25/16 Sliding 7 inch 7 tons 27/7-14, 29/17-18 Sliding 8 inch 9 tons elevation 30/21-22 Sliding 9 inch 12 tons (Mark I) 31/7-11, 33/17-21 Sliding 10 inch 18 tons 37/15-20 Sliding 11 inch or 12 inch 25 tons 38/7-9 Sliding 12 inch 35 tons 38/11 Sliding 12.5 inch 38 tons 39/2-14 Small Port 10 inch 18 tons 37/20-21 Small Port 12.5 inch 38 tons 40/2-12 Siege 41/9-23 Cartridge making at Woolwich Arsenal 69/51-52 Cartridges naval for small bore guns 1500-1867 50/19-26 Castries: A Victorian Coaling Station 68/88-111 Census returns for forts 12/8, 50/12-17, 66/35-52 Chads, Admiral Sir Henry Ducie 77/74-83 Charleston defences 52/19-28 Chatham defences 22/3, 25/26-28, 35/2-10 Chatham siege operations 64/35-36 Cherbourg defences 77/74-83 Chevrons 52/28 China: Taku Forts 84/74-80 Christchurch Portsdown time capsule 44/41 Clarke Sir Andrew 31/26-27 Clothing of soldier 46/2-10 Coast defences article 40/13-14 Coast defences of Malta 1800-1958 47/2-8 Commanding officer (gent) 40/31 Commercial ports, British, defences: 14/24-28, 65/11-20 Aberdeen 46/36-48 Barrow-in-Furness 76/26-34 Bristol Channel 22/27, 50/28-51 Clyde (Glasgow) 46/36-48 Cromarty 76/26-34 Downs (Sussex & Kent) 76/82-109 Dartmouth 30/6-12, 45/35-36, 76/26-34 Dundee 46/36-48 Falmouth 74/58-113 Firth of Forth 75/49-96 Hartlepool and Tees 51/31-47 Hollyhead 76/26-34 Humber (Hull) 71/66-89 Inverness 76/26-34 Mersey (Liverpool) 71/99-130, 77/2-37 Orkney 32/31-36, 76/26-34 Peterhead 76/26-34 Scilly Isles 76/26-34 Sunderland (Wear) 67/3-18 Tyne 67/3-18 Commissions purchase of 34/23 Compressors & buffers 32/6-8 Constructing heavy RML guns 33/25-26 Contract War Dept Schedules for work 38/34-41, 41/2-8 Cork defences (Irish Republic) 42/18-40 Crossman William 20/29 Cuisine in the Army 53/40-49, 59/45-50 D Dardanelles Defences 74/20-57 Dartmouth defences 30/2-12, 45/35-36, 76/26-34 Defences of the Commercial Ports of Great Britain 65/11-20, 66/52, 67/61 Degaussing establishment at Coalhouse Fort 65/2-10 Depression carriage 57/31-37 Depression range finders – see Range finders Derricks ammunition 31/19, 32/13-14 Design of Fortifications 20/26-30, 21/11-12, 22/9-15, 26/14-15, 41/44-45, 84/22-48 Development of Explosives and Propellants 44/23-26, 45/21-26, 46/11-19, 47/25-31, 48/37-46, 49/30-39, 51/2-6, 52/29-36, 53/17-24, 54/2-14 55/2-16, 56/2-10, 58/2-10, 61/2-9, 62/49 Diet (& rations) of Tommy Atkins 53/40-49 Disablement or destruction of guns by gun cotton 48/8 Disappearing Guns: Counterweight Mountings RBL 7 inch 14/19-22, 27/20, 46/28-35 Counterweight Mountings RML 64 pdr 18/30, 46/28-35 Counterweight Mountings RML 7 inch 7 ton 14/18-23, 15/31, 18/27-31, 22/29, 45/28-34, 46/28-35 Counterweight Mountings RML 9 inch 12 ton 14/21, 15/30, 22/29, 28/34, 36/42, 48/9-18 Hydropneumatic siege mountings 41/9-20 Hydropneumatic 5 inch BL 41/21-23 Hydropneumatic 6 inch, 8 inch, 9.2 inch and 13.5 inch BL . 49/20-29 Hydropneumatic 10 inch BL 40/30-31, 41/45, 49/20-29 Dorchester Barracks 44/37-40 Dover Defences 25/28-30, 27/23, 35/39, 39/41, 48/23-36, 70/56-74 Drill repository 43/6-8, 78/80-100 Du Cane Edmund 18/14-17, 19/32-33, 20/29, 86/83-92 Dudley Powder pneumatic gun 51/29-30 Dundee defences 46/36-48 Durnford, Anthony William RE 80/13-21 Dynamite gun site at Hilton Head (South Carolina) 49/18 Dynamite gun Zalinski 47/17-22, 48/49, 51/19-28 E Egypt: Alexandria defences 28/34, 36/42 Electric light defences 24/27-28, 30/19-20 Elswick Ordnance Co 30/29-40 Enlistment 40/16 Equipment of a soldier 46/2-10 Etiquette in the army 43/42 Experiments at Stokes Bay 24/27-28 Explosives & Propellants: Blasting 47/25-31, 51/2-6 Cordite 54/2-14 Development of 44/23-26 Friction devices 58/2-10, Gunpowder 35/38, 44/23-26, 45/21-26, 46/11-19 Ignition devices 55/2-16 Lydidte 52/29-36 Nitrocellulose 48/37-46 Nitro-glycerine 49/30-39, 51/2-6 Percussion Caps & Priming 56/2-10 Smokeless Propellants 53/17-24 Trinitrotoluene (TNT) 61/2-9, 62/49 F Fall of French forts – Verdun 40/20 Falmouth Defences 74/58-113 Feast truly gargantuan 55/16 Fire control artillery 33/2-3, 33/4-14, 34/5-16, 35/37, 78/40-58 Fire fighting in fortifications 21/20-26 Firing the guns 33/4-14, 33/5-16 Flags, signalling 31/2 Flank defences 27/32, 28/30 Follies of War – WW II use of Palmerston fortifications 18/1-6 Forms army G.854 Cartridge & Gunpowder Record 32/19 G.855 Shell Record 32/20 G.856 Fuse & Tube Record 32/21 G.880 Magazine Regulations 32/15-16 Forth Defences 75/49-96 Fortifications definition 41/44-45 Fortification design of 20/26-30, 21/11-12, 22/9-15, 26/14-15, 84/22-48 Forts & Batteries: GREAT BRITAIN Abbs Point Battery (Tyne-Tees) FL 67/3-18 Fort Albert (Portsmouth) FL 26/32, 27/25-26, 31/26-27 Agaton Fort (Plymouth) FL Angelgate Battery (Harwich) 76/35-81 Archcliffe Fort (Dover) FL Ardhallow Battery (Clyde) FL 46/36-48 Fort Austin (Plymouth) FL Beach Battery (Aberdeen) FL 46/36-48 Beacon Hill Battery (Harwich) 76/35-81 Fort Bembridge (Portsmouth) FL 84/83-85 Blacknor Battery (Portland) FL Fort Blockhouse (Portsmouth) FL 27/22 Boom Batteries (Medway) 86/19-31 Fort Borstal (Chatham) FL 17/1-9, 18/32, 22/2-3, 25/27, 35/29-31 Fort Bovisand (Plymouth) FL 34/11-14 Bowden Fort (Plymouth) FL Breakwater Fort (Plymouth) FL 34/10-11, 52/3-18 Breakwater Fort (Portland) FL Breakwater Batteries (Portland) FL 83/97-100 Breandown Battery (Bristol Channel) FL 50/28-51 Fort Bridgewoods (Chatham) FL 25/27 Fort Brockhurst (Portsmouth) FL 26/18, 75/1-19 Broughty (Ferry) Castle (Dundee) FL 46/36-48 Browndown Battery (Portsmouth) FL 9, 60/37-52 Brownhill Battery (Plymouth) FL Fort Burgoyne (Dover) FL 21/7-10, 22/12-15, 25/29 Calshot Castle (Portsmouth) FL 69/70-82 Carlingnose Battery (Forth) FL 75/49-96 Castle Green Battery (Dundee) FL 46/36-48 Cawsands Bay Battery (Plymouth) FL Cemetery Battery (Tyne-Tees) FL 51/31-47 Chapel Bay Battery (Milford Haven) FL 62/2-42 Cliffe End Battery (Portsmouth) FL Cliffe Fort (Thames) FL 25/24 & 36-37, 29/15-16 Cliffords Fort (Tyne-Tees) FL 67/3-18 Clipera Point Battery (Holyhead) 73/1-12 Cloch Point Battery (Clyde) FL 46/36-4847 Coalhouse QF Battery (Thames) FL Coalhouse Fort (Thames) FL 25/23, 65/2-10 Coastguard Battery (Forth) FL 75/49-96 Cockness Tower (Orkney) 32/32-33, 70/30-33&45-48 Crab Quay Battery (Falmouth) FL 74/58-113 Crookhorn Redoubt (Portsmouth) FL Crosby Battery (Mersey) FL 71/100&109-118 Crownhill Fort (Plymouth) FL 19/21-32, 20/12-23, 21/27-28, 22/16-17, 26/18, 34/27-28 Culver Down Battery (Portsmouth) FL Cumberland Battery (Portsmouth) FL Fort Cumberland (Portsmouth) FL Dale Fort (Milford Haven) FL 47/21-22, 51/19-28, 62/2-42, 84/100-102 Dalmeny Battery (Forth) FL 75/49-96 Fort Darland (Chatham) FL 25/27 Darnet Fort (Chatham) FL 25/26, 29/25-27 Darrel’s Battery (Harwich) 76/35-81 Dartmouth Castle & Battery (West Country) FL 30/6-12, 45/35-36 Defensible Barracks (Milford Haven) FL 62/2-42 Devils Point Battery (Plymouth) FL Dover Castle (Dover) 25/28 Dover Turret (Dover) FL 16/23-26, 17/11-21, 18/23-26, 19/14-17, 20/2-7, 23/16-18, 25/29-30, 34/2-4, 84/35-36 Dover Western Heights (Kent) FL 25/29, 48/23-36 Drakes Island (Plymouth) FL Dumbarton Castle (Clyde) FL 46/36-48, 70/33-39 Dungeness Batteries (Kent) FL Dymchurch Redoubt (Kent) FL 76/82-109 East Blockhouse Battery (Milford Haven) FL 62/2-42 Eastbourne Redoubt (Sussex) FL 76/82-109 Eastern Kings Redoubt (Plymouth) FL East Tilbury Battery (Thames) FL 25/23, 64/30-34 East Weare Batteries (Portland) FL 82/83-100 Eastney Batteries (Portsmouth) FL 10/6-7, 24/29-32, 25/2-10, 53/2-16 Efford Fort (Plymouth) FL 79/97-102 Egg Buckland Keep (Plymouth) FL Fort Elson (Portsmouth) FL 40/35-36 Ernesettle Fort (Plymouth) FL Fort Fareham (Portsmouth) FL 8, 18/14-17, 21/21, 28/32, 41/39&43, 56/11-34 Farlington Redoubt (Portsmouth) FL Flatholm Island Batteries (Bristol Channel) FL 22/24-26, 45/29, 50/28-51 Forder Battery (Plymouth) FL Fowey Battery (West country) FL Frenchmans Point Battery (Tyne-Tees) FL 67/3-18 Freshwater Redoubt (Portsmouth) FL 27/29, 36/2-8, 40/32-34 Frobisher Battery (Plymouth) FL Garden & Earl’s Batteries (Plymouth) FL Garrison Point Fort (Medway) FL 25/26, 29/16 Fort George (Inverness) FL 70/26-30&40-45 Fort Gilkicker (Portsmouth) FL 15/13-18, 23/32-35, 30/22, 31/28-31, 34/17-23, 39/22-36, 83/44-63, 85/30-71 Golden Hill Fort (Portsmouth) FL Fort Gomer (Portsmouth) FL 26/18, 26/35-37, 27/29, 30/23-26, 61/26-28, 86/41-54 Grain Battery (Medway) FL 25/25 Grain Fort (Medway) FL 25/25, 48/19-22 Grain Tower (Medway) FL 25/25 Fort Grange (Portsmouth) FL 28/32 Grange Redoubt (Chatham) FL 25/27 see Twydall Grenville Battery (Plymouth) FL Hackness Tower & Battery (Orkney) FL 32/32-36, 70/30-33&45-48 Harwich Redoubt (Harwich) 76/35-81 Hatherwood Battery (Portsmouth) FL 84/34 Hawkins Battery (Plymouth) FL 36/33-37 Heugh Battery (Tyne-Tees) FL 51/31-47, 70/126-129 Hilpsford Point Battery (Barrow-in-Furness) 73/1-12 Hilsea Lines (Portsmouth) FL 37/5-7, 38/1- 2, 49/2-6 Hoo Fort (Chatham) FL 25/26, 29/25-27 Hope Battery (Thames) 64/28-29 Horsesand Fort (Portsmouth) FL 28/15-29, 28/35-37, 29/32, 84/35 84/44-45 Fort Horstead (Chatham) FL 25/27 Hospital Battery (Dover) FL 25/28 Hubberstone Fort (Milford Haven) FL 62/2-42 Hurst Castle (Portsmouth) FL 27/24, 27/27, 37/4-5, 66/52, 72/1-9, 73/37-69, 76/25 Ilfracombe Beacon Point Battery (West country) FL Inchgarvie Battery (Forth) FL 75/49-96 Inner Pier Head Battery (Portland) FL Inchkeith Batteries (Forth) FL 75/49-96 Isle of Grain Battery (Medway) FL Kinghorn Battery (Forth) FL 75/49-96 Knatterbury Fort (Plymouth) FL Knowles Battery (Plymouth) FL Landguard Fort and Batteries (Harwich) FL 51/9-16, 76/35-81, 80/22-27 Laira Battery (Plymouth) FL Langley Fort (Sussex) FL 76/82-109 Langdon Battery (Dover) FL Langstone Redoubt (Portsmouth) FL Lavernock Battery (Bristol Channel) FL 50/28-51 Leith Fort & Martello Tower (Forth) FL 78/80-100 Lentney Battery (Plymouth) FL Lighthouse Battery (Tyne-Tees) FL 51/31-47 Lindisfarne Castle (Northumberland) FL 70/23-24&49-53 Liscard Battery (Mersey) FL 71/100-105 Littlehampton Fort (Sussex) FL 76/82-109 Long Curtain (Portsmouth) FL 79/20-50, 81/8-12 Lord Howard’s Battery (Plymouth) FL Lumps Fort (Portsmouth) FL 10/3-6, 30/22, 68/131, 83/71-96 Fort Luton (Chatham) FL 25/27, 35/29-31 Maker Battery (Plymouth) FL Fort Matilda (Clyde) FL 46/36-48 Military Road (Isle of Wight) FL Fort Monckton (Portsmouth) FL 24/17-23, 26/33-34, 34/18-21 Mumbles Battery (Swansea) FL 11/5-8, 50/28-51 Nell’s Point Battery (Bristol Channel) FL 50/28-51 Fort Nelson (Portsmouth) FL, 11/3 & 9-16, 12/12,13&16, 14/11-16, 16/27-32, 19/32-33, 20/31-32, 21/22-23, 22/28, 23/9-15, 24/2-7, 25/17-22 & 24, 28/32, 30/20, 31/16, 41/37-38, 45/2-20, 48/19-22, 50/12-17, 59/10-23, 61/10-18 Newhaven Fort & Batteries (Sussex) FL 76/82-109 New Needles Battery (Portsmouth) FL New Tavern Fort (Thames) FL 25/24, 31/19 Nodes Point Battery (Portsmouth) FL 66/2-7 Nomansland Fort (Portsmouth) FL 28/15-29, 29/28-32 North Fort (Mersey) FL 71/100-105, 77/2-37 North-East Martello Tower (Milford Haven) FL 62/2-42 Nothe Fort (Portland) FL 78/59 Old Needles Battery (Portsmouth) FL 78/30-39 Padstow Battery (West country) FL Palliser Battery (Tyne-Tees) 51/31-47 Pasley Battery (Tyne-Tees) 51/31-47 Pater Battery (Milford Haven) FL 62/2-42 Paull Point Battery (Humberside) FL 71/72-84, 85/102 Pembroke Defensible Barracks (Milford Haven) FL 62/2-42 Pendennis Castle (Falmouth) FL 74/58-113 Penlee Battery (Plymouth) FL 73/70-91 Penarth Battery (Bristol Channel) FL 50/28-51 Fort Perch Rock (Mersey) FL 71/100-125 Fort Picklecombe (Plymouth) FL Piers Cellars Torpedo Station (Plymouth) FL 33/28 Point Battery (Portsmouth) FL 27/23, 79/20-50 Polhawn Battery (Plymouth) FL Popton Fort (Milford Haven) FL 62/2-42, 68/20-27 Portishead Battery (Bristol) FL 84/1-21 Portkill Battery (Clyde) FL 46/36-48 Portsea Lines (Portsmouth) 79/20-50 Portsmouth Lines (Portsmouth) 79/20-50 Puckpool Battery (Portsmouth) FL 21/31, 27/2-6, 28/33 Fort Purbrook (Portsmouth) FL 10/8-9, 21/25, 23/29-31, 30/20, 84/24-28 Queensborough Lines (Medway) 25/26 Raleigh Battery (Plymouth) FL 40/21-31 Rame Church Battery (Plymouth) FL 73/70-91 Redan Battery (Aldershot) 79/93-96 Redcliff Battery (Portsmouth) FL 84/88-91, 86/93-98 Renney Battery (Plymouth) FL Roker Battery (Tyne-Tees) 67/3-18 Fort Rowner (Portsmouth) FL 26/18 Rye Battery (Gun Garden) (Sussex) FL 72/17-24 St. Anthony Battery (Falmouth) FL 74/58-113 St. Catherines Fort (Milford Haven) FL 13/3-11, 62/2-42, 84/55-73 St. Helens Fort (Portsmouth) FL 61/19-25, 84/37 St. Ives Battery (West Country) FL St. Mawes Castle (Falmouth) FL 74/58-113 Salisbury Pier Battery (Mersey) FL Sandown Barrack Battery (Portsmouth) FL 82/62-76 Sandown (Granite) Fort (Portsmouth) FL 84/91-96 Fort Scoveston (Milford Haven) FL 38/32-33, 61/2-42 Fort Scraesdon (Plymouth) FL Seaforth Battery (Mersey) FL 71/100-121 Shoreham Redoubt (Sussex) FL 27/28, 76/82-109 Shornmead Fort (Thames) FL 25/24, 45/37-46, 46/52 Shotley Point Battery (Harwich) FL 76/35-81 Shotyard Battery (Dover) FL 25/28 Shoulder of Mutton Battery (Dover) FL 25/28 Slough Fort (Thames) FL 25/24, 27/33-36, 86/99-101 Soldiers Rock Battery (Milford Haven) 62/2-42 South Front Battery (Dover) FL South Gare Battery (Tyne-Tees) FL 51/31-47 South Hook Fort (Milford Haven) FL 62/2-42 South Lines (Dover) FL South-West Martello Tower (Milford Haven) FL 62/2-42 Southsea Castle (Portsmouth) FL 30/20, 38/43-44, 86/75-82 Fort Southwick (Portsmouth) FL 21/23, 37/38-41 Spanish Battery (Tyne-Tees) FL 67/3-18 Spitbank Fort (Portsmouth) FL 29/31-32, 41/24-36 Stack Rock Fort (Milford Haven) FL 62/2-42 Fort Staddon (Plymouth) FL Staddon Batteries (Plymouth) FL Stallingborough Battery (Humberside) FL Fort Stamford (Plymouth) FL Steepholm Batteries (Bristol Channel) FL 50/28-51, 85/1-22 Steyenwood HA Battery (Portsmouth) FL 84/86-88 Stokes Bay Lines (Portsmouth) FL 9, 30/20 Sturbridge Fort (Portsmouth) FL Thorn Island Fort (Milford Haven) FL 62/2-42 Tilbury Fort (Thames) FL 25/23, 58/18-31 Trow Point Battery (Tyne-Tees) FL Torry Point Battery (Aberdeen) FL 46/36-48 Fort Tregantle (Plymouth) FL Tregantle Down H.A Battery (Plymouth) FL 37/9-14 Twydall Redoubts (Chatham) FL 25/27, 31/6, 43/25-28, 61/43-46 Tynemouth Castle Battery (Tyne-Tees) FL 67/3-18, 70/130 Upton Battery (Portland) FL Verne (Portland) FL 12/11-17, 26/19, 26/23-24, 46/21-27 Verne Quarry HA Battery (Portland) FL Fort Victoria (Portsmouth) FL 27/24-26 Fort Victoria (Osborne House) 85/72-76 Fort Wallington (Portsmouth) FL 28/32, 37/15-18, 57/8 Walney Battery (Barrow-in-Furness) 73/1-12 Warden Point Battery (Portsmouth) FL 36/21-22, 76/25 Watch House Break Battery (Plymouth) FL Wave Basin Battery (Tyne-Tees) FL 67/3-18 West Blockhouse Fort & Battery (Milford Haven) FL 62/2-42 Western Heights (Dover) FL 25/29, 48/23-36 Western Kings Redoubt (Plymouth) FL Whitesand Bay Battery (Plymouth) FL 33/27-29, 71/41-65 Fort Widley (Portsmouth) FL 21/24-25, 26/18, 48/19-22, 51/7-8 Woodland Redoubt (Chatham) FL 25/27 see Twydall Woodlands Fort (Plymouth) FL Yaverland Battery (Portsmouth) FL 72/92-113, 84/96-99 ALDERNEY The Arsenal & Shore Establishment 82/23-25 Braye Battery FL, 82/18-19 Fort Albert FL 30/13-17, 82/9-10, 82/26-30, 83/1-38 Fort Chateau á L/Etoc FL 30/13-17, 82/30-33, 83/28-29 Fort Clonque FL 30/13-17, 82/12-13, 83/16 Fort Corblets FL 30/13-17, 82/33-34, 83/30 Fort Doyle FL 30/13-17, 82/17-18, 83/18-19 Fort Essex 30/13-17, 82/39-40, 83/13,34-35 Fort Grosnez FL 30/13-17, 82/20-22, 83/20-22 Fort les Hommeaux Florains FL 30/13-17, 82/34-35 Fort Houmet Herbé FL 30/13-17, 82/37-34 Longy Lines FL 30/13-17, 82/38-39, 83/33 Mount Hale Battery FL 82/26 Platte Saline Battery FL 30/13-17, 82/17 Rat Island Fort FL 30/13-17, 82/38, 83/32 Roselle Battery FL 82/23, 83/1-38 Fort Quesnard FL 30/13-17, 82/36, 83/31 Fort Tourgis FL 30/13-17, 82/14-16, 83/16-18 ASCENSION Fort Thornton (Fort Cockburn), Fort Hayes, Cottage Battery, Fort Bedford 76/1-24 AUSTRALIA Fort Lytton (Queensland) 34/24-26 Fort Glanville (South Australia) 69/53-65, 71/131-133 BELGIUM Fort Lonçin 47/12-16 CANADA Brothers Island Battery, Finlayson Point Battery, Macaulay Point Battery, Rodd Hill Batteries, Signal Hill Battery, Victoria Point Battery (Esquimalt) 81/52-90 Fort Frederick (Kingston) 16/5-6 Fort McNab, Ives Point Battery, Hugonin Battery, York Redoubt, Connaught Battery (Halifax) 43/2-5, 72/40-60 Fort Henry (Kingston) 16/5-6 Madawaska Blockhouse (New Brunswick) 73/15-36 Fort No 1 Point Levis (Quebec) 18/6-10 Prince Edward Battery (Prince Edward Island) 72/10-16 Fort Amherst, Chain Rock Battery, Queens Battery, Quiddy Viddy Battery, Waldegrave Battery, Fort William (St. John’s) 72/61-91 CUBA Havanna: Batteries 1 to 5, La Punta Battery, Santa Clara Battery, Velasco Battery 44/11-21, 67/59-60 DENMARK Trekroner Fort (Copenhagen) 37/42, 38/45 GIBRALTAR Napier of Magdala Battery (100 ton gun) 36/40-41, 55/28 GUERNSEY Brehon Tower FL 68/59-87 Castle Cornet FL 68/59-87 Fort Doyle FL 68/59-87 Fort George incl Clarence Battery, Fort Irwin, and Town Point Battery FL 68/59-87 Fort Hommet FL 68/59-87 Fort Le Crocq FL 68/59-87 Fort Le Marchant FL 68/59-87 Fort Richmond FL 68/59-87 Mont Crevelt FL 68/59-87 HONG KONG BL 6 inch Mk V Batteries 86/55-71 BL 10 inch Batteries 46/20 Lye Mun Torpedo Station 26/25-32 IRELAND Ardaragh Battery (Berehaven) 37/23-37, 74/114-119 Ardnakinna Battery (Berehaven) 37/23-37, 74/114-119 Fort Camden (Cork) 42/18-40 Fort Carlisle (Cork) 42/18-40 Derrycreveen Battery (Berehaven) 37/23-37, 74/114-119 Fort Dunree (Lough Swilly) 35/11-28 Greencastle Fort (Lough Foyle) 35/11-28 Inch Fort (Lough Swilly) 35/11-28 Kilcolta Battery (Cork) 42/18-40 Knockalla Fort (Lough Swilly) 35/11-28 Lenan Head Battery (Lough Swilly) 35/11-28 Lonehort Battery (Berehaven) 37/23-37, 74/114-119 Macamish Fort (Lough Swilly) 35/11-28 Neds Point Fort (Lough Swilly) 35/11-28 Rathmullen Fort (Lough Swilly) 35/11-28 Reenduff Battery (Berehaven) 37/23-37, 74/114-119 Rerrin Battery (Berehaven) 37/23-37 Fort Templebreedy (Cork) 42/18-40 Fort Westmoreland (Cork) 42/18-40 ISLES OF SCILLY Bants Carn Battery FL 81/13-38 Steval Battery FL 81/13-38 Steval Point Battery FL 81/13-38 Woolpack Battery FL 81/13-38 JERSEY Elizabeth Castle 57/23-31 Catel Fort, Havre des Pas Tower, Kempt Tower, La Crete Fort, L’Etac Tower, L’Etaquerel Fort, Lewis Tower, Pier Fort, St Aubins Fort, South Hill Battery, and Victoria Tower 63/19-35 MALTA Fort Ricasoli 32/22-30 Fort Rinella (100 ton gun) 42/8-11 Fort St Rocco 40/17-20 Fort Tigné 32/22-30 NEW ZEALAND Auckland (North Island): Fort Bastion, North Head Batteries, Fort Resolution, Fort Takapuna & Fort Victoria 57/9-22 Dunedin (South Island): Fort Taiaroa and batteries 53/30-34, 57/19-20 Lyttleton (South Island): Battery Point Battery, Erskine Point Battery, Fort Jervois, and Spur Point Battery 53/34-37, 57/20 Wellington (North Island): Fort Ballance, Fort Buckley, Garden Battery, Fort Gordon, Gordon Point Battery, Halswell Battery, Kau Point Battery, Fort Kelburne and Low Battery 57/9-22 NORWAY Fredriksten Fortress (Halden) 58/18-31, 68/28-58 Glomma Line and Frontier Forts: (Bjørnås Battery, Fetsund Battery, Greåker Battery, Gråkol Battery, Gydelås Battery, Hjelmkollen Fort, Høgås Battery, Høyos Battery, Isesjø Battery, Kyellås Battery, Langnes Battery, Orkeröd Battery, Ørje North & South Forts, Sarpsborg East & West Batteries, Skoro North & South Batteries, Staås Battery, Urskog Fort, Varde Fort, Veden Battery, Vetaåsen & Vittenbergåsen Batteries) 68/28-58 Orscarsborg Fortress (Drøbak): (Husvik Battery, Klingerud Battery, Kopås Battery, Nesset Battery, Seiersten Battery & Veisving Battery) 64/2-27 Tønsåsen Battery 69/83-90 PUERTO RICO San Juan: El Morro Fortress, San Cristobal Fortress & Batteries 44/2-11 ST LUCIA Castries: La Toc Batteries, Meadows Battery, Morne Battery, Rodney Battery & Vigie Batteries 68/88-111, 77/69-73 SOUTH AFRICA Fort Durnford 80/17-20 Fort Schanskop, Fort Wonderboompoort, Fort Klapperkop and Fort Daspoortrand 79/9-12 Fort Wynyard 85/90-101 SPAIN La Mola Fortress (Menorca) 73/102-104 TURKEY Defences of the Dardanelles 74/20-57 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Advanced Redoubt (Florida) 23/21-28 Battery Burchstead (Florida) 68/5-19 Battery Chamberlin (California) 68/5-19 Battery Laidley (Florida) 68/5-19 Fort Anderson (North Carolina) 52/19-28 Fort Barrancas (Florida) 23/21-28 Fort Caswell (North Carolina) 52/19-28 Fort Clinch (Florida) 23/21-28 East Martello (Florida) 23/21-28 Fort Fisher (North Carolina) 52/19-28 Fort Fremont (South Carolina) 49/12-19 Fort Howell (South Carolina) 49/12-19 Golden Gate defences (California) 70/81-112 Fort Jackson (Georgia) 49/12-19 Fort Jefferson (Florida) 23/21-28 Fort Macon (North Carolina) 52/19-28 Fort Madison (Maine) 73/15-36 Fort McAllister (Georgia) 49/12-19 Fort Mitchel (South Carolina) 49/12-19 Fort Moultrie (South Carolina) 52/19-28 Fort O’Brein (Maine) 73/15-36 Fort Pickens (Florida) 23/21-28 Castle Pinckney (South Carolina) 52/19-28 Fort Pulaski (Georgia) 49/12-19 Fort Screven (Georgia) 49/12-19 Fort Sherman (South Carolina) 49/12-19 Fort Sumter (South Carolina) 52/19-28 Fort Washington (Maryland) 72/114-149 Fort (Zachary) Taylor (Florida) 23/21-28 Furgussen James 9/8 G Gardner & Gatling machine guns 60/2-8 Garrison Artillery 19/18-20, 22/28 Gas check 17/22, 52/36 German Brummers 420 mm howitzers & Liege 47/12-16, 48/2-7 Gibraltar defences 28/30, 36/40-41, 55/28 Gladstone W.E. letter from Lord Palmerston 24/36 Glasgow defences 46/36-48 Glossary of Victorian fortification terms 19/34-36, 20/33-37, 21/32-37, 22/31-35 Gordon Boys Home 38/15-18 Gosport advanced line 9, 19/18-20, 27/29-31, 29/21-22, 30/20 Great Britain defences 65/2-10, 66/52, 75/97-106 Guernsey Forts & Batteries 68/59-87 Guns: Accidents 40/32-34, 77/84-85 Boer guns 63/2-18, 58/11-17, 77/62-64 BL 3 pdr QF 62/43-46 BL 12½ pdr QF 68/113-120 BL 4 inch 45/38-41, 66/8-9 BL 5 inch 41/21-23, 65/38-41, 66/8-9 BL 6 inch and 8 inch 48/20-29, 77/58-60, 82/44-46 BL 6 inch Mark V 86/55-71 BL 9.2 inch 39/24-31, 43/40-42, 49/20-29, 77/61-62 77/86-94, 85/1-22 BL 10 inch 40/28-31, 43/2-5, 46/20, 49/20-29 BL 12 inch 47 tons 28/23 BL 13.5 inch 49/20-29 Construction RMLs 33/25-26 Development in late 19th Century 80/54-58 Definition of Terms c1855 38/3-6 Experiments at Shoeburyness 14/9-10, 16/11, 26/14-18, Firing the guns 33/4-14, 34/5-16 High angle fire 36/19-32, 43/40-42 Horsfall Gun 86/75-82 Howitzer RML 6.3, 6.6 & 8 inch 19/1-10, 21/12, 41/17-20, 52/37-44, 54/15-46 Howitzer BL 6 inch 79/4-8, 81/91 Howitzer BL 9.2-inch Siege 81/91-102 Howitzer BL 9.45 inch 79/15-18, 81/93-95 Howitzer BL 18-inch 77/ Krupp BL Howitzer 1893 51/17, 56/45-47 Krupp guns (Boer) 66/11-31, 67/60 Krupp 60 mm 68/112-130 Maxim .445 MG 63/36-49, 65/21-37, 68/112-130, 77/43-44 Maxim 37mm Pom Pom 77/45-47 Mortar Mallets 31/22-25, 32/9-10 & 36 Mortar 13 inch 18/11-17, 21/31, 28/33, 58/32-41 Naval SBs 1550-1867 50/19-26 Nordenfelt 1-inch 60/2-8, 77/44-45, 80/56-57 Pneumatic Dudley Powder 51/29-30 Pneumatic Dynamite, Holland 47/23 Pneumatic Dynamite, Sims Dudley 47/24 Pneumatic Dynamite, Zalinski 47/17-24, 48/49, 51/19-28, 86/72-74 Railway Guns 77/40-65 RBL 12 pr 84/74-80 RBL 40 pr 37/8 RBL 7 inch 13/19-21, 19/10-12, 27/20, 46/28-35 RML 2.5 inch mountain 57/32, 68/112-130 RML 64 pr 22/7-11, 27/16-20, 41/10-16, 46/28-35, 61/26-28 RML 7 inch 22/19-20, 46/28-35 RML 8 inch 30/22 RML 9 inch 33/22-24, 34/36, 36/21-32, 36/42, 43/6-8, 48/9-18 RML 10 inch 36/25 & 30, 37/22, 45/48-49 RML 10.4 inch 27/2-5 RML 11 inch 38/12-15 RML 12 inch 38/12-15 RML 12.5 inch 21/29, 29/28-31, 39/38-40, 43/44-45, 44/43-44 RML 16 inch (80 ton) 16/10 (see Dover Turret) RML 17.72 inch (100 ton) 14/8, 18/19-20, 21/2-4, 24/24-25, 36/40-41, 42/9-11 SBBL 32 pr 24/14, 28/30, 34/27-28, 59/31- 41 Quick Firers used for Coast Defence 80/54-83 QF 3pr 77/47-52, 80/67 QF 6pr 77/52-53, 80/58-66 QF 12pr 77/54-55, 80/67-75 QF Nordenfeldt Maxim 12½ pdr 68/113-120 QF 4.7-inch 77/56-58, 80/75-78, 81/91-93 QF vs. Torpedo Boats 70/75-80, 80/1-12 Gun barges 81/8-12 Gun Boats, Harbour Defence 84/29 Gun-cotton disablement or destruction of guns by 48/8 & 49 Gun Drills: Repository 43/6-8, 78/80-100 RML 64 pdr 22/7-11 RML 9 inch H.A 37/12-13 RML 12.5 inch 29/30-31 RML 16 inch (80 ton) 20/2-6 Gun emplacement identifying 36/9-16 Gun groping and ammunition storage at Forts Widley and Nelson 48/19-22, 51/7-8 Guthries self balanced rolling bridge 15/19-22, 16/13-15, 25/17-22, 26/19-24, 35/32 H Haldane Reforms 83/64-70 Hartlepool and Tees defences 51/31-47 Harwich Defences 76/35-81 Havana defences (Cuba) 44/2-21, 67/59-60 Haxo Casemates Crownhill Fort 21/27-28 Fort Fareham 8, 56/11-34 Heliograph 31/2-3 High angle batteries 36/19-37, 37/9-14 Hilton Head defences (S. Carolina) 49/12-19 Hoists, Cartridge & Shell 69/53-65 Hong Kong defences 26/25-32, 46/20, 86/55-71 Hospitals 47/34, 72/25-32 Hull defences 71/66-89 I Identifying gun emplacements 36/9-16 Inglis Colonel J letter (dated 25.4.12) to W F D Jervois 46/49 Ireland: Berehaven defences 37/23-37 Cork defences 42/18-39 Lough Foyle defences 35/11-28 Lough Swilly defences 35/11-28 Ironclad circular Vice-Admiral Novagarod & the Popov 55/35-37, 56/48-49 Isle of Wight defences 82/56-78, 84/81-99 J Jameson Raid artillery of 68/112-130 Jersey 57/23-31, 63/19-35 Jervois Sir W F D 9, 20/26-29, 23/9-15, 27/24, 27/30, 46/49 Jubilee shot 1887 43/40-42, 77/84-94 K Keys at Fort Nelson 61/10-18 Khaki 49/48 Kingston defences (Canada) 16/3-8 L Laboratories Abstract of Proceedings Director of Artillery 39/15 General description 11/10, 31/16, 38/19-25 Implements 38/29-31 Regulations 1899 38/26-28 Lamps and Lighting Both-ways lamps 22/17-18 Candles 23/8 Dover Turret 23/16-18 Fighting lamps 22/19-21, 25/31-33, 32/2-5, 33/35 Hand lamps 22/22, 33/15-16 Miscellaneous lamps 22/22-23 Fort Nelson 24/2-7 Overhead lamps 22/18-19 Passages lamps 23/5 Performance 23/7-8 Recesses & Tunnels lamps 23/2-5, 45/4 & 17 Regulations 23/6-7, 33/16 Rooms lamp 23/5 Signalling lamps 31/3-6, 43/9-11 Tracing lamps 25/33 Wall lamps 22/21-22, 45/17 Late 19th century Bridge caponiers 59/2-9 Leather, John Towlerton 62/48, 69/32-50 Letter Colonel J Inglis to W F D Jervois (25.4.1882) 46/49 Letter Lord Palmerston to W E Gladstone 24/36 Lettering in Victorian forts 47/9-11 Life for the soldier, Tommy Atkins 46/2-10, 50/2-17, 53/40-49 Life in the forts 15/13-15, 26/33-37, 30/23-26 Liege Forts & German 420 mm howitzers 47/12-16 London Mobilisation Centres 43/12-24, 44/22 & 45 Longhope Sound defences (Orkneys) 32/31-36 Lundy Island 31/20-21 M Machine guns in the Victorian army 60/2-8, 63/36-49, 77/43-47 Magazines: Browndown Battery 9 Clothing 36/39, 38/25 Committee on 25/33 Fort Nelson 11/10-16, 16/27-32, 59/10-23 Marchwood 37/2-4 Regulations 1881 & 1902 (India) 32/15-21, 66/32-33 Plymouth defences 26/6 Magazines, expense: Crownhill Fort 21/27-28, 22/16-17 Fuze &Tube locker 45/6 & 14 Fort Nelson 20/31-32, 45/2-20 Plymouth defences 26/6 Mallet’s mortar 31/22-25, 32/9-10 & 36 Malta Brennan torpedo station 32/22-30 Coast defence 1800-1958 47/2-8 Mounting guns in 1880 33/31-32 8 inch RML howitzer 54/19-46 Semaphore tower at Gharghur 55/29-31 Manning the Forts 10/10-11, 33/33-34, 71/90-98 Mantlets 57/2-7 Married quarters & marriage (Tommy Atkins) 50/2-17 McKnight Mrs M L resident of Fort Gilkicker 1907 15/13-15 Medals: Afghanistan Medal 78/28-29 Baltic Medal 80/48-53 Canada General Service Medal 82/79-82 China War Medals 84/49-54 Crimea Medal 80/48-53 Egypt Medal 79/51-54 Indian General Service Medal 81/39-45 India Medal 81/39-45 Khedive Star 79/51-54 Khedive’s Sudan Medal 83/39-43 New Zealand Medal 85/77-79 North West Canada Medal 82/79-82 Queen’s Sudan Medal 83/39-43 South African Medal 77/38-39, 86/32-40 Medical inspection of recruits 47/32-34 Medway defences 25/24-28, 86/19-31 Menere disappearing gun carriage 60/29-34 Mersey defences 71/99-130, 77/2-37 Milford Haven defences 13/3-11, 27/23 & 27-29, 62/2-42, 68/20-27 Moncrieff Counterweight mountings RBL 7 inch 14/19-22, 27/20 Counterweight mountings RML 64 pdr 18/30, 46/35 Counterweight mountings RML 7 inch 7 ton 14/18-23, 15/31, 18/27 & 30-31, 22/29, 46/28-35 Counterweight mountings RML 9 inch 12 ton 14/17-23, 15/30, 22/29, 28/34, 36/42, 48/9-18 History 12/18-23, 13/12-18, 14/17-23, 15/23-34, 16/16-22, 17/23-33, 18/27-32, 22/29-30, 35/35, 84/38-39 Hydropneumatic mountings 49/20-29 Hydropneumatic siege mountings 41/9-20 Monster guns of the Boer War 63/2-18 Mortars Portsmouth forts 18/11-17 Moustaches wearing of 39/37-38 Muskets & rifles of the Victorian army 44/27-36, 83/64-70 N National Archive references Armament returns 21/6 Plans of Chatham forts 22/3 Navy, British 1887 82/91-99 Navy, French 1840-1901 78/60-78 New Zealand fortifications South Island 53/30-37, 59/19-20 North Island 57/9-22 New Zealand (and Australia) Boer artillery trophies 56/39-44, 57/37, 59/24-30 Newspaper extracts 12/6-11, 14/6-10, 15/8-12, 16/9-12, 18/18-22, 21/2-6, 24/15-27, 56/37-38, 62/35-36, 71/38-40 Norway Fredriksten fortress (Halden) 58/18-31 Glomma Line & Fronteir Forts 68-28-58 Oscarsborg fortress 64/2-27 Novgarod & Popov circular ironclads 55/35-37, 56/48-49 O Observations on winter training 28/32 Obtaining of commissions 66/10 Occupation of Portsmouth forts 56/35-37, 59/42-43 Ordnance Committee reports 19/10-12, 37/8 Ordnance Stores regulations 32/18-21 Orkney defences Longhope Sound 32/31-36 Oscarsborg fortress (Norway) 64/2-27 Owen Reports 80/81-83 P Paknam Incident 82/41-55 Palmerston, Viscount, John Henry Temple 24/36, 81/1-7 Palmerston Forts Society – 25 years 70/1-20 Palmerston Forts Society – 5 year plan (2026-31) 86/ii-viii Pattern book fort 38/34-41, 41/4 Pay army rates of 19/17, 72/34 Pay book 42/41-42 Pembroke defences 13/3-11, 27/23&27-29, 62/2-42 Plans of Chatham Forts in National Archives 22/3 Plymouth breakwater 39/16-17 Plymouth defences 26/6, 27/23, 33/27-30, 43/43 44/41-42 Pneumatic dynamite guns 47/17-24, 48/49, 51/19-30, 67/59 Population census 1881 & 1901 12/8, 66/35-52 Popov & Novgarod circular ironclads 55/35-37, 56/48-49 Portland breakwater 39/17-21 Portsdown Hill Forts Building of 67/19-34 News extracts 56/37-38 Time-line in their construction 67/35-58 Portsmouth battle of (1882) Volunteer review 42/12-18, 49/41-48 Portsmouth defences 26/6, 27/23, 33/27-30, 43/43, 44/41-42 77/74-83 Portsmouth forts and the Boer War 29/21-24, 86/41-54 Portsmouth forts occupation of 56/35-37, 59/42-43 Position finders 29/31, 33/7-9, 34/5-16, 39/31-35, 43/29-31 Projectiles types of 9 Preserved coast Defence guns in United States 68/5-1 Propellant and explosives development of See Explosives Protected barbette Armstrong 26/2-5, 27/2-5, 28/30, 31/17-19 Punch extract from 62/47 Purchase of commissions 34/23 Q Quarters, married 50/2-17 R Racers Heavy guns 36/17 Medium guns 36/10 & 18 RML 9 inch 12 ton 32/14 RML 10 inch 18 ton 37/20-21 RML 11 inch or 12 inch 25 Ton 38/10 RML 12.5 inch 38 ton 39/13, 40/10 Range finders 29/31, 33/7-9, 34/5-16, 39/31-35 43/29-31 Range indicators 33/3, 35/33-34 Rank chevrons 52/28 Rations of Tommy Atkins 53/40-49 Recruits medical inspection of 47/32-34 Red tape-cats 51/18 Re-enactors guide Boer clothing and gear 61/29-40 Regiments: 4th Kings Own Royal Regiment 45/27 Hampshire & Isle of Wight Artillery Militia 10/10, 25/10 4th Lancashire Volunteer Artillery 77/2-37 Royal Engineers 80/13-21, 80/28-33 Royal Garrison Artillery 28/32 Royal Garrison Artillery – 1st Heavy Brigade 71/90-98 Royal Malta Fencible Artillery 33/31 South Wales Borderers 44/26 Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion 59/42-43 Regimental canteen 59/50, 75/1-19 Regulations for Ordnance stores 32/19-21 Repairs WD Schedules of contract works 38/34-41, 41/2-8 Rifles & Muskets of the Victorian army 44/27-36 Royal Commission 1859 86/1-18 Royal Commission forts use in World War II 18/1-6 Royal Navy pay 1855 50/27 S San Juan defences Puerto Rico 44/2-21 Sashes, wearing of 47/31 Savannah & Hilton Head defences 49/12-19 Schneider Dynamite Shell 85/23-29 Scilly Isles, defences of 81/13-38 Semaphore 31/2 Semaphore tower at Gharghur Malta 55/29-31 Sergeant-Major 56/49 Shako plate 30th Foot 27/15 Sheerness defences 25/24-25 Shell bearer Cunningham 30/26 Shifting lobby 11/10, 32/15-17, 45/4-7 Shifting room 11/10 Shoeburyness ranges 14/9-11, 16/11, 26/11-18, 35/35, 74/17-19 Signalling in the army 52/2 Sights, gun 33/5-6, 33/9 Signs in Victorian Forts 47/9-11, 48/19-22, 51/7-8 Siemens Dudley pneumatic dynamite gun 47/24, 67/59 Siege operations at Chatham 64/35-36 Slides – see Traversing platforms Smooth bore guns, naval cartridges for 1500-1867 50/19-26 Soldiers’ barracks, clothing & equipment 46/2-10 Soldiers’ discharge 75/1-19 Soldiers’ in hospital 72/25-32 Soldiers’ married quarters & life 50/2-7 Soldiers’ pay 19/17, 72/34 Soldiers’ rations 53/40-49 Soldiers’ sports 74/1-13 South Africa: Hampshire Volunteers service in Boer War 86/41-54 The guns of Fort Johannesburg 69/4-31 Transvaal notes from 43/43-45 Fort Wynyard 85/80-101 Spanish American War –Splendid Little War 1898 44/2-21 Sports & Games 74/1-13 St Lucia: Castries A Victorian coaling station 68/88-111 Staff 47/31 Stokes Bay experiments 24/27-28 Submarine mining 14/8, 24/19-21, 30/19-20, 45/43-45, 84/30-32 Sunderland defences 67/3-18 Swansea defences 11/5-8, 50/18-51 T Tale of a gun 8 inch RML howitzer Malta 54/15-46 Tale of two forts: Tilbury Fort & Fredriksten fortress 58/18-31 Tangier defences 31/17 Tees & Hartlepool defences 51/31-47 Telegraph 31/2 Terms military 19/34-36, 20/33-37, 21/32-37, 22/31-35, 26/5, 37/44, 45/26, 48/46, 49/48, 52/28, 55/31, 56/49, 60/48 Thames defences 25/23-24, 45/37 Thailand fortifications 82/41-55 Time capsule Christchurch Portsdown 44/41 Torpedoes Brennan 25/35-37, 26/25-32, 28/3-14, 29/2-16, 30/18-19, 31/26-27, 32/22-30, 35/37, 40/37 News Extracts 15/8, 24/19-21, 24/22 Whitehead 30/18-19 Transvaal notes from 43/32-35 Travelling carriage 3 pdr QF 62/43-46 Traversing gear Cunningham 23/32-35 Traversing Platforms Casemate 7 inch 7 ton Mark I 27/10-11, 29/17-18 Casemate 9 inch 12 ton 31/9-11 Casemate 10 inch 18 ton 37/15-22 Casemate 11 inch or 12 inch 25 ton 38/7-11 Casemate 12.5 inch 38 ton 39/2-14 Dwarf 7 inch 7 ton Mark I 27/12-13 Dwarf 9 inch 12 ton 32/11-14 Dwarf 10 inch 18 ton 37/15-22 Dwarf 11 or 12 inch 25 ton 38/7-9 Dwarf 12.5 inch 38 ton 39/2-14 Garrison 8 inch 9 ton elevation 30/21-22 High angle mountings 34/29-35, 36/19-37 Medium No 1 iron 23/19 Medium No 2 iron 23/20 Medium No 3 iron 23/19 Medium No 4 iron 24/9-10 Medium No 5 iron 24/10-11 Medium No 6 iron 24/12-13 Medium No 7 iron 25/11-13 Medium No 8 iron 25/14-15 Medium No 9 iron 26/7 Medium No 10 iron 26/8 Medium No 11 wood 20/9 Medium No 12 wood 20/10 Medium No 13 wood 20/11 Medium No 14 wood 21/13-16 Medium No 15 wood 21/17 Medium No 16 wood 21/17-18 Medium No 17 wood 21/18 Medium No 18 wood 22/4-5 Medium No 19 wood 22/6 Medium No 20 wood 22/6 Medium No 21 wood 26/8 Medium No 22 wood 21/16 Medium No 23 iron 26/9-10 Medium No 24 iron 26/10 Naval RML 7 inch 6.5 ton (converted) 28/31-32 Naval RML 9 inch 12 ton (converted) 33/17-18 Parapet RML 9 inch 12 ton 33/18-21 Parapet RML 10 inch 18 ton 37/18-20 Revised nomencladure 24/8 Small port RML 12.5 38 ton 40/2-12 Treaty Ports – Irish Republic 35/11-28, 37/23-37, 42/18-40 Tremletts Naval Pattern fighting lamp 25/31-33, 32/2-5, 33/35 Troopships 79/55-74 Trophies: Boer artillery in Australia & New Zealand 56/39-44, 57/37, 59/24-30 Truly gargantuan feast 55/16 Twydall profile 43/25-28 Tyne & Wear defences 67/3-18 Types of projectiles 9 U Uncommon object in a road – 25 ton gun 50/18 Underground at Grain Fort 49/7-11 United States of America: Defences in:- Florida 23/21-28 Georgia 49/12-19 North Carolina 49/12-19, 52/19-28 South Carolina 52/19-18 Preserved Coast Defence Guns in 68/5-19 Golden Gate defences 70/81-112 Washington & Potomac defences 72/114-149 V Verdun Fall of French Forts 40/20 Vice-Admiral Novgarod & the Popov circular ironclads 55/35-37, 56/48-49 Victorian forts lettering in 47/9-11 Views aerial of Portsmouth forts 42/2-6 Volunteers: Artillery 14/6 & 10, 15/8, 16/9, 18/21, 21/2-6, 24/23-27, 34/16, 35/36, 77/2-37, 80/34-47 City Imperial Volunteers 80/84-100 Competitions 80/34-47 Engineer 16/9 & 10 Hampshire Volunteer corps 20/24-25, 79/90-92, 86/41-54 Rifle 18/18, 21/6, 24/26-27 Rochdale Rifle Volunteer Corps 42/7-8 Scrapbook 59/44 Volunteer Reviews 15/9-12, 16/9-10, 24/15-27, 42/12-18, 49/40-48, 77/2-37, 79/42-43 W War Boer 29/21-24, 43/34-39, 77/40-65, 79/1-19, 86/41-54 War Department schedules of contract for works 38/34-41, 41/2-8 War implements and terms – guns 38/3-6 War Spanish-American 1898 44/2-21 War World War One use of Palmerstonian Fortifications ...11/3, 34/38-41, 75/20-33, 75/34-47 War World War Two use of Palmerstonian Fortifications .. 18/1-5, 21/21-26, 34/41-47, 35/40, 37/38-41, 42/2-6 Watkins D.R.F.s 34/5-16 Watkin PFs 43/29-31 Wear (& Tyne) Defences 67/3-18 Wearing of sashes 47/31 West Bastion Hilsea Lines 49/2-6 Western Heights Dover 48/23-36 What’s in a name – Magdala Battery Gibraltar 55/28 Whitworth Boer guns 58/11-17 Whitworth J 30/29-40 Wilmington trundling around 52/19-28 Winter training observations on 28/32 Z Zalinski pneumatic dynamite gun 47/17-22, 48/49, 51/19-28 Zinc cylinders 31/12-15