Defences Gallery

Preparing for an invasion that never arrived

Observer at Fidra Battery

Control at Marine Villa, Archerfield

Searchlight for Fidra Battery

Building the lookout on North Berwick Law

North Berwick lookout

Gullane Hill

Minefields in the Firth of Forth

Invasion defences around Gullane

Removing anti-tank blocks in Aberlady Bay

Aberlady Bay

Anti-tank blocks in Longniddry's Gosford Bay. Gosford House is in the backgound; P.O.W. Camp No. 16 was established in Gosford Estate in 1944

Anti-tank blocks at John Muir Country Park

Playing amongst the anti-glider poles at Gullane Beach

Fidra Battery. Two six inch guns (ex naval) were installed to deter German ships from the Forth

A1 & the east coast railway line bridges over Dunglass Glen; a heavily guarded area during the war