StP Colline Beaumont Gris Mont.

StP Colline Beaumont 'Gris Mont'.
The former HQ of Stab II./H.K.A.R. 1245.

1 x R119 Batterie Commander's Bunker.

1 x R608 \battalion or Regimental HQ.
1 x OB gun position.

1 x 5cm KwK & emplacement.

2 x FA Munitions.
1 - FA Unterstand.
Radar socket

The hill is Gris Mont (Grey Hill), the former HQ of Stab II./H.K.A.R. 1245?
As far as I can see the HQ moved to Quend Beach in April 1944.

StP Colline Beaumont 'Gris Mont'.
This is a 1947 air photo and many bunkers show up. The ? on the picture I think is a bomb crater. The area was plastered by heavy bombing in the later part of 1944.

StP Colline Beaumont 'Gris Mont'.
R119 a Battery Commander's bunker. The R119 looks as though its waterlogged but the R608 looks accessible.

R808a.
Crossed the field and then had to enter THIS.

R608a.
Nearly impossible to get through.

R608a
And we arrive at the door.

R608a
Close combat defence covering the entrances.

R608a.
First there would have been a Gittertür gate to close off the entrance, then as you pass down the steps a speaker tube (Sprachrohr) and or a connection box for a field telephones. To talk to the people inside.

R608a.
Close combat defence embrasure covering the entrance steps, from anybody attacking down these steps.

R508a.
This area at the bottom of the steps, could have a shower to wash off mustard gas (as in WW1) if any was used. Also maybe a sink to wash in.

R608a.
In this type of bunker entrance, there were two radio aerial sockets. Many were never used or needed, but once the bunker is constructed these sockets cannot be retro fitted.
In my opinion, if there is an earth strip. Then an aerial would have been fitted. An aerial kit would have had the earth strip attached to it. Here we do see the earth strip and a support set into the concrete.

R608a.
Inside the first room.

R608a.
The close combat embrasure a 483P2 type.

R608a.
A large set of cable inlets and there would have been a large cable connector. What 3CK52 means, I do not know.

R608a.
A large door opening and it may have had a siding armoured door fitted.

R608a.
Ventilation room. Here there were three filter sets in a row and a large blower motor. The hoops on the lower wall are to support spare filter cartridges.

R608a.
Remains of some old rusty filters on the floor.

R608a.
Wall art.

R608a.
19P01 steel door fittings would have been a light type sheet steel, with a glass window and a gas tight seal around the door. .

R608a.
Inside the defence Tobruk. In the niche is a Sprecher tube talk to the people inside.

R608a.
The ring around the Tobruk for a machinegun to swivel around.

R608a.
Getting out of the undergrowth.
Why R608a, I think the 'a' suffix is the way the bunker is usually laid out. 'b' maybe in a mirror image.

I am unsure what this is??

Remains of the OB gun position.

R119Battery Commanders bunker.

R119a.
This is an R119 in mirror so is numbered R119a.
A Batterie commander's bunker.
1 - Gas Lock.
2 - Close Combat Defence.
3 - Crew.
20 - Wireless.
26 - Observation Room. Periscope.
28 - Communications.
32 - Commander.

R119a.
One of the two entrances.

R119a.
The close combat defence end, which you may see that the bunker here is full of water and we could not get in.

R119a.
One of the chimneys.

Eisenpfahel barbed wire fence post.