Home Guard memorial at Bretforton
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Home Guard memorial at Bretforton
Image: © Roger Davies Taken: 14 May 2008
This is the base of a WW2 spigot mortar (an anti-tank weapon supplied to the Home Guard). The inscription on the memorial which stands near the crossroads on Stoneford Lane reads "Gun mounting erected for the Home Guard in defence of our village 1939-1945".
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Image Location
Latitude
52.084546
Longitude
-1.856061