Hand Grenade Found at Battle of Britain Memorial
15/11/2019
The Battle of Britain memorial in Kent was temporarily closed after the discovery of a Mills Bomb (No. 36 Hand Grenade) during routine maintenance works. The device, one of the most commonly-found items of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) across the country, was destroyed in situ by an Explosive Ord...
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Mortar Found During Tree Planting in Perthshire
14/11/2019
A forestry team planting trees near Blairgowrie in Perth & Kinross uncovered an unexploded mortar during recent works. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team was mobilised to the remote location where a controlled explosion was later carried out. Large parts of rural Scotland we...
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Risk Mitigation Summary
08/11/2019
Everything began when the Client downloaded a free Risk Map of their Site from our website. The Risk Map identified some potentially significant World War Two (WWII) bombing densities and potential Luftwaffe targets in the vicinity of the Site. To understand how to proceed, the...
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Belfast Archives
08/11/2019
We recently visited the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) in Belfast’s historic Titanic Quarter. We were particularly interested in the arrival of American troops into Northern Ireland in 1942 who were issued with welcome packs including this message from Winston Churchill. &...
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