Training Mortar Found in Hyde Park Serpentine
16/11/2018
Part of Hyde Park was closed off after the discovery of a suspected ‘ordnance device’ partially submerged in the Serpentine. The device was found during maintenance works for a statue. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team attended the scene and confirmed that the device was...
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Hand Grenade Found at Hampshire Recycling Centre
14/11/2018
A hand grenade was found at a recycling centre in Netley near Southampton. A security cordon was put in place so that an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team could attend and assess the device. The EOD team later removed the grenade to undertake a controlled explosion elsewhere. Items of Un...
READ MOREMilitary Shells Found in Cumbria Back Garden
05/11/2018
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team was called to a residential property in Appleby-in-Westmorland after the discovery of historic military shells in a back garden. How the shells found their way into the garden is unclear but it is understood that the EOD team dealt with the incident w...
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Unexploded ‘Military Device’ Found in Anglesey Churchyard
05/11/2018
An unexploded ‘military device’ was found in a churchyard at Llanfwrog on Anglesey. The exact nature and origin of the device is not known but it is believed to have been in the churchyard for ‘some time’. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team arrived to remove ...
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