Alderminster Royal Observer Corps Underground Monitoring Post
Royal Observer Corps Underground Monitoring Post at Alderminster. Monitoring posts were to be used for reporting nuclear bursts and monitoring fall-out in the modern period. The post lies 200m west of the A429 / A3400 roundabout north of Tredington.
1 The primary role of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was the recognition and identification of hostile aircraft. With the start of the cold war and the increasing threat of nuclear attack in the 1950’s, the ROC was given the added responsibility of reporting nuclear bursts and monitoring fall-out which necessitated the construction of 1563 underground monitoring posts throughout Great Britain & Northern Ireland.
2 On farmland 150 yards West of Fosse Way and 150 yards north of un-named minor road to Armscote. Demolished, no trace of anything remains. Opened October 1963. Closed October 1968.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
Comments
I was a member of the ROC and served at this post. One the reasons for this post being prematurely closed was because there was a Geological fault beneath the post and after some attempts they could not stop the basement flooding, therefore rendering the site unusable. The war time location for the post was about half way across the top of the field opposite Barton farm house on the other side of the farm drive. This post was in use for the duration of WW2 and was manned 24 hours a day by a crew of two on a rota basis. If you would like the names and positions of some of the war time crews then please send me an email.
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