Wn Vaucottes.
Vaucottes is in between Yport(in the north) & Etretat (in the south). A small valley leading to a beach with lovely half timbered houses clinging to the hillsides.
There were just a few defences here.
2 x Vf58c Tobruk's.
1 x Fieldmassing.
1 x Schartenstand.
Several of the houses may have been defended and used as barracks for a platoon of infantry, a road block and several trenches.
Wn Vaucottes.
Wn Vaucottes.
The valley running down to the sea with the houses clinging to the hillsides and arrowed where the bunker we found.
Wn Vaucottes.
The valley running down to the sea with the houses climbing up the hillsides and the red square is where the bunker we found.
Wn Vaucottes.
The road to the beach.
Wn Vaucottes.
How the beach defences may have looked.
Patrolling the roads.
Troops patrolling the cliffs.
Vaucottes-sur-Mer
A British governments after the battle photo.
Wn Vaucottes.
I thought this my have been a 3.7cm anti-tank garage but it also may be a pre war garage.
I have been reliably informed that "The garage you are showing is not an anti-tank garage or a garage prior to the war; it is a boat garage built in the 60s." Thank you to JCP for emailing and telling us. Its always nice to have feedback thank you JCP.
3.7cm Pak.
Vaucottes-sur-Mer
A British governments after the battle photo.
Vaucottes-sur-Mer
The house on the hill.
It may have been used as the local HQ building.
Wn Vaucottes.
Entrance to the bunker.
Wn Vaucottes.
View the other side showing the blast wall covering the entrance,
A window next to the entrance.
Wn Vaucottes.
The bunker roof.
Wn Vaucottes home sweet home..
The house by the bunker with its motor garage.
Possibly a field kitchen would feed the defence troops here.
Horses would be used for transport.
The White Cliffs, Vaucottes 1908
Sir William Rothensteine
During World War I Rothensteine was an Official War Artist to the British and Canadian armies on the Western Front, recording the devastation caused by war.
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