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8th Observation Company, Royal Defence Corps    No. 8 Observer Company, Royal Defence Corps manned the observation posts and sound mirrors of the 2nd Sub District Anti Aircraft Defence Control in the Northern Air Defence Area. The HQ was at The Poplars on Woodlands Road, Middlesbrough, from where the guns and searchlights were directed.    No. 8 Observer Company, Royal Defence Corps observation posts and sound mirrors linked to the HQ of 2nd Sub District Anti Aircraft Defence Control in Middlesbrough. Barnard Castle Boulby A 17 foot Sound Mirror was built by the Royal Engineers in 1916 west of Boulby Barns Cottage on Boulby Bank. The Mirror and traces of associated trenches survive Bransby Brotton Burn Howe Rigg Coxwold Eaglescliffe Guisborough Great Ayton Castleton Glaisdale Goathland Hackness Hedon Holme on Spalding Moor Kirklington Normanby Redcar A Sound Mirror was built by the Royal Engineers in 1916, it is located at the at the junction of Holyhead Drive and Greenstones Road, Redcar. Stillington Strensall Stockton on Tees A Naval wireless listening Y Station was located in a bungalow, the site is now in Marley Close and the building is a private dwelling. During the Great War the property was on a 3 acre site surrounded by a high fence. The station was manned by four operators and an officer at a time and was linked to the telegraph wires of the nearby railway line, sending coded messages to the Air Defence HQ in Middlesbrough and Admiralty Room 40. The station monitored German U Boat transmissions on 750K/cs and tracked Zeppelins by intercepting their navigation transmissions in compass code, which had been cracked by the Admiralty. Stokesley Thirsk 16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 9th February 1916 Call Ups If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 8th Observation Company, Royal Defence Corps? There are:6 items tagged 8th Observation Company, Royal Defence Corps available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 8th Observation Company, Royal Defence Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. This page is new, as yet no names have been submitted. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 8th Observation Company, Royal Defence Corps from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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