Pillbox (military)
Videos
A pillbox is a type of blockhouse, or concrete dug-in guard-post, often camouflaged, normally equipped with loopholes through which defenders can fire weapons. It is in effect a trench firing step, ha
A World War II hexagonal pillbox on the bank of the Mells River at Lullington, Somerset, England
A British mini-pillbox in Jerusalem
A British World War II type 22 hexagonal pillbox in Kelling on the North Norfolk coast, England. The pillbox broke up during winter storms in February 2021.
A British World War II type 25 circular pillbox on Sheephatch Lane near Tilford in Surrey, England
British hardened field defences of World War II were small fortified structures constructed as a part of British anti-invasion preparations. Included in the definition of "hardened field defences" are
Pillbox (military)
…invasion in some east coast areas. Eight of these pillboxes in Norfolk were given Grade II listed status by Historic England in July 2025. About 28,000 pillboxes and other hardened field fortifications were constructed in Britain in 1940 as part of the British anti-invasion preparations of World War II. About 6,500 of these structures still survive…
Winston Churchill helps to build a pillbox at Poole in July 1940.
Soldiers relax inside a Type 28 pillbox in October 1940.
Pillbox where some of the original brick shuttering and reinforced concrete has fallen away to reveal the internal network of rebars.