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{{Infobox|[[File:'Pillbox' Galley Hill, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex - geograph.org.uk - 349594.jpg|thumb|class=pageimage]]|1940|unknown|Ministry of Defence|w395641316|50.84246|0.49844}}

{{Infobox

|image=[[File:'Pillbox' Galley Hill, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex - geograph.org.uk - 349594.jpg|thumb|class=pageimage]]

|date=1940

|architect=unknown

|builder=Ministry of Defence

|use=Pillbox

|osmid=w395641316

|lat=50.84246|lng=0.49844

}}

Square World War 2 pillbox defence emplacement (possibly a Type 26). Covering the Glyne Gap beach area.

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Note: Contrary to popular belief, Spike Milligan was not stationed at this Pillbox. Spike was a gunner (trade of Signalman) with the artillery. He spent time at several Observation Posts in Bexhill - one being at Galley Hill. There are clues as to the site being by the Coastguard Cottages, well to the rear of the present Coastguard Station, almost up against the railway line (there is a sketch of this in Spike's book - Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall). His duty was to be a lookout for an invasion fleet and call 'fall of shot' for his comrades manning the cannons sited in rear positions.<ref>Dave Hatherell, Bexhill Museum</ref>

== Further Reading ==

[https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1541775&resourceID=19191 Historic England Research Records: Monument Number 1541775]

== Gallery ==

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-{{Infobox|[[File:'Pillbox' Galley Hill, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex - geograph.org.uk - 349594.jpg|thumb|class=pageimage]]|1940|unknown|Ministry of Defence|w395641316|50.84246|0.49844}}
+{{Infobox
+|image=[[File:'Pillbox' Galley Hill, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex - geograph.org.uk - 349594.jpg|thumb|class=pageimage]]
+|date=1940
+|architect=unknown
+|builder=Ministry of Defence
+|use=Pillbox
+|osmid=w395641316
+|lat=50.84246|lng=0.49844
+}}
 Square World War 2 pillbox defence emplacement (possibly a Type 26). Covering the Glyne Gap beach area.
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 Note: Contrary to popular belief, Spike Milligan was not stationed at this Pillbox. Spike was a gunner (trade of Signalman) with the artillery. He spent time at several Observation Posts in Bexhill - one being at Galley Hill. There are clues as to the site being by the Coastguard Cottages, well to the rear of the present Coastguard Station, almost up against the railway line (there is a sketch of this in Spike's book - Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall). His duty was to be a lookout for an invasion fleet and call 'fall of shot' for his comrades manning the cannons sited in rear positions.<ref>Dave Hatherell, Bexhill Museum</ref>
+== Further Reading ==
+[https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1541775&resourceID=19191 Historic England Research Records: Monument Number 1541775]
 == Gallery ==