Henry Wills (other)
Henry Wills may refer to: * Henry Wills (writer) (born 1930), British journalist, photographer and writer on local history and archaeology * Henry Wills (Medal of Honor) (1842–?), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * Henry Herbert Wills (1856–1922), businessman and philanthropist from Bristol * Henry Overton Wills III (1828–1911), Chancellor of the University of Bristol * Henry Wills (actor) * Henry Wills (MP) {{hndis, Wills, Henry ...
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Henry Wills (writer)
Henry Wills (born 1930) was a British journalist and photographer with a passion for local history and archaeology. He is best remembered for his writings on British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War, his most often cited work being ''Pillboxes: A Study of U.K. Defences, 1940''. His interest in the topic was triggered when, in 1968, as a photographer for the ''Salisbury Times'', he was sent on a journalistic assignment to photograph the demolition of a British hardened field defences of World War II, pillbox. His inquiries led him to conclude that there were few official records of Britain's wartime defences. After some further investigation and some publicity on radio and in newspapers, he planned and organised the first nationwide survey of Britain's WW2 defences. With the help of many volunteers, more than 5,000 defence sites were recorded.Wills, 1985, pVi, pVII The value of Henry Wills' work was acknowledged by the British Archaeological Trust and the British B ...
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