1605306 The Clarence Pier, Southsea, Buildings to be removed, 2nd May 1896 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Clarence Pier, Southsea, Buildings to be removed. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 2 May 1896. The War Office and Admiralty recently appointed a joint committee of military and naval officers to examine plans for the defence of Southsea and Portsmouth two and harbour against a hostile squadron which might possibly run in past the forts at Spithead. It is considered that the buildings on the Clarence Pier, the Esplanade Hotel and the Pavilion which are in the direct line of view, and of artillery fire between the King\'s Bastion and the entrance channel, must be immediately removed.); Look and Learn / Illustrated Papers Collection.