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Monument record TQ 93 NE 115 - Searchlight Battery Tg15 23
Summary
The possible site of Second World War searchlight battery no. TG15 23 at Hambledon. In August 1941 35 Searchlight Regiment ordered its batteries to redeploy to the existing sites in area TG15 as part of the general declustering of lights and rearrangement into Indicator, Killer and GDA belts. The sites were redesignated as such, but no record of what type each became has been established. Searchlight sites typically comprised a small ring-ditch to provide the crew with shelter during an air raid, a predictor emplacement for calculating the height and range of targets, a light anti-aircraft machine gun pit, a generator and hutted accommodation for the crew.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 9630 3829 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ93NE |
County | KENT |
District | ASHFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | SHADOXHURST, ASHFORD, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
<1> CBA Twentieth Century Fortifications in England Supporting paper AA/1 Searchlight Sites in WWII A sample List (Bibliographic reference). SKE15307.
<2> Lowry (ed), 1995, 20th century defences in Britain : an introductory guide (Bibliographic reference). SKE56150.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Sep 3 2024 3:58PM