Monument record TQ 65 NE 482 - Searchlight Battery Hc06 P
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6861 5609 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ65NE |
County | KENT |
District | TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Civil Parish | EAST MALLING AND LARKFIELD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Full Description
The site of a Second World War searchlight battery, this was known as searchlight battery no. HC06 P (no old number) located at unnamed site at TQ 686561. It was manned by 468 Searchlight Battery. It was operational by 14-OCT-1941. (1)
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. During the Second World War searchlights were manned by the Royal Artillery and were under the control of the Army's Anti-Aircraft Command. (2)
<1> Dobinson, C, 2000, CBA Twentieth Century Fortifications in England Supporting paper AA/1 Searchlight Sites in WWII A sample List (Bibliographic reference). SKE15230.
<2> Lowry (ed), 1995, 20th century defences in Britain : an introductory guide, No 12 (Bibliographic reference). SKE56150.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2025 2:26PM