Monument record TQ 92 SE 22 - Searchlight Battery Bh03 166
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 9980 2400 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ92SE |
County | KENT |
District | FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT |
Civil Parish | OLD ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Full Description
The site of a Second World War searchlight battery, this was known as searchlight battery no. BH03 166 located at Old Romney at TQ 998240. It was manned by 302 Searchlight Regiment RA whose Battery Headquarters were located at Loos Barracks, Staplehurst. It was operational by September 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> Lowry (ed), 1995, 20th century defences in Britain : an introductory guide (Bibliographic reference). SKE56150.
<2> CBA Twentieth Century Fortifications in England Supporting paper AA/1 Searchlight Sites in WWII A sample List (Bibliographic reference). SKE15307.
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Record last edited
Jan 29 2025 1:01PM