Monument record TQ 94 SE 263 - Kentish Gun Belt Light Anti Aircraft (Diver) Battery Im21

Site of an intermediate light anti aircraft (Diver) battery at Great Chart. This was armed with four 40-mm guns and equipped with one Radar AA No3 Mark II, one Predictor No3 Mark II* (modified), and one Predictor AA 40mm No1 Mark I (modified) radars. It was manned by 98 Regiment of the 102 Brigade.These sites were established by 28th June 1944 by the closing down of selected two-gun sites of the first Diver light anti aircraft artillery deployment of 24th June 1944, and concentrating those guns on four-gun sites. Those sites are designated as `light anti aircraft (Diver) battery (temporary deployment)' in the alternative name field. These intermediate sites were abandoned by August 30th 1944 when the batteries were redeployed to the coast.The guns were arranged in a straight line at 30 yard (27.4m) intervals at right angles to the primary bearing. The Predictors were aligned on the primary bearing, one Predictor sited between the two inner guns, the second immediately behind it with the control room. The radar and two generators were located 33 yards behind the hindmost Predictor. Slit trenches were probably dug as at the first deployment sites, and accommodation for the 15 men manning the site was tented. (1)

<1> Dobinson, C., Operation Diver : England's Defence Against the Flying Bomb, June 1944-March 1945 (Monograph). SWX23707.