Monument record TQ 66 NE 185 - Cobham Second World War Vulnerable Point V7
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 6929 6890 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ66NE |
| County | KENT |
| District | GRAVESHAM, KENT |
| Civil Parish | COBHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Full Description
Second World War defended Vulnerable Point V7, centred on Cobham Park, east of Cobham Village. This was part of the anti-invasion defences but the nature and location of its positions are unknown. Its garrison consisted of 30 Home Guard, with 38 rifles, 3 Browning Automatic Rifles, 1 Browning Machine Gun, 2 Northover Projectors + 100 men from 489 Battery RA with 30 rifles and 1 Vickers Machine Gun. The VP was probably designated in 1940 and would have been decommissioned by early 1944.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : Nothing of the VP is known to exist
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 25/01/06
Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area, 01/09/41, Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to Defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). SKE13824.
Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area, 01/09/41, Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to Defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). Ske13824.
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Record last edited
Aug 4 2009 4:40AM