TR 15 NE 770 - Second World War Civil Defence warden’s post on Babs Hill, Canterbury

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Monument record TR 15 NE 770 - Second World War Civil Defence warden’s post on Babs Hill, Canterbury

Summary

There was a Second World War Civil Defence warden’s post at Babs Hill, Canterbury. It was an ‘advanced post’ (operated continuously and not just on Action Warning) and was in an ‘underground shelter’. Around this time wiring was installed so that an air-raid siren which had recently been fixed atop St Martin’s Windmill could be operated directly without leaving the post. In May 1942 this siren was removed to a pole adjoining the post.

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Grid reference	TR 1620 5769 (point)
Map sheet	TR15NE
County	KENT
District	CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish	CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

AIR RAID WARDENS POST (Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Full Description

Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee, 01/01/39, Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6 (Unpublished document). SKE14774.

Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee, 01/01/39, Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6 (Unpublished document). Ske14774.

Eric Wilkinson, 01/01/95, "And We All Got Under the Table": Under Fire 1939-45 A VE Day Commemmoration (Bibliographic reference). SKE14773.

Eric Wilkinson, 01/01/95, "And We All Got Under the Table": Under Fire 1939-45 A VE Day Commemmoration (Bibliographic reference). Ske14773.

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--- SKE14773 Bibliographic reference: Eric Wilkinson. 01/01/95. "And We All Got Under the Table": Under Fire 1939-45 A VE Day Commemmoration.
--- SKE14773 Bibliographic reference: Eric Wilkinson. 01/01/95. "And We All Got Under the Table": Under Fire 1939-45 A VE Day Commemmoration.
--- SKE14774 Unpublished document: Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee. 01/01/39. Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6.
--- SKE14774 Unpublished document: Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee. 01/01/39. Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6.