Monument record TR 26 NW 1109 - Second World War Anti-tank gun emplacement south of the Thanet Way near Grays Farm, Chislet

Summary

By the end of October 1941 there was an Anti-tank gun emplacement south of the Thanet Way near Grays Farm, covering two nearby roadblocks at Bridges on the Thanet Way.

Location

Grid reference TR 2357 6756 (point)
Map sheet TR26NW
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CHISLET, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Full Description

There was a Second World War Anti-tank gun emplacement south of the Thanet Way near Grays Farm. This was one of two such emplacements, operated at the end of October 1941 by 300 Battery of the 57th Anti-tank Regiment Royal Artillery, These covered two nearby roadblocks at Bridges on the Thanet Way - preventing ‘penetration along [the] Margate to Herne Bay road’.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : Unknown
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57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, 01/01/41, War Diary 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery (Unpublished document). SKE15365.

57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, 01/01/41, War Diary 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery (Unpublished document). Ske15365.

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  • --- Unpublished document: 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery. 01/01/41. War Diary 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery.
  • --- Unpublished document: 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery. 01/01/41. War Diary 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery.

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Record last edited

Feb 3 2011 12:40PM