Monument record TR 26 NW 1129 - Second World War Anti-tank gun emplacement south of the Thanet Way near Grays Farm, Chislet
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 2347 6756 (point) |
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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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Condition : unknown
Date of visit :
57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, 01/01/41, War Diary 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery (Unpublished document). SKE15366.
57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, 01/01/41, War Diary 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery (Unpublished document). Ske15366.
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Record last edited
Feb 3 2011 12:40PM