Monument record TR 15 NE 1000 - Second World War anti-tank gun emplacement bedside the Sturry Road, Canterbury

Summary

By mid April 1941 there was a Second World War emplacement for a mobile six-pounder anti-tank gun, beside the Sturry Road, near the waste water treatment works.

Location

Grid reference TR 1670 5939 (point)
Map sheet TR15NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Full Description

There was a Second World War emplacement for a mobile six-pounder anti-tank gun, beside the Sturry Road, near the waste water treatment works. It had been established by mid April 1941, and will have guarded against attack from the north-east along Sturry Road. The gun was usually kept at the Battery HQ at The Rowans on Ethelbert Road, to be brought out on command. The Military Grid Reference of the emplacement was R 608775. Is it just possible this might have been at the pillbox in the vicinity?
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57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, 01/01/41, War Diary 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery (Unpublished document). SKE15472.

57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, 01/01/41, War Diary 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery (Unpublished document). Ske15472.

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  • --- Unpublished document: 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery. 01/01/41.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  • --- Unpublished document: 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery. 01/01/41.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

Aug 4 2009 5:53AM