TR 15 NE 774 - Second World War fortified house at the Mobilization Store(?), Sturry Road, Canterbury

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Monument record TR 15 NE 774 - Second World War fortified house at the Mobilization Store(?), Sturry Road, Canterbury

Summary

By mid September 1941 a fortified house had been established in the northern of two small square buildings (since demolished) flanking the entrance to an enclosure which seems to have been the ‘Mobilization Store’, adjoining the Cavalry Barracks, on Sturry Road. The ‘Mobilization Store’ was a Forward Post, just beyond the Outer Perimeter of the Canterbury Fortress.

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Grid reference	TR 1598 5892 (point)
Map sheet	TR15NE
County	KENT
District	CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish	CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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FORTIFIED HOUSE (Modern - 1941 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Full Description

By mid September 1941, probably as part of the strengthening of the Canterbury Fortress, a fortified house had been established in the northern of two small square buildings (since demolished) flanking the entrance to an enclosure which seems to have been the ‘Mobilization Store’, adjoining the Cavalry Barracks, on Sturry Road. The ‘Mobilization Store’ was a Forward Post, just beyond the Outer Perimeter of the Canterbury Fortress.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : Unknown
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Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit :

Canterbury Fortress headquarters, 01/01/41, War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1941 (Unpublished document). SKE15584.

Canterbury Fortress headquarters, 01/01/41, War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1941 (Unpublished document). Ske15584.

Canterbury Fortress headquarters, 01/01/42, War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1942 (Unpublished document). SKE15585.

Canterbury Fortress headquarters, 01/01/42, War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1942 (Unpublished document). Ske15585.

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--- SKE15584 Unpublished document: Canterbury Fortress headquarters. 01/01/41. War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1941.
--- SKE15584 Unpublished document: Canterbury Fortress headquarters. 01/01/41. War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1941.
--- SKE15585 Unpublished document: Canterbury Fortress headquarters. 01/01/42. War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1942.
--- SKE15585 Unpublished document: Canterbury Fortress headquarters. 01/01/42. War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1942.