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Monument record TQ 92 SE 5 - Coastal Gun Belt Diver Battery R22
Summary
57 Brigade 8x7.3 inch battery, no. R22, ID by CBA. Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft (Diver) battery at Walland Marsh, deployed here by 23rd August 1944. It was progressively equipped with eight 3.7-inch Mark IIc static guns on Pile platforms, Predictor AA No.10 and Radar AA No.3 Mark V radars, and was manned by 410 Battery of 124 Anti Aircraft Artillery Regiment, (replaced by 536 Battery of 145 (mobile) Anti Aircraft Regiment on 29th August 1944). This formed part of the Rye Section of 57 Anti Aircraft Brigade Heavy Anti Aircraft Artillery.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 994 235 (point) LO |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ92SE |
| District | FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT |
| Civil Parish | IVYCHURCH, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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57 Brigade 8x7.3 inch battery, no. R22, ID by CBA.
Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft (Diver) battery at Walland Marsh, deployed here by 23rd August 1944. It was progressively equipped with eight 3.7-inch Mark IIc static guns on Pile platforms, Predictor AA No.10 and Radar AA No.3 Mark V radars, and was manned by 410 Battery of 124 Anti Aircraft Artillery Regiment, (replaced by 536 Battery of 145 (mobile) Anti Aircraft Regiment on 29th August 1944). This formed part of the Rye Section of 57 Anti Aircraft Brigade Heavy Anti Aircraft Artillery. (1)
<1> Dobinson, C., Operation Diver : England's Defence Against the Flying Bomb, June 1944-March 1945 (Monograph). SWX23707.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SWX23707 Monograph: Dobinson, C.. Operation Diver : England's Defence Against the Flying Bomb, June 1944-March 1945.
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Record last edited
Jan 22 2026 5:24PM