Monument record TR 02 SE 102 - Coastal Gun Belt Diver Battery R27
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TR 028 272 (point) LO |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TR02NW |
| County | KENT |
| Civil Parish | IVYCHURCH, SHEPWAY, KENT |
| Civil Parish | OLD ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Full Description
57 Brigade 8x7.3 inch battery, no. R27, ID by CBA.
Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft (Diver) battery at Ivychurch, 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 412 Battery of 124 Anti Aircraft Artillery Regiment. Unusually, it was listed as vacant on 29th August 1944, when it was anticipted that 507 Battery of 149 (Mobile) Anti Aircraft Artillery Regiment woul d be in place on 10th September. 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 5:30PM