Monument record TQ 57 NE 126 - Everards Second World War Defended Locality DL45, Greenhithe, Dartford, Kent

Summary

Second World War Home Guard Defended Locality DL45 at Everards ship building and repair yards, Greenhithe, Kent. It was probably designated in 1940 and would have been decommissioned by early 1944. The nature of the defences is unknown. Nothing of them remains, the site being occupied by modern housing. Second World War Home Guard Battle Headquarters at Everards ship yard, Greenhithe, Dartford, Kent, for defended Locality DL45. Probably designated in 1940 and decommissioned by early in 1944. Site destroyed c. 2000 for housing development.

Location

Grid reference TQ 5870 7520 (point)
Map sheet TQ57NE
County KENT
District DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

<1> Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area, 01/09/1941, Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). SKE24211.

<2> Colnel, Gravesend Sub-Area, 01/09/1941, Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). SKE24213.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area. 01/09/1941. Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to defeat Invasion.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Colnel, Gravesend Sub-Area. 01/09/1941. Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to defeat Invasion.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jun 11 2013 2:00PM