Approximate site of the Battle of Graveney Marsh that took place in 1940.

The Battle was between the crew of a crashed German Junkers 88 bomber and soldiers from 1st Battalion London Irish Rifles in Seasalter. After being damaged by anti-aircraft fire and Spitfires the Junkers crash landed. The crew of four took up machine guns and engaged the London Irish rifles who emerged from their billet at the nearby Sportsman Inn. This may have been because the Junkers was carrying a new bombsite that the Germans wanted to destroy. They set an explosive charge to destroy the plane but Captain Cantopher was able to disarm it. One of the Germans was wounded in the fighting. The battle represents the last battle on British soil between invaders and defenders.