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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SE 145 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Wanstone Battery, St. Margarets at Cliffe |
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Summary
Together with the batteries at Fan Bay and South Foreland, Wanstone covered the sea between Dunkirk and Boulogne and brought counter-battery fire on German shipping and guns across the Channel. The battery was begun in March 1941 and armed with 2 x 15" guns previously destined for Singapore, nicknamed Clem and Jane. The battery was disbanded in 1957.
| Grid Reference: | TR 35330 43400 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SE |
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| Parish: | ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Together with the batteries at Fan Bay and South Foreland, Wanstone covered the sea between Dunkirk and Boulogne and brought counter-battery fire on German shipping and guns across the Channel. The battery was begun in March 1941 and armed with 2 x 15" guns previously destined for Singapore. The battery was disbanded in 1957. Each gun emplacement had a pair of identical bomb-proof magazines. No.1 gun "Jane TR3516143227 was to the west of Wanstone Farm, No.2 gun "Clem" TR3546843393 to the south of the farm. Associated structures, many of wich still remain, were sited in and around the farm.
Jane Magazines TR3509643223 & TR3517543288
Clem Magazines TR3539443373 & TR3551543453
SGTS. Mess TR3535443491
Officers Mess TR3541243523 (1)
<1> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage, KD43 (Unpublished document). SKE6956.
<6> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3543 28-APR-2007_Updates (Graphic material). SWX15711.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage. KD43. |
| <6> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3543 28-APR-2007_Updates. |
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