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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 1018
Type of record:Monument
Name:Second World War anti-tank gun emplacement, near the fork of Littlebourne Road and Bekesbourne Lane, Canterbury

Summary

There was an emplacement, for a mobile six-pounder anti-tank gun, beside the Littlebourne Road on the edge of Canterbury, just out beyond St Martin’s Hospital. This was established in mid June 1941.

Grid Reference:TR 1720 5780
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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This emplacement, for a mobile six-pounder anti-tank gun, was beside the Littlebourne Road on the edge of Canterbury, just out beyond St Martin’s Hospital. (Is it possible it may have been in the pillbox in this approximate vicinity?) The emplacement was established in mid June1941 (the gun being brought here from the Dover, Canterbury, Whitstable Stop Line near Adisham) and is known to have sighted in two directions. It will certainly have guarded against attack from the east, along the Littlebourne Road; probably also down Bekesbourne Lane. The gun was usually kept at the Battery HQ at The Rowans on Ethelbert Road, but was brought out on command. The stated Military Grid Reference of the emplacement was R 613759.
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57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, 01/01/41, War Diary 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery (Unpublished document). SKE15470.

57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, 01/01/41, War Diary 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery (Unpublished document). Ske15470.

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---Unpublished document: 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery. 01/01/41. War Diary 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery.