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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1019 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War anti-tank gun emplacement south of Old Park Farm, Canterbury |
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Summary
There was an emplacement, for a mobile six-pounder anti-tank gun, in the fields to the south of Old Park Farm by mid April 1941.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1681 5827 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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This emplacement, for a mobile six-pounder anti-tank gun, was in the fields to the south of Old Park Farm, on the east side of Canterbury, near the end of what is now St Julien Avenue. It had been established by mid April 1941, and will have guarded against attack from the east. The gun was usually kept at the Battery HQ at The Rowans on Ethelbert Road, but was brought out on command. The Military Grid Reference of the emplacement was R 609764.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : Unknown
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Tourism Potential :
Condition : unknown
Date of visit :
57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, 01/01/41, War Diary 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery (Unpublished document). SKE15471.
57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, 01/01/41, War Diary 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery (Unpublished document). Ske15471.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery. 01/01/41. War Diary 57 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery. |
