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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 781
Type of record:Monument
Name:Second World War roadblock on New Dover Road, Canterbury

Summary

There was a Second World War roadblock on the New Dover Road approach to Canterbury, out beyond the Old Gate Inn.


Grid Reference:TR 1675 5587
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • ROADBLOCK (Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD?)

Full description

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There was a Second World War roadblock on the New Dover Road approach to Canterbury, out beyond the Old Gate Inn. This was road block No. 22 in a list of permanent road blocks in the 43 Divisional area at the end of November 1940.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : unknown
Date of visit :


43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15505.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). Ske15505.

Sources and further reading

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---Unpublished document: 43 Division General Staff. 01/01/40. War Diary 43 Division General Staff.