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Monument details
| HER Number: | 1477737 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of a Second World War light anti aircraft (Diver) battery at Littlestone-on-Sea. |
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Summary
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of a Second World War light anti aircraft (Diver) battery at Littlestone-on-Sea. Earthworks which may have formed this anti-aircraft battery are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 adjacent to the seaward side of Marine Parade, New Romney. These features were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0840 2440 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02SE |
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| Parish: | NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Full description
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Site of a Second World War light anti aircraft (Diver) battery at Litlestone on Sea. This was armed with 40mm guns,
and was manned by 2886 RAF Regiment when it was deployed here on 17th July 1944. It formed part of the
Littlestone Section of 43 Anti Aircraft Brigade Light Anti Aircraft Artillery (1).
The earthworks which may be the remains of the Second World War anti-aircraft battery mentioned in the documentary sources (1) are centred at TR 0840 2428, and extend across an area measuring approximately 68m SSW to NNE. It consists of three separate v-shaped banked enclosures; facing out to sea. They all measure roughly 12m SSW to NNE and 8m WNW to ESE. It is thought that the banks would have provided some shelter for anti-aircraft gun emplacements.
They appear to have been contemporary with three further small possible anti-aircraft gun emplacements on the beach (Monument Number 1533923); a beachfront length of defensive barbed wire (Monument Number 1533960); a possible minefield (Monument Number 1533969); and two separate lines of beach scaffolding (Monument Numbers 1533929, 1533948).
On vertical aerial photographs of 2006; the banks of this possible anti-aircraft battery are still faintly visible as earthworks against the wall alongside Marine Parade (2-3).
<1> Dobinson, C., Operation Diver : England's Defence Against the Flying Bomb, June 1944-March 1945, pp 213 (Monograph). SWX23707.
<2> RAF, 1941, NMR RAF/26L/UK/924 9203-4 06-DEC-1941 (Photograph). SWX23865.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Dobinson, C.. Operation Diver : England's Defence Against the Flying Bomb, June 1944-March 1945. pp 213. |
| <2> | Photograph: RAF. 1941. NMR RAF/26L/UK/924 9203-4 06-DEC-1941. |
Related records
| MWX51539 | Parent of: Possible Second World War minefield (Monument) |
| MWX51473 | Parent of: Second World War anti-invasion scaffolding (Monument) |
| 1533923 | Part of: LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT (DIVER) BATTERY LL29 (Monument) |
| MWX51438 | Part of: Second World War anti-invasion barbed wire, New Romney (Monument) |
| MWX51472 | Part of: Second World War anti-invasion beach scaffolding (Monument) |
