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Monument details
| HER Number: | 1478190 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of a Second World War Diver rocket projector battery at Romney Warren Golf Course |
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Summary
Site of a Second World War Diver rocket projector battery at Romney Warren Golf Course. This was armed with 64 x U2P rocket projectors on 28th August 1944. It was manned by 426 S/L Battery of 58 Anti Aircraft Regiment. This area was surveyed as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project. The Diver battery was not visible on historic aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0830 2590 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02NE |
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| Parish: | NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DIVER BATTERY (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- ROCKET PROJECTOR BATTERY (TYPE U2P) (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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This area was surveyed as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project. The Diver battery was not visible on historic aerial photographs. However, these anti-aircraft defences often consisted of relatively temporary structures wheeled into place on trailers; which may explain why no trace of the battery was visible on the aerial photographs (2).
<1> Dobinson, C., Operation Diver : England's Defence Against the Flying Bomb, June 1944-March 1945, pp 224 (Monograph). SWX23707.
<2> RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment (Unspecified Type). SWX23677.
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 224. |
| <2> | (No record type): RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment. |
