Monument record ASN 021 - Second World War searchlight battery
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TL 776 515 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL75SE |
| Civil Parish | ASSINGTON, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
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Full Description
The site of a Second World War searchlight battery at Assington Green, Stansfield. It was manned by 33 Searchlight Regiment. The battery was operational from October 1941. It formed part of a network of searchlights named Area DN02, which along with another such area (DN01) formed a defensive belt in the Essex-Cambridgeshire-Suffolk borders area and on into Hertfordshire. Searchlight sites typically comprised a small ring-ditch to provide the crew with shelter during an air raid, a predictor emplacement for calculating the height and range of targets, a light anti-aircraft machine gun pit, a generator and hutted accommodation for the crew (S1-2).
Sources/Archives (3)
- <S1> SXS50096 Monograph: Lowry B (Ed.). 1996. 20th Century Defences in Britain: An Introductory Guide.
- <S2> SSF54831 Monograph: Dobinson, C.. 2000. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. Supporting Paper AA/1. Searchlight sites in WWII. A sample list.
- <S3> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
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Record last edited
Feb 16 2022 11:10AM