Monument record ADT 045 - World War II Diver Battery G10

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Summary

World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft Artillery battery, Alderton

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 36110 42642 (76m by 84m)
Map sheet TM34SE
Civil Parish ALDERTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

A World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft Artillery battery, constructed between the beginning of 1944 and October 1945. The remains of four gun emplacements and a possible command post can be identified. The battery may have been part of the DIVER strip. However the lack of evidence for any other structures may imply that this battery was built towards the very end of the conflict and was possibly never completed. (S1)
Any evidence of the structure has disappeared by 1948.
Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft Diver battery in the Diver Strip at Oxley Marshes. It was armed with four 3.7-inch Mark IIc guns equipped with Predictor BTL, and Radar AA No.3 Mark V when it was deployed here on 24th November 1944, and was manned by 430 Battery of 140 Anti Aircraft Artillery Regiment. It formed part of 102 Heavy Anti Aircraft Brigade deployment (S2).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Index: English Heritage. Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1478668.
  • <S1> Photograph: RAF. Air Photograph. 106G/UK929/F20 fr 4431, 16 Oct 1945.

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Record last edited

Sep 3 2013 2:04PM

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