Site of Second World War Diver Site No. K4, north of Beaumont Quay, Beaumont-cum-Moze (EHER 17270)

Site of Second World War Diver anti-aircraft gun site, now destroyed. On the 24th of November, 1944 the site had eight 3.7 inch Mk IIc guns equipped with Predictor BTL and anti aircraft No. 3 Mk V radar. It was manned by 126 Regiment, 426 Battery. It formed part of 40 Heavy Anti Aircraft Brigade deployment.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. Site of Second World War anti aircraft site, probably a Diver site in the Diver Strip east of Lower Barn Farm.. <1> <2> <3> <4> A report, compiled in 1996 from wartime documentation, lists the 'Diver' anti-aircraft gun sites in east Essex in summer / autumn 1944. Site No. K4, N of Beaumont Quay, has one entry. On the 24th of November, 1944 the site had eight 3.7 inch Mk IIc guns equipped with Predictor BTL and anti aircraft No. 3 Mk V radar. It was manned by 126 Regiment, 426 Battery. It formed part of 40 Heavy Anti Aircraft Brigade deployment. <5> An aerial photograph taken in July 1946 shows the site very clearly. There are around 33 huts, mainly Nissen-type. Approximately 200 yards to their NE are the ground marks left by four 'Pile' platforms on which four of the guns would have stood. These are in a straight line NW / SE . No other positive gun sites can be seen. <6> Visited in August 2012 by F. Nash as part of defence of Tendring survey Nothing appears to now survive.