Site of First World War HAA battery at Bowers Gifford (EHER 82304)

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Summary

Now destroyed. General location of the site of a First World War heavy anti aircraft battery at Bowers Gifford which was armed with one 12-inch 12-hundredweight gun in 1917.

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Grid reference	TQ 75 87 (point) General location of the site. NRHE data used to create point.
Civil Parish	BOWERS GIFFORD AND NORTH BENFLEET, BASILDON, ESSEX

Type and Period

HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (First World War - 1914 AD to 1918 AD)

Description

NRHE data transfer: General location of the site of a First World War heavy anti aircraft battery at Bowers Gifford which was armed with one 12-inch 12-hundredweight gun in 1917. <1>

Sources

<1> SEX59624 Monograph: Dobinson, C. S.. 1996. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England, Vol I: Anti-aircraft artillery 1914-1946. p 296.

Other References

NRHE identifier: 1474336
National Monuments Record: TQ 78 NE 36

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