Site of Second World War Light Anti Aircraft (Diver) Battery 'I', in the Diver Box between Asplin Head and Rugwood Head, Foulness Island (EHER 82458)

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Now destroyed. The site of a Second World War light anti aircraft (Diver) battery in the Diver Box between Aspln Head and Rugwood Head. It was armed with ten Oerlikon guns when it was deployed here on 26th July 1944. It formed part of the 37 Light Anti Aircraft Brigade deployment.

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Grid reference	TR 0080 9020 (point) Location provided by NRHE data transfer.
Civil Parish	FOULNESS, ROCHFORD, ESSEX

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NRHE summary description: Site of a Second World War light anti aircraft (Diver) battery in the Diver Box between Asplin Head and Rugwood Head. It was armed with ten Oerlikon guns when it was deployed here on 26th July 1944. It formed part of the 37 Light Anti Aircraft Brigade deployment. <1>

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<1> SEX60897 Monograph: Dobinson, C. S.. 1996. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England, Vol IV: Operation Diver. p.235.

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