Site of Second World War HAA Gun Site "TN15 Chadwell", Thurrock (EHER 10269)

Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft battery at Chadwell. It was armed with four 4.5-inch guns with GL Mark II radar. It was manned by 8 Battery of the 2nd Royal Artillery Regiment in 1942, and by 616 Battery of the 184th (Mixed) Royal Artillery Regiment in 1943. It was retained as an Off-Site Nucleus Force Battery in 1946.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft battery at Chadwell. It was armed with four 4.5-inch guns with GL Mark II radar. It was manned by 8 Battery of the 2nd Royal Artillery Regiment in 1942, and by 616 Battery of the 184th (Mixed) Royal Artillery Regiment in 1943. It was retained as an Off-Site Nucleus Force Battery in 1946. An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows an anti-aircraft gun battery at this position. There are four emplacements in a semi-circle facing NE and the main entrance to the site is at the junction of Heath Road and Loewen Road. One of the original buildings still stands among new houses on the S side of Loewen Road 80 yards from the Heath Road junction. <1> Documented in contemporary records as "TN15 Chadwell", a WWII Heavy Anti-Aircraft gun site. <2> Equipment and manning of the site is documented at various dates (Dobinson, 1996): Manning Date Guns Radar Regt Bty 20 May 1942 4 x 4.5" GL MkII 2 8 22 Jun 1942 4 x 4.5" GL MkII 9 Dec 1943 184 (M) 616 15 Jan 1946 - - An aerial photograph taken in May 1946 shows four octagonal emplacements, seemingly to "March 1938 Pattern" (Dobinson, 1996, Vol 1.1, p.117) with a number of internal ammunition recesses. They are in a semi-circle facing NW with the command post in the centre. Immediately to their N and NW are two further emplacements, each square. Between the gun site and Heath Road the accommodation, or domestic, site can be seen, approximately 25 huts, both Nissen and pitched-roof. <1> <2> Visited in May 2012, the building still stands, now garages.