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Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery Mersey H26

Hob Uid: 1463124
Location :
Cheshire West and Chester
Ince, Elton
Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SJ4527076034
Summary : A Second World War heavy anti aircraft battery and associated military camp and pillboxes are visible as structures on air photographs. It was armed with two 3.7-inch guns in 1942, and was retained as an Off-Site Nucleus Force Battery in 1946. Some elements of the battery are still extant on the latest 1992 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.
More information : A Second World War heavy anti aircraft battery and associated military camp and pillboxes are visible as structures on air photographs, centred at SJ 4530 7602. Some elements of the battery are still extant on the latest 1992 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.
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Source details : RAF 540/759 5003 27-MAY-1952
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Source details : RAF 106G/UK/626 4239 10-AUG-1945
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Mid 20th Century
Display Date : Extant 1946
Monument End Date : 1946
Monument Start Date : 1946
Monument Type : Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery
Evidence : Documentary Evidence
Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : Second World War
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery, Military Camp, Pillbox
Evidence : Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cheshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 4144
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 47 NE 18
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2007-11-26
End Date : 2009-05-22