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Gun Batteries in St Margaret's

9.2 inch gun at Wanstone Farm
Photograph of one of the two 9.2 inch guns stationed at Wanstone Farm during WW2.
ARP Log Book extracts relating to The Cottage, Chapel Lane. 1944
Typewritten extracts detailing damage sustained by The Cottage resulting from the concussive effect of shellfiring from Winnie and Pooh batteries 19th September 1944
Cliffhanger - A Gunner's Story by J.W. Clark (Pages 1-8)
'Cliffhanger' is a diary kept by J.W Clark as an Anti-Aircraft gunner during WW2. The diary spans a period from 1938, when Mr Clark joined up, to the end of 1940. The majority of this ...
Cliffhanger - A Gunners Story by J.W Clark (Pages 26-35)
'Cliffhanger' is the title of a diary kept by J.W.Clark as an Anti-Aircraft gunner during WW2. The diary spans a period from 1938, when Mr Clark joined up, to the end of 1940. The majority ...
Cliffhanger - A Gunners Story by J.W.Clark (Pages 16-25)
'Cliffhanger' is the title of a diary kept by J.W Clark as an Anti-Aircraft gunner during WW2. The diary spans a period from 1938, when Mr Clark joined up, to the end of 1940. The ...
Cliffhanger - A Gunners Story by J.W.Clark (Pages 36-43)
'Cliffhanger' is the title of a diary kept by J.W Clark as an Anti-Aircraft gunner during WW2. The diary spans a period from 1938, when Mr Clark joined up, to the end of 1940. The ...
Cliffhanger - A Gunners Story by J.W.Clark (Pages 44-49)
'Cliffhanger' is the title of a diary kept by J.W.Clark as an Anti-Aircraft gunner during WW2. The diary spans a period from 1938, when Mr Clark joined up, to the end of 1940. The majority ...
Cliffhanger - A Gunners Story by J.W.Clark (Pages 50-53)
'Cliffhanger' is the title of a diary kept by J.W.Clark as an Anti-Aircraft gunner during WW2. The diary spans a period from 1938, when Mr Clark joined up, to the end of 1940. The majority ...
Cliffhanger - A Gunners Story by J.W.Clark (Pages 9-15)
'Cliffhanger' is the title of a diary kept by J.W Clark as an Anti-Aircraft gunner during WW2. The diary spans a period from 1938, when Mr Clark joined up, to the end of 1940. The ...
Demolition of military buildings along Lighthouse Road. 25 July 1986
The South Foreland Battery WW2 domestic buildings along Lighthouse Road being demolished in 1986.
Detailed plan, with descriptive notes, of the South Foreland Gun Battery by John Guy
This is a detailed plan with descriptive notes of the WW2 South Foreland 9.2" Battery as produced by John Guy.
Diary of 'C' Battery US 127th AAA Gun Battery by Corporal Allan J English. 1945
This is a copy of the diary of 'C' Battery US Army 127th AAA Gun Battation (MBL) written in 1945 by Ammunition Corporal Allan J English Part of his service was at the Langdon Battery near ...
End of the big guns at St Margaret's. Dover Express 15 March 1957
A press cutting from the Dover Express 15 March 1957 which covers the scrapping of the 15 inch gun 'Jane', which was sited at Wanstone Farm during WW2. The defensive guns at St Margaret's are ...
Excavation of the WW2 Winnie gun site for BBC 's 'Two Men in a Trench'. 26 April 2003
A series of photographs taken 26 April 2003 showing excavations underway by Glasgow University diggers for a BBC2 TV documentary 'Two men in a Trench'. The site being excavated was where the Cross Channel gun ...
Gun Battery - Newspaper Account
Letter of thanks addressed to Mr K. Madge, along with a cheque for for £4-3s-5d, in settlement of a newspaper account with a local Royal Artillery Anti-Aircraft Battery. Dated 5th December 1940.
Gun sites of Clem and Jane at Wanstone Farm. 20 May 1990
Four photographs taken 20 May 1990 showing structures associated with the cross Channel guns Clem and Jane which were situated at Wanstone Farm.
Interior of some WW2 military buildings used by the South Foreland Battery, Lighthouse Road. 1986
These photographs taken in 1986 show the interior of some of the domestic buildings situated along Lighthouse Road and used by the South Foreland Battery during WW 2. One of the photographs also shows the entrance ...
Keeping the Guns ?
Several newspaper reports, in the aftermath of WW2, of the local debate over whether to retain the cross-Channel guns or whether they should be removed.
Land clearance on The Leas reveal wartime concrete bases. 1 March 2003
Photographs taken on the 1 March 2003 on The Leas near the Granville Flats, of land clearance which exposed concrete bases possibly from a hut when there was a searchlight/gun battery here in WW2.
Letter from John Arbuthnot MP re proposed firing range in the village. 1955
A letter from John Arbuthnot MP, dated 7 February 1955, to Major General Eliott in reply to his about the siting of a firing range in St Margaret's and the great concern it is causing.
Letter warning residents of heavy gun fire testing at the South Foreland Battery. April 1955
This is a copy of a warning letter sent to all residents of St Margaret's about the testing of the heavy guns at the South Foreland battery, the dates and times and the various signals ...
Proposal that St Margaret's become a heavy gunnery school. 30 November 1945
This is a copy of a press cutting entitled' (S)HELL FIRE CORNER VILLAGERS UP IN ARMS, and concerns the differing views of villagers as to whether the wartime guns should be removed or stay in ...
Site of Cross Channel Gun 'Winnie' at Westcliffe. 20 May 1990
Four photographs showing the site of the World War 2 cross Channel gun 'Winnie' in the field behind Wallett's Court at Westcliffe. 20 May 1990
Sites of the WW2 guns Clem and Jane at Wanstone Farm. 20 May 1990
Four photographs showing sites around the positions of the long range WW2 guns Clem and Jane which were at Wanstone Farm, St Margaret's at Cliffe. 20 May 1990.

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