Monument Number 1499089 |
| Hob Uid: 1499089 | |
Location :
Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire
Brent Pelham
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| Grid Ref : TL4250031600 |
| Summary : The site of a Second World War searchlight battery at Brent Pelham. It was manned by 33 Searchlight Regiment. The battery was operational from October 1941. It formed part of a network of searchlights named Area DN02, which along with another such area (DN01) formed a defensive belt in the Essex-Cambridgeshire-Suffolk borders area and on into Hertfordshire. Searchlight sites typically comprised a small ring-ditch to provide the crew with shelter during an air raid, a predictor emplacement for calculating the height and range of targets, a light anti-aircraft machine gun pit, a generator and hutted accommodation for the crew. |
More information : The site of a Second World War searchlight battery at Brent Pelham, situated at NGR TL 425 316/ MGR (military grid reference) L 874505. It was manned by 33 Searchlight Regiment. The battery was operational from October 1941. It formed part of a network of searchlights named Area DN02, which along with another such area (DN01) formed a defensive belt in the Essex-Cambridgeshire-Suffolk borders area (1)
Searchlight sites typically comprised a small ring-ditch to provide the crew with shelter during an air raid, a predictor emplacement for calculating the height and range of targets, a light anti-aircraft machine gun pit, a generator and hutted accommodation for the crew. (2) |