Monument record 9883/0/1 - WWII Searchlight Battery

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{1} Documentary reference to Searchlight battery. Appendix of War Diary details location of every S/L in their area (N of Grantham to E coast) due to a change in the system of numbering in 1942. Prefixes of old numbers make it possible to cross ref them to location statements. Ravensthorpe S/L at MGR 73/115893 had old number WT.117B (ie 425 Bty, 58 S/L Regt.); new number 307.


<1> Armishaw A., 2001, Letter, (unchecked) (Letter). SNN101865.

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  • <1> Letter: Armishaw A.. 2001. Letter. 5th January 2001. 5/1/01. (unchecked).

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Location

Grid reference SP 6622 6953 (point) Approximate
Civil Parish RAVENSTHORPE, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

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Record last edited

Feb 25 2011 11:13AM

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