Monument record 7438/1/1 - Welford Searchlight Battery

World War II searchlight battery. Lidar suggests that earthworks associated with this monument have now been levelled.

{1} Documentary ref to one 150cm, S/L. No information of current survival if any?
Information taken from 425 Searchlight Battery 58th Searchlight Regiment War Diary (PRO ref: WO166/3270). NGRs converted from wartime grid references. Northants sites are part of a group of 24 for the 425 S/L Battery, others being in Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

{2} 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. Welford S/L at MGR 73/076004 prop H.Q. had old number WT.113 (ie 425 Bty, 58 S/L Regt.); new number 304.

{4} Reorganisation of TRP areas: Site 25524 Welford becomes Site 25521 TRP. H/Q Cluster.

{6} No earthworks visible.

<1> Armishaw A., 2000, Letter, (checked) (Letter). SNN101924.

<2> Armishaw A., 2001, Letter Re War Diary of 32 AA Bde. 1942, (unchecked) (Letter). SNN101927.

<3> 1941, 425 Searchlight Battery, 58th Searchlight Regiment: Organisation of Battery Area, 1941 (PRO ref: WO166/3270), (checked) (Document). SNN108917.

<4> Appendix A: Reorganisation of Seachlight Battery Area, (checked) (Document). SNN108918.

<5> 425 Searchlight Battery Plans of Searchlight Clusters and Control and Plotting Posts, (checked) (Document). SNN108919.

<6> Environment Agency, LIDAR Composite DTM - 1m, Accessed 03/05/2024 (Digital Plots). SNN111710.

Record last edited

May 3 2024 10:21AM