Monument record 7442/0/1 - Sulby WWII Searchlight Battery

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Summary

Documentary reference for the location of a World War II searchlight battery. No physical remains have been noted.

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Full Description

{1} Documentary ref to one 90cm, 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 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. Sulby S/L at MGR 73/121000 had old number WT.115A (ie 425 Bty, 58 S/L Regt.); new number 306B.

{4} Reorganisation of TRP. Areas: Site 25521 Sulby becomes Site 25532.


<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.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Letter: Armishaw A.. 2000. Letter. 31/07/2000. 31/7/00. (checked).
  • <2> Letter: Armishaw A.. 2001. Letter Re War Diary of 32 AA Bde. 1942. 05/01/2001. 5/1/01. (unchecked).
  • <3> Document: 1941. 425 Searchlight Battery, 58th Searchlight Regiment: Organisation of Battery Area, 1941 (PRO ref: WO166/3270). (checked).
  • <4> Document: Appendix A: Reorganisation of Seachlight Battery Area. (checked).
  • <5> Document: 425 Searchlight Battery Plans of Searchlight Clusters and Control and Plotting Posts. (checked).

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Location

Grid reference SP 6670 8014 (point) Approximate
Civil Parish SULBY, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

May 14 2024 12:26PM

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