Monument record 7451/0/1 - Barby Searchlight Battery
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Summary
The site of Second World War searchlight battery no WT18B at Barby. It was manned by 425 S/L Battery 58 S/L Regiment. Its current condition is unknown.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
{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 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. Barby S/L at MGR 73/990903 had old number WT18B (425 Bty, 58 S/L Regt); new number 309A.
{4} Reorganisation of TRP. Areas: Site 25546 Barby becomes Site 25546.
<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> SNN101924 Letter: Armishaw A.. 2000. Letter. 31/07/2000. 31/7/00. (checked).
- <2> SNN101927 Letter: Armishaw A.. 2001. Letter Re War Diary of 32 AA Bde. 1942. 05/01/2001. 5/1/01. (unchecked).
- <3> SNN108917 Document: 1941. 425 Searchlight Battery, 58th Searchlight Regiment: Organisation of Battery Area, 1941 (PRO ref: WO166/3270). (checked).
- <4> SNN108918 Document: Appendix A: Reorganisation of Seachlight Battery Area. (checked).
- <5> SNN108919 Document: 425 Searchlight Battery Plans of Searchlight Clusters and Control and Plotting Posts. (checked).
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Location
Grid reference | SP 5268 7077 (point) Approximate |
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Civil Parish | BARBY, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District) |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- None recorded
Record last edited
Jun 8 2022 9:15AM