Coastal Battery S0005918
Very prominent gun emplacement on the approach to the light house at South Gare.
I’m not sure where I got the info, but I believe the only aircraft it ever shot down was a “friendly-fire” incident involving a Canadian aircraft
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:03 pm
My farther was born & raised in Warrenby (1908),he always had a lot to say about the South Gare Coastal Gun emplacment. When I was a boy of aprox 8/10 years of age I remember my farther taking me to the South Gare to observe the practice Gun Firing at a Towed Sea Target.
My farher told me that the Gun was only fired once per year and that the Gare Road was Closed to traffice during this time. We were only allowed as far the end of Warrenby Steel Works.
Do you have any information regarding these practice Firings or is my memory playing tricks.