English: Britain's Coastal Defences 1939-45
'Pooh', the second of two 14-inch guns emplaced at St Margaret's, near Dover, 10 March 1941. The first gun, named 'Winnie', was in place by August 1940 and 'Pooh' followed in February 1941. Both came from the reserve stock of guns for the 'King George V' class of battleships, and were mounted on modified naval barbettes. Manned by Royal Marine gunners, they were mostly employed in counter-battery fire with German batteries on the French coast.
Date
between 1939 and 1945
date QS:P571, 1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319, 1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326, 1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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War Office Second World War Official Collection
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British Army, Royal Artillery
Associated places
Dover, Kent, England, UK
Associated themes
British Army 1939-1945
Associated keywords
Defence, Coastline
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