What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Site of the Sandwich Bay Battery (1941-45) The two 6" guns were installed on concrete slabs. Range 5,000yds. They were never fired in anger
Sandwich Bay Battery was a coastal defense installation during World War II, equipped with two 6-inch guns intended to protect against potential German invasion; though never fired in combat, it represents part of the extensive defensive network established by Britain along its coastline.
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Photo: Jez Nicholson · CC BY-SA 2.0