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Site of roadblock. With flame trap. Cassini ref. 628298. Manned by 'D' Coy 4th (Steyning) Bn. Sussex Home Guard.
(Source: Document 1941/04/24)
Roadblock. Cassini ref. 628298. Manned by 9th Bn. Royal Welch Fusiliers.
(Source: Document 1941/09)
Type of site | ROADBLOCK |
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Location | On W side of bridge over River Adur, Bramber. |
Area |
Bramber, Sussex, West, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 1920 1062
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Unknown |
Recorder | |
Defence grouping |
Steyning, Bramber, and Upper Beeding nodal point - Defences of Upper Beeding category 'A' nodal point. Cassini ref. Q6329. [Source: Nodal Points, Appendix D to West Sussex Sub-District Defence Scheme, 1943 - (NA:) PRO WO 166/11008]. Steyning to the west was also a designated nodal point. In 1941, these nodal points defending the Adur Gap were known as the Steyning, Bramber, and Upper Beeding nodal point. [Source: 9th Bn. The Royal Welch Fusiliers Defence Scheme, Sept. 1941 - (NA):PRO WO 166/4630. |
DOB site reference: | S0016684 |
Reference |
1941/04/24 25th Infantry Brigade Defence Scheme 1941/03/25 141 (London) Infantry Brigade Home Defence Scheme No.4 1941/09 9th Bn The Royal Welch Fusiliers Defence Scheme |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |