Monument record WLN 043 - World War Two Anti-Aircraft ‘Diver’ Battery and an associated military camp

A WWII military camp, on the eastern edge of Dunwich Common consisting of a cluster of Nissen-type huts with trackways to the east and west connecting the camp to a number of gun emplacements.
Site of a Second World War heavy anti aircraft (Diver) battery in the Diver Strip at Westleton Walks. It was armed with four 3.7-inch Mark IIc guns equipped with Predictor BTL, and Radar AA No.3 Mark V when it was deployed here on 24th November 1944, and was manned by 369 Battery of 117 Anti Aircraft Artillery Regiment. It formed part of 40 Heavy Anti Aircraft Brigade deployment (S1).

January 2015. Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Beauty National Mapping Programme.
Mapping of this World War Two ‘Diver Strip’ Anti-Aircraft Battery and associated camp, which is visible on aerial photographs (S3-S4), has been undertaken. A Diver Strip site at this general location is indicated in (S5) and in the EHA records – which states it was armed with four 3.7-inch Mark IIc guns equipped with Predictor BTL, and Radar AA No.3 Mark V when it was deployed here on 24th November 1944, and was manned by 369 Battery of 117 Anti Aircraft Artillery Regiment (S2). It formed part of 40 Heavy Anti Aircraft Brigade deployment. The nissen huts are still present in June 1945 (S3), but much of the site, including the gun emplacements have been removed or partially dismantled by October 1945 (S4). See WLN 073 for military training activity in the vicinity.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 02nd January 2015.