{"id":5388,"date":"2015-03-08T17:11:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T17:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2025-09-27T15:26:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T14:26:32","slug":"kenilworth-aa-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/kenilworth-aa-battery\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenilworth AA Battery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Goodrest Farm, Bannerhill, Kenilworth.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NGR SP275693<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Along with some friends I travelled to Kenilworth to take a look at the heavy anti-aircraft site at Goodrest Farm, Bannerhill just off Rouncil Lane to the east of the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1940 the heavy anti-aircraft battery [or HAA] known as Bannerhill Camp, was sited at the farm as part of the anti-aircraft defences for Birmingham and Coventry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally there were five gun emplacements for the fixed 3.7 anti-aircraft guns with Ground Laying Radar, now only four of the gun emplacements\u00a0as well as\u00a0the foundations of the command post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The gun emplacements were constructed with concrete shuttering with earth built up for added\u00a0protection around the outsides, each gun emplacement had\u00a0two gun crew\u00a0shelters while\u00a0the control room was constructed just below ground level, this was accessed\u00a0by steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service [ATS],\u00a0 served as spotters while regular soldiers crewed the Anti aircraft\u00a0guns, the site was classified as H25 which included living accommodation in Nissen Huts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later in the war when the V1 threat arrived the guns were transferred\u00a0to Southern England, the site then became a\u00a0Prisoner of War Camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Alan Orton<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Goodrest Farm, Bannerhill, Kenilworth. NGR SP275693 Along with some friends I travelled to Kenilworth to take a look at the heavy anti-aircraft site at Goodrest Farm, Bannerhill just off Rouncil Lane to the east of the town. In 1940 the heavy anti-aircraft battery [or HAA] known as Bannerhill Camp, was sited at the farm as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[103,229],"class_list":["post-5388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-warwickshire","tag-battery","tag-kenilworth","czr-hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t