{"id":7176,"date":"2017-08-31T17:47:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T16:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?p=7176"},"modified":"2025-10-19T18:52:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:52:34","slug":"balfour-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/balfour-battery\/","title":{"rendered":"Balfour Battery &#8211; Coast Artillery Battery: S0012913"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 x Twin 6pdr QF guns for defence of Hoxa Sound against AMTBs and covering the Boom defence. 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