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Report - Stallingborough Battery - Lincolnshire - Apr 21

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Bikin Glynn

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Stallingborough Battery

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Stallingborough Battery was built as part of the Humber estuary's coastal defence system. In February 1916 the coastal battery was equipped with two 6-inch breech-loading Mk. VII guns. The guns were removed in 1919 and the site abandoned in 1926. The battery was reused during the Second World War and fitted with a pair of 4.7-inch quick-firing guns and two searchlights for close defence. Stallingborough was disused sometime between 1943 and 1945.

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The partial remains of Stallingborough Battery survive. The gun emplacements are visible, but the Battery Observation Post and Coastal Artillery Searchlights have been removed

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The following names appear on the 1871 census for the parish of Brocklesby under the address Stallingborough Battery:
James Brown, master gunner RA (Royal Artillery)
Thomas Burnside, bombardier RA
John Hobbs, gunner RA
Archbald Edgar, gunner RA
George Jones, gunner RA
This indicates that the battery was originally built before the First World War unless there was another battery under this name in the district

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Not much else to see here but its a pleasant place for a wander
 
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