Monument record 4118 - Anti Aircraft Battery at Moore

<1> C S Dobinson, 1996, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. Volume I.3 Anti-Aircraft artillery, 1914-46, 417-419 (Report). SCH4454.

<1> C S Dobinson, 1996, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. Volume III Bombing decoys of WWII : England's passive air defences, 1939-45, 417-419 (Report). SCH8257.

Number R H20 Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery. Earliest reference - 21 November 1939, last reference - 15 January 1946. In June 1942 it had 2x 3.7inch (static) guns; in November 1945 it had 4x 3.7inch Mk VI guns and 4x 3.7inch Mk III guns. It was maned in November 1939 by 93 Regiment and was 290 battery; in October 1942 it was manned by the Home Guard and in November 1945 it was manned by 2 (mob) Regiment and was 28 Battery

<2> C S Dobinson, 1996, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. Volume I.1 Anti-Aircraft Artillery, 1914-46 (Report). SCH4461.

In January 1946 it was made a Nucleus Force Headquarters, which meant it was one of the batteries kept after the war that were intended to be the core of a Cold War Re-armament. Because it was a Nucleus Force Headquarters it was permanently armed and manned

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1995-2017, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 Scale Map (Maps and Plans). SCH2427.

.The grid reference given in (1) was corrected from SJ577853 to SJ578850 as it is still marked on the Ordnance Survey Map

<4> Next Perspectives, 2019-2021, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (2019-2021), SJ5785 (Aerial Photograph). SCH9405.

Aerial photographs show a well preserved layout of the Heavy Anti Aircraft battery site with roads and structures surviving .