Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - Defence of the Realm - Penarth Head Fort and Coastal Battery . . .

	Guarding the Fortress of Britain at a Coastal Battery Behind the barbed wire defences of a British coastal battery at Lepe Point, Fawley, Hampshire, manned by 183 Battery, 539 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery during WWII. This image shows the 100lbs shell being rammed into the gun chamber. [Imperial War Museum : Reference : H23090] [266]

	This image shows the cordite charge being placed in the gun chamber behind the shell. [Imperial War Museum : Reference : H23092] [266]

	This image shows No.2 opening and closing the breech to enable the gun to be loaded and fired. [Imperial War Museum : Reference : H23093] [266]

	This image shows a gunner lubricating the breech mechanism. [Imperial War Museum : Reference : H23096] [266]