What the records say
- When
- 27 Sep 1940
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.34° N, 0.96° E
- Description
- 1940 battle
- War
- World War II
Battle of Graveney Marsh
WW2 battle in England (1940)
The Battle of Graveney Marsh, on the night of 27 September 1940 in the county of Kent, England, was the last ground engagement involving an organized foreign force to take place on the mainland of Great Britain. The fighting took place between the crew of a shot-down German Junkers Ju 88A-1 bomber from KG 77 and a detachment of soldiers from the 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles (1 LIR), in Seasalter on the north Ke…
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