Morris Battery which was known by the Germans as WN16 consisted of four 105mm Czechs Howitzers, three were housed in concrete bunkers with the forth still under construction on D-Day.
The battery was controlled by Hillman - Suffolk Regiment (WN17) which is located 800m to the south.
Today the battery has been swallowed up by a housing development, although a fenced off casemate can still be seen from the road and there is an openly accessible gun pit (both pictured in the gallery below).
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