Morris Battery

The battery which was known by the Germans as WN16 consisted of four 105mm Czechs Howitzers, three were housed in concrete casemates with the forth in an open gun pit as the fourth casemate was still under construction on D-Day.

The battery was codenamed Morris by the British who code named all the local gun batteries with British car brands which is why it is now also referred to as Morris Battery

The battery was controlled by the larger complex Hillman - Suffolk Regiment (WN17), located 800m to the south which was the headquarters of the German 736th Regiment.

Today the battery is on the edge of Colleville-Montgomery (previously known as Colleville-sur-Orne) and 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).