Battle of Graveney Marsh [SEP] point in time
Battle of Graveney Marsh
The Battle of Graveney Marsh, on the night of 27 September 1940 in Kent, England, was the last ground engagement involving a 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 88 bomber and a detachment of soldiers from the 1st Battalion London Irish Rifles in Seasalter.
British Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane aircraft from 66 Squadron and 92 Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, attacked what they recognised as a new
the ages of eighteen and nineteen and a half. The objective of the battalion was to train the soldiers to the highest standard of drill, skill-at-arms, discipline and turnout in preparation for the time when they would, in theory, be fit to take their place within the 1st and 2nd Battalions. The 70th (Young Soldiers) Battalion ceased to exist in January 1943, when all such units were disbanded.
A company of the 1st Battalion was involved in the Battle of Graveney Marsh, in September