The dog from Blyth continues her walk…..
This WW1 building housed an electric searchlight at the seaward side with the duty crew quarters to the rear. The light was protected by sliding the steel shutters which were drawn back to expose the searchlight in times of threat. The crew could use the gun loopholes on all sides of each building.
This plaque is to commemorate the Skylighters Searchlight site TT114. It is dedicated to the 827 men and officers of the 225th Anti-aircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion of the US Army who were deployed over Blyth and Tyneside in March 1944 in the defence of Great Britain under operational control of the 30th British AAA Brigade.