2nd Coast Battery, West African Artillery
At Bathurst, on 4th July 1941, a detachment of the 5th Battalion, Gold Coast Regiment, under the command of Captain C.H. Major, and stationed at Barra, became the 1st Coast Regiment, W.A.A.[1]
A party of African gunners under Lieutenant C.M.H. Johnson, with three British N.C.O.s and one British gunner, designated as the 2nd Coast Battery, W.A.A., arrived at Bathurst from Freetown on 17th June 1941. On 4th July 1941, this unit became the 1st Coast Battery, W.A.A. A detachment of the 5th Battalion, Gold Coast Regiment, under the command of Captain C.H. Major, and stationed at Barra, became the 2nd Coast Battery, W.A.A.[2]
The 2nd Coast Battery manned one 4-inch gun, one 12-pounder Q.F. (L.S.) and two coast defence searchlights at the Barra gun site, Bathurst.[3]
On 1st September 1944, the 2nd Coast Battery became non-operational (and is presumed to have disbanded shortly thereafter).
Summary history of the 2nd Coast Battery, W.A.A.
© Steve Rothwell
14 April 2025