Jews Cemetery Battery

Jews Cemetery Battery was built between 27^th May 1889 and 15^th February 1891 to mount a single 9.2-inch Mark IV BL gun on a Mark I mount.  The gun was upgraded to a 9.2-inch Mark VI in 1901 and then to a 9.2-inch Mark X on a Mark V mounting in 1906.  The Battery was deactivated in 1928.

The battery and underground works are largely intact although now used as a monument.

The other 9.2-inch Batteries in Gibraltar are:

• • Breakneck Battery   
  • Buffadero Battery     
  • Edward VII Battery
  • Governor’s Lookout Battery
  • Jew’s Cemetery Battery
  • Levant Battery   
  • Lord Airey’s Battery 
  • O’Hara’sBattery   
  • Rock Battery
  • Rooke Battery
  • Spur Battery 
  • West Battery

The UK National Archives references

1. WO 78/4273
2. WO 32/6373