Gun on Moor Parade, Headland
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Gun on Moor Parade, Headland
Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 19 Nov 2015
Commemorating the incident in which three German Battle Cruisers opened fire on Hartlepool on 16 December 1914. The Heugh Battery nearby returned fire - becoming the only coastal battery in England to fire its guns in anger during the First World War.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.700886
Longitude
-1.183609