Genista Battery is an
artillery battery
In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to fac ...
in the
British Overseas Territory
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remna ...
of
Gibraltar
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Description
In 1906 this battery had three guns
but by
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
it had two 6 inch guns.
The battery was directed from the "Gun Operation Room" which was hidden and protected underground with tunnels leading to
Lathbury Barracks and to the north end of the Rock via a number of tunnels including the
Great North Road.
The name for this area comes from Captain
Frederick Brome, who was Governor of the Military Prison on
Windmill Hill, and he and his prisoners excavated what was to be called
Genista Cave in the 1860s. The cave attracted scientific interest including
George Busk
George Busk FRS FRAI (12 August 1807 – 10 August 1886) was a British naval surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist.
Early life, family and education
Busk was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was the son of the merchant Robert Busk and his ...
from London who referring to the cave as "Genista" as a link to its discover as "
Genisteae" is the Latin name of the shrub "Broom".
Genista Caves
Underground-Gibraltar.com, accessed 8 June 2013
References
Batteries in Gibraltar
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