Subject: Mills Historic Information Summary 6 - Anti Aircraft, AA, Defences of the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey WW1, WW2
Description: The Lea Valley was of vital strategic significance. It lay in the path of enemy bombers approaching London from the north east and housed major munitions industry, including the Royal Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey and the munitions factories of Enfield, including the Royal Small Arms Factory. By Les Tucker.
