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647:(BEF). It was to remain at Le Havre to man two static 3.7-inch gun positions at Parc de la Hève on the edge of the cliff in front of the lighthouse. The concrete pits were built and guns emplaced by 27 February. The rest of the regiment disembarked on 6 March under the command of Lt-Col R.C. Raikes and took over from 8th AA Rgt. 246 Battery manned four static guns on the harbour
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first three hours. After that raid, Lt-Col Raikes of 79th (HY) Rgt devised a new barrage scheme for the
Swansea GDA codenamed 'Ball of Fire'. By the end of the month the responsibilities at Pembroke Dock and Cardiff had been handed over to other units and the whole of the regiment was deployed around Swansea, with a GOR established.
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1317:). AA engagements were usually against single high-flying reconnaissance aircraft, with one significant raid on the night of 17/18 June. 246 AA Battery was moved to BΓ΄ne in July, followed in September by RHQ, 'H' (now 40) AAOR and 247 Bty, where the regiment took over operational control of 180 HAA Bty of
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In April, 247 Bty was able to draw new 3.7-inch guns from the base ordnance depot and install them at two new sites at
Philippeville that the battery had constructed over the preceding two months. There were three raids on the town, on 21, 27 and 28 April, when the AA fire was generally successful in
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were called into action as soon as they arrived on 15 June. A month later the relieved regiment returned, and 79th (HY) HAA Rgt moved to
Hitchwood Battle Camp in Hertfordshire for infantry training. It was then sent back to South Wales to complete mobilisation by 1 September while occupying gun sites
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and the
Swansea GOR, resulting in the guns ceasing fire between 20.20 and 21.10, leaving the town centre unprotected. Although some raiders were shot down once the restriction was lifted, the centre of Swansea was devastated, and fires and delayed-action bombs destroyed communications. The GOR had to
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On 26 December a warning order was received to prepare to move overseas, and the detachments concentrated at
Harwich. The regiment was designated as a base defence AA regiment to man static 3.7-inch guns. 248 Battery was already experienced with the 3.7-inch and only needed to attend short courses by
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After war was declared on 3 September there were numerous adjustments to AA Command's deployment as further units and equipment became available. During the autumn 79th (HY) AA Rgt handed over most of its responsibilities for airfields, and shifted towards the Gun
Defence Area (GDA) round the port of
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and was kept busy with observed fire tasks. B Troop's No 3 Gun took over as 'Arthur Gun' on 14 September, and was in turn relieved by a gun from C Trp. Before the 'Arthur Gun' detachment was withdrawn on 8 October, its average daily ammunition expenditure was 70 rounds, peaking at 140 on 2 October.
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troops from the
African Pioneer Corps. Each battery received 81 ORs from 1932 Dilution Company to be trained as gunners at L1 site at Lesina Airfield. In practice, Nos 1 and 4 of each nine-man gun crew remained British ORs, the other seven numbers being African. Twelve British ORs from each battery
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and other assorted
British forces withdrew to the Seine. That night, with much of the town and oil depots set on fire by the raids, 'Cuckoo Section' of 79th (HY) AA Rgt ferried the four highly secret GL radar transmitter trailers and their receiver trailers across the river to Honfleur, followed by
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when it became operational. The town was designated as an Inner
Artillery Zone (IAZ) in which AA guns had priority over fighters. During February and March the regiment sited its guns, and sited and resited its GL sets to find good reception areas. 398 Battery had two engagements on 4 and 19 March
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began a new tactic of hitting the same towns on successive nights in an attempt to put them completely out of action. Swansea was the first town so attacked. On the night of 19/20 February the building housing both RHQ and the GOR was destroyed by a direct hit during a heavy raid. Two officers and
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to defend the oil terminal. The guns were unloaded on 24 August and were in action against an air raid the following day. There was a heavy raid on
Swansea from 20.55 to 03.00 on the night of 1/2 September, but because RAF night fighters were in the area, 247 Bty was prevented from firing for the
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and South Wales coast on most nights, but usually these were reconnaissances or nuisance raids, Heavier raids against Swansea began on 4/5 January 1941, when a bomb put all the GOR telephone lines out of action, but the gunsites continued with 'Ball of Fire' barrages.
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On 3 January 1942, 79th (HY) HAA Rgt was ordered to convert from a four-battery static organisation to a three-battery mobile unit in preparation for overseas service. Vehicles arrived for training in March, and in April the regiment (except 437 Bty) was relieved by
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After a last burst of enemy activity in early May, the Blitz came to an end, and there was little more activity until the end of the year. The equipment of the gunsites round Swansea was improved and 437 HAA Bty, also raised from a cadre provided by the regiment
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activity in the area was daily reconnaissance flights, but on the night of 19/20 May there was a three-hour raid on the French airfield at Octeville, during which 'Pillar of fire' brought down an enemy aircraft, followed on succeeding nights by attempts to drop
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set, and in the absence of searchlights the commanders of 3 AA Bde and 79th (HY) AA Rgt devised an AA barrage scheme using fixed bearings and staggered heights over the docks and oil storage tanks for 'unseen' fire at night; this was codenamed 'Pillar of Fire'.
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On formation, 79th (HY) HAA Rgt adopted the same badges and uniform distinctions as 86th (HY) Fd Rgt, including the Hertfordshire Yeomanry's hart badge worn as a collar badge in addition to the RA cap badge, and later as a cap badge on side caps and berets.
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When 479 (HY) HAA Rgt amalgamated with 286 (HY) Medium Rgt in March 1955, a group of volunteers from 479 formed the nucleus for a battalion of the Mobile Defence Corps (MDC). The MDC was being formed at the time to provide trained military support for the
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At the end of October 1943, 248 Bty was 'diluted' by a draft of 80 ORs of the African Pioneer Corps. The state of readiness in Cyprus was relaxed in March 1944 and the AA defences on the island were run down during April. The remaining personnel moved to
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was begun in a process known as 'couverture', whereby each TA AA unit did a month's tour of duty in rotation to man selected gun positions. 79th (HY) AA Regiment was embodied on 25 June for a partial deployment to gunsites along the south bank of the
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and who were posted after training to their local MDC battalion for their subsequent compulsory part-time service. The firefighting requirement was dropped but the rescue battalions were organised. The men from 479th HAA Rgt provided the basis for
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Between 1940 and 1942, 79th (HY) HAA Rgt provided cadres to form the following new batteries. Each cadre comprised a battery commander-designate, 1β3 other officers and 9β21 other ranks who were pre-war Territorials embodied in August 1939:
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crossed the Arno on 1 September, and the batteries took up positions on the far side of the river. The regiment reverted to AA duties, except for No 1 Gun (codenamed 'Arthur Gun') of A Trp, which came under operational command of
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With the enemy closing on Le Havre, the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division was cut off and forced to surrender, 3 AA Bde was ordered to evacuate. On the night of 11/12 June 246 Bty disabled their static guns and boarded the
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496 (Mixed) HAA Bty: cadre transferred to 206th HAA Training Rgt, Arborfield, 10 November 1941. The male soldier intake came from 224 LAA Troop, originally formed on the outbreak of war to defend
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formed a new plotting detachment while the remaining 190 surplus gunners were transferred to the infantry (those aged under 40) or to other Royal Artillery units or the Royal Signals (over-40s).
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These had been increased a month later to 36, though an additional 18 were already being called for by 9th Anti-Aircraft Division. 398 HAA Battery, formed by a cadre from 79th (HY) HAA Rgt (
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docked at Algiers on 1 February, where the regiment's baggage party and '1st Reinforcements' remained while the frontline personnel embarked on the Landing Ships, Infantry (LSIs) HMS
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on 8 November. However, the regiment did not begin to load its guns and equipment on various transport ships until 2 January 1943, and the personnel finally embarked on HM Transport
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The Hertfordshire Yeomanry Regiments, Royal Artillery, Part 2: The Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1938β1945 and the Searchlight Battery 1937β1945; Part 3: The Post-war Units 1947β2002
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AA Command was disbanded on 10 March 1955 and the number of AA units in the TA was drastically reduced. 479 (HY) HAA Regiment amalgamated back into its former parent regiment, now
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398 HAA Bty: cadre transferred to 207th HAA Training Rgt, Devizes, 12 December 1940. Battery joined 79th (HY) HAA Rgt 10 March 1941, and served with the regiment until March 1945.
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On 17 October the regiment fired its first rounds in anger, when sites H2 and H3 engaged an aircraft identified as hostile. During this period a draft of 100-plus recruits (
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in December. The regiment also undertook basic training for an intake of 250 local Welsh recruits, of whom 100 remained with the regiment while others were posted to
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to allow them to attend Aberporth in turn. Two sections of 248 Bty spent over a month at Cardiff, with the guns in action against almost daily air raids during the
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Enemy resistance in North Africa ceased on 12 May 1943, but AA defence of the Algerian ports continued while they were used to prepare for the invasion of Sicily (
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forced it to fall back again. By 21 May the main body of the BEF was cut off, and between 26 May and 4 June as much as possible was evacuated through Dunkirk (
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with 3 months' AA training) was received for each battery, and training began for 'Operators, Fire Control' who would man RDF (radar) sets when they arrived.
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with training in mobile warfare and ground shooting. On 26 March 1944, the regiment handed over to French troops and sailed from BΓ΄ne and Algiers.
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LMGs with which they were equipped for close defence. By the end of March the Philippeville defences under 79th (HY) HAA Rgt were as follows:
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five other ranks (ORs) were killed or died of wounds, but the guns continued firing under local control and communications were maintained.
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into the harbour entrance. Nightly air attacks on the harbour area began in earnest on 3/4 June, with the guns in action for long periods.
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in July 1938 and the new unit came into existence on 1 November with the following organisation (the traditional term 'brigade' for a
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under his control, later joined by a Z Rocket battery. The vulnerable areas to be defended were the port and fuel terminal, and
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in 45 AA Bde. In January 1941 the regiment received a draft of 120 older recruits for basic training before they were sent to
249:(RA) being superseded by 'regiment' on 1 January 1939, and the 'Hertfordshire Yeomanry' subtitle being granted in July 1939):
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in northern Italy. The fully mobile establishment required additional drivers and other specialists, who were obtained from
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Sir Frederick Pile's despatch: "The Anti-Aircraft Defence of the United Kingdom from 28th July, 1939, to 15th April, 1945"
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cavalry, this was done by expanding 343 (Watford) Field Battery into a complete new AA brigade. Orders were issued by the
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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 2 December 1941, TNA file WO 212/80.
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and all of 247 Bty's guns and towing vehicles were lost, as well as the light vehicles of 398 Bty and the REME workshop.
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and batteries at Barnet, Watford and Welwyn Garden City. (The regiment's old number was taken by the Regular
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north of Swansea. The new elevation-finding attachment ('Effie') for the GL Mark I radar was also installed.
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to replace the twin Brens. In November some of the guns were pushed forward to defend a landing-ground at
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on 9 June and moved to Nantes on 11 June. On 14 June it was joined by two transmitters and receivers from
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in eastern Algeria. The ships carrying the regiment's guns and equipment docked at Algiers, BΓ΄ne and
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sited round Le Havre. Both 246 Bty at the harbour and 247 Bty at Octeville were equipped with a
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Lt-Col R.N. Hanbury, OBE, 1 May 1947 β 31 March 1950 (to command 63 (North London) AA Bde)
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with 24 lights, in addition to his own regiment and 4 LAA Bty. There were also some
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In 1951, the Watford Battery was able to move into a new drill hall at
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1353:
1127:
998:
774:
569:
549:
483:
426:
40:
3798:
3658:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
1831:
The following served as Commanding Officer of 79th and 479th HAA Rgt:
631:
and sailed for France on the night of 7/8 February 1940. It landed at
469:
288:
2nd Hertfordshire Company of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Unit,
1835:
Lt-Col T.L.L. Bazley Green, TD, 1 October 1938 β 15 January 1940 (to
1782:
1774:. That year a REME Light Aid Detachment was formed for the regiment.
1634:
1131:
1076:
1072:
904:
827:
784:
711:
434:
398:
293:
271:
247 (2nd Watford) Anti-Aircraft Battery β 2 x 3-inch semi-mobile guns
1798:
and Fire Services on a regional basis. The units were formed in the
1759:(the former 56th Light AA Bde). However in practice it served under
1497:) on 28 August, having detached 398 Bty to take over AA defence of
1469:
African gunners being trained on a 3.7-inch HAA gun in Italy, 1944.
1292:
184 AA 'Z' Bty (12 x 9-barrel projectors at Philippeville airfield)
1263:
1112:
1103:
1088:
826:
While the bulk of the regiment was accommodated in guest houses in
796:
680:
632:
612:
588:
503:
394:
364:
312:
231:
86th (East Anglian) (Herts Yeomanry) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery
679:
and advanced into Belgium, but a rapid German breakthrough in the
1494:
1329:
1200:
1182:
1031:
914:
HQ taking over control of Swansea and South West Wales as far as
859:
851:
831:
788:
463:
259:
154:
1763:, the former 37 AA Bde, which was an exclusively HAA formation.
1738:
1622:
raids of 1942, with 248 Bty manning various static 3.7-inch and
1526:
D Trp to site Y (7 miles north of Leghorn) in dual AA/field role
1223:
607:
respectively, followed by two weeks at No 4 AA Practice Camp at
1650:
1566:
1474:
1345:
1227:
1035:
1017:
770:
766:
600:
576:
in Harwich harbour was designated as AA site H4 under the GOR)
1360:
under command. By 3 May the regiment was deployed as follows:
1348:
between 27 March and 14 April to join 52 AA Bde defending the
32:
79th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
1893:
Lt-Col T.L.L. Bazley-Green, original CO, 17 May 1944βMay 1949
1670:
1305:
C Flight, 985 (Barrage Balloon) Squadron, RAF (18 x balloons)
1107:
1038:) and N10 (Morfa Mawr). The newly formed 384 and 386 Btys of
979:
877:
691:
316:
34:
479 (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
1523:
C Trp to site LH4 (northern outskirts of Leghorn) in AA role
925:
During October, 248 Bty began constructing a new gunsite at
748:. RHQ and most of 248 Bty followed the next night aboard SS
599:, whereas 246 and 247 Btys went to 208th AA Training Rgt at
1602:
248th (Welwyn) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
1509:
1332:. Meanwhile, 79th (HY) HAA Rgt prepared for service in the
910:
In November 1940, 45 AA Bde was split into two, with a new
360:
1696:
437 HAA Bty: cadre transferred to 206th HAA Training Rgt,
1515:
B Trp to site LH7 (immediately east of Leghorn) in AA role
1042:
also came under operational command of 79th (HY) HAA Rgt.
1962:
Second-Lieutenant Peter Compton Spencer-Smith, nephew of
1856:
Lt-Col A. B. De C. Dickinson, December 1941β10 March 1945
196:(79th (HY) HAA Rgt) was an air defence unit of Britain's
3813:
1865:
Lt-Col J.A. Chaplin, TD, 1 September 1953 β 30 June 1955
1637:
it sailed from Liverpool on 14 March and disembarked at
885:
On 15 September the regiment provided the first of five
253:
79th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
18:
2nd Hertfordshire Company, Auxiliary Territorial Service
3748:, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994,
1862:
Lt-Col G.W.A. Tufton, TD, 1 April 1950 β 31 August 1953
1789:
8th (Hertfordshire & Cambridgeshire) Battalion, MDC
1344:
79th (HY) HAA Regiment disembarked from transports at
220:. It continued serving in the post-war TA until 1955.
3762:, Hitchin: Hertfordshire Local History Council, 1969.
1352:. Lt-Col Dickinson was appointed Deputy AADC for the
1258:
against low-flying aircraft: the gun positions fired
3852:
Heavy anti-aircraft regiments of the Royal Artillery
3842:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1955
1649:. After a month in Egypt it was moved by railway to
1295:
One troop 567/30 S/L Rgt (6 x radar-controlled S/Ls)
1237:
While 247 Bty remained at BΓ΄ne providing guards for
409:. Meanwhile 246 Bty took over four 3-inch guns from
1356:Group of airfields, with batteries of 64th LAA and
1230:on 8 and 9 February, but two vessels had been sunk
1030:) joined the regiment from 207th HAA Training Rgt,
2807:45 AA Bde War Diary 1939β40, TNA file WO 166/2285.
1842:Lt-Col R.P. Gatehouse, 16 Januaryβ24 February 1940
1745:479 (Mobile) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) HAA Regiment
846:, 247 Bty immediately went to occupy a gunsite at
3837:Military units and formations established in 1938
3330:
3328:
1054:
830:, 247 Bty went from Plymouth to a hutted camp at
3828:
3718:, 2nd Edn, Edinburgh: Canongate Academic, 1994,
2755:"9 AA Division 1940 at British Military History"
2314:"6 AA Division 1939 at British Military History"
1817:8th (Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire) Battalion
700:37th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Searchlight Rgt
671:began on 10 May with the German invasion of the
3673:, Vol II, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984,
3461:
3459:
3457:
3249:
3247:
2224:
2222:
2220:
2218:
2216:
2214:
2212:
922:split off from the 5th Anti-Aircraft Division.
635:where it came under the operational command of
321:4th East Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
3857:Military units and formations in Hertfordshire
3716:The Yeomanry Regiments: 200 Years of Tradition
3608:IWM National War Memorials Register Ref 49184.
3325:
2687:
2685:
2683:
2365:
2363:
2111:
2109:
2107:
2105:
2103:
2101:
2099:
2097:
2095:
2093:
675:and France. The BEF followed the pre-arranged
264:246 (1st Watford) Anti-Aircraft Battery β 2 x
3671:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660β1978
2669:
2667:
2665:
2663:
2661:
2659:
2657:
2417:Routledge, pp. 116, 122, Table XVIII, p. 126.
2302:AA Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
2249:
2247:
2129:
2127:
2125:
2123:
2121:
1951:Lieutenant Peter Heber-Percy, descended from
1849:, 24 February 1940βDecember 1941 (to command
1739:479 (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) HAA Regiment, RA
723:By 8 June, under renewed German attacks, the
3454:
3244:
2872:
2870:
2209:
2071:
2069:
2067:
2065:
2063:
2061:
2059:
2057:
1929:, and ended the Second World War as a major.
1890:, RA retired, 17 May 1939 to 17 May 1944<
1438:G & H Trps, 285/64 LAA Rgt (12 x Bofors)
1010:N4 Ravenhill (under construction by 246 Bty)
869:246 Battery emplaced eight 3.7-inch guns at
643:guarding the lines of communication for the
3686:The British Empire and the Second World War
2680:
2360:
2090:
1964:Sir Drummond Hamilton-Spencer-Smith, 5th Bt
1591:
1453:S1: A Trp, 332/106 HAA Bty, (4 x 3.7-inch)
1310:deflecting the bombers from their targets.
1262:from their 3.7-inch guns and used the twin
1102:, and gunsites occupied by the regiment at
3623:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
3127:
3125:
2707:
2705:
2703:
2701:
2654:
2510:
2508:
2506:
2244:
2118:
1181:, the leading elements of which landed at
1177:79th (HY) HAA Regiment now formed part of
1145:246, 247, 398 HAA Btys (each 8 x 3.7-inch)
526:2 x 3-inch at site A2 (RAF Bentley Priory)
523:2 x 3-inch at site A1 (RAF Bentley Priory)
39:
2867:
2083:
2081:
2054:
1456:S2: B Trp, 332/106 HAA Bty (4 x 3.7-inch)
1156:Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1007:N3 Jersey Marine β 4 x 3.7-inch (247 Bty)
3862:Military units and formations in Watford
3511:
3424:266β288 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
3369:474β519 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
3364:
3362:
1536:acting as infantry, knocking out German
1464:
1167:later redesignated 1521 HAA Rgt Platoon
984:
940:
876:
468:
298:
3380:67β106 AA Bdes at British Army 1945 on.
3122:
2698:
2503:
2030:
2028:
1909:Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
1779:286 (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Medium Rgt
698:) LAA Rgt and from 20 May a battery of
258:Regimental HQ (RHQ) at Clarendon Hall,
14:
3829:
3391:30β66 AA Bdes at British Army 1945 on.
3321:76-80 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2149:
2147:
2145:
2143:
2078:
1923:Desmond Flower, 10th Viscount Ashbrook
1826:
949:There was enemy air activity over the
814:which sailed on 18 June and docked at
3688:, London: Hambledon Continuum, 2006,
3633:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957.
3359:
3131:Routledge, p 291, Table XLIV, p. 293.
2166:Clarendon Hall at Drill Hall Project.
1435:P2: E Trp, 398 HAA Bty (4 x 3.7-inch)
1432:P1: F Trp, 398 HAA Bty (4 x 3.7-inch)
1410:V2: C Trp, 247 HAA Bty (4 x 3.7-inch)
1407:V1: D Trp, 247 HAA Bty (4 x 3.7-inch)
1392:L2: B Trp, 246 HAA Bty (4 x 3.7-inch)
1389:L1: A Trp, 246 HAA Bty (4 x 3.7-inch)
802:Cuckoo Section joined 3 AA Bde HQ at
3703:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
2747:
2428:"79 (Herts Yeo) HAA Rgt at RA 39β45"
2420:
2306:
2025:
1915:
1289:C Troop, 193/64 LAA Bty (6 x Bofors)
1034:, on 10 March 1941 to take over N8 (
627:248 Bty proceeded from Blackdown to
3804:IWM National War Memorials Register
2140:
1869:
1715:2 February 1942 and transferred to
1095:and left the regiment permanently.
1013:N5 Mumbles β 4 x 3.7-inch (248 Bty)
555:20 x AA LMG at RAF Martlesham Heath
451:
24:
1508:A Trp to site W (4 miles south of
1459:J Trp, 285/64 LAA Bty (6 x Bofors)
1413:F Trp, 193/64 LAA Bty (6 x Bofors)
1172:
1061:
275:248 (Welwyn) Anti-Aircraft Battery
25:
3878:
3789:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
3782:
2036:"Herts Yeomanry at Regiments.org"
1874:The following officers served as
1004:N2 Neath β 4 x 3.7-inch (246 Bty)
729:51st (Highland) Infantry Division
696:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
587:sections on a static gun site at
3601:
3588:
3575:
3562:
3549:
3538:
3525:
3498:
3485:
3482:, pp. 50, 54, 89, 228, 230, 234.
3472:
3441:
3428:
3417:
3408:
3395:
3384:
3373:
3350:
3337:
3314:
3305:
3296:
2713:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
1839:Air Raid Precautions Department)
1557:and crossed Italy again to join
936:
233:, partly descended from the old
77:
60:
3794:British Army units from 1945 on
3287:
3278:
3269:
3260:
3235:
3226:
3217:
3204:
3191:
3182:
3169:
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3147:
3134:
3113:
3100:
3087:
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3065:
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3043:
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3017:
3004:
2995:
2982:
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2894:
2881:
2854:
2841:
2832:
2821:
2810:
2801:
2792:
2779:
2743:9 AA Division 1940 at RA 39β45.
2736:
2727:
2718:
2641:
2628:
2619:
2606:
2593:
2580:
2567:
2554:
2543:
2530:
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2235:
2196:
2006:
1645:, on 6 May. Here it came under
821:
341:
51:1 November 1938 β 10 March 1955
2677:, pp. 75-78, 87β9, Appendix 5.
2183:
2170:
2159:
1882:Lt-Col T.H. Sebag-Montefiore,
1575:0.5-inch Browning machine guns
732:247 Bty with the mobile guns.
13:
1:
3615:
3585:, pp. 196, 200β1, 228β9, 231.
2724:Routledge, Table LXV, p. 396.
1927:54th (City of London) HAA Rgt
1747:, with HQ at St Albans Road,
1553:In October the regiment left
1328:and 44 AA Artillery Brigade,
1279:398/79 HAA Bty (8 x 3.7-inch)
1276:246/79 HAA Bty (8 x 3.7-inch)
1251:30th (Surrey) Searchlight Rgt
1148:79th HAA Rgt Signal Section,
615:and No 1 AA Practice Camp at
603:and 209th AA Training Rgt at
456:
290:Auxiliary Territorial Service
3188:Routdleg, pp. 279β80, 284β5.
2344:Routledge, Table LX, p. 378.
1999:
978:be temporarily relocated to
773:before being evacuated from
619:in West Wales respectively.
419:59th (Essex Regiment) AA Rgt
405:and deployed them to defend
336:54th (City of London) AA Rgt
334:serving in the ranks of the
92:Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
7:
3545:Holland at Hellfire Corner.
2115:Frederick, pp. 756β60, 775.
1987:
1970:
1048:
1026:
891:
709:From 10 to 19 May the only
645:British Expeditionary Force
326:Major Thomas Bazley Green,
121:British Expeditionary Force
10:
3883:
3568:Hamilton-Spencer-Smith at
1904:, DSO and Bar, MC, 1949β54
1802:(AER) from volunteers and
1733:
1616:1st Anti-Aircraft Division
1079:and came under control of
969:returned to continue the '
920:9th Anti-Aircraft Division
844:5th Anti-Aircraft Division
661:Gun-Laying (GL) Radar Mk I
376:6th Anti-Aircraft Division
133:Allied Forces Headquarters
125:9th Anti-Aircraft Division
117:6th Anti-Aircraft Division
3821:The Territorial Army 1947
3814:Royal Artillery 1939β1945
1821:Royal Army Ordnance Corps
1676:
1483:Allied Force Headquarters
1222:for forward transport to
622:
572:submarine depot ship HMS
548:2 x 3.7-inch at site H3 (
541:2 x 3.7-inch at site H2 (
223:
200:(TA). Formed just before
165:
150:
112:
104:
96:
88:
73:
55:
47:
38:
31:
3699:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
3625:100th Edn, London, 1953.
3449:Hertfordshire's Soldiers
2178:Hertfordshire's Soldiers
2019:
1959:and was awarded the OBE.
1761:63 (North London) AA Bde
1592:248 (Welwyn) HAA Battery
1427:465th Bombardment Groups
1339:
1163:Royal Army Service Corps
1020:β 2 x 3.7-inch (248 Bty)
1001:β 4 x 3.7-inch (247 Bty)
500:Royal Naval Mining Depot
323:, and not the Yeomanry.
145:63 (North London) AA Bde
3356:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
3347:, pp. 193, 195, 227β30.
1940:retired, who had won a
1810:) who were approaching
1626:gunsites round London.
1512:) in dual AA/field role
1448:460th Bombardment Group
1402:485th Bombardment Group
1350:Foggia Airfield Complex
1136:Otterburn Training Area
529:2 x 3-inch at site H5 (
491:4 x 3-inch at site H1 (
3847:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3799:The Drill Hall Project
3596:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3583:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3506:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3493:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3480:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3467:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3436:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3403:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3345:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3255:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3212:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3199:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3177:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3164:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3142:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3108:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3095:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3082:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3060:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3038:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3025:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3012:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2990:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2968:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2937:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2915:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2902:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2889:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2862:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2849:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2817:Collier, Appendix XXX.
2787:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2693:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2675:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2649:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2636:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2614:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2601:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2588:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2575:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2562:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2538:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2525:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2489:Routledge, pp. 115β22.
2397:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2384:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2371:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2355:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2290:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2268:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2255:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2230:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2204:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2191:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2135:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
2075:Litchfield, pp. 101-4.
1996:on 19 September 1954.
1845:Lt-Col R.C.M. Raikes,
1800:Army Emergency Reserve
1772:Hertfordshire Regiment
1470:
1273:'H' AA Operations Room
1255:Philippeville Airfield
1161:79th HAA Rgt Platoon,
1150:Royal Corps of Signals
990:
946:
918:; it came under a new
882:
474:
304:
235:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
3744:Brig N.W. Routledge,
3275:Joslen, pp. 484, 487.
2514:Routledge, pp. 122β4.
1724:154th (Mixed) HAA Rgt
1717:171st (Mixed) HAA Rgt
1713:143rd (Mixed) HAA Rgt
1711:. The battery joined
1586:57th (Wessex) HAA Rgt
1468:
1282:285/64 LAA Bty (18 x
1069:57th (Wessex) HAA Rgt
988:
957:In February 1941 the
944:
880:
818:, the following day.
795:and was evacuated to
746:Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
744:, which took them to
591:before mobilising at
480:Stansted Mountfitchet
472:
425:and deployed them to
348:Anti-Aircraft Command
302:
3765:Col J.D. Sainsbury,
2767:on 23 September 2015
2480:Farndale, pp. 30β85.
2326:on 23 September 2015
2241:Routledge, pp. 65β6.
1934:John Vincent Holland
1547:71st (Forth) HAA Rgt
1243:Prisoner of War Camp
901:77th Searchlight Rgt
856:77th (Welsh) HAA Rgt
706:and French AA guns.
637:8th (Belfast) AA Rgt
446:RAF Martlesham Heath
3521:, 15 December 1944.
3438:, pp. 153β4, 235β6.
3414:Frederick, p. 1001.
3334:Frederick, p. 1017.
3153:Jackson, pp. 260β4.
2877:Collier Chapter 18.
2042:on 30 December 2005
1957:55th (Kent) HAA Rgt
1827:Commanding Officers
1804:National Servicemen
1796:Civil Defence Corps
1653:and then by sea to
1563:British Eighth Army
1499:Porto Santo Stefano
1444:Spinazzola Airfield
1419:Pantanella Airfield
1187:French North Africa
1154:79th HAA Workshop,
531:Beacon Hill Battery
417:and four more from
384:RAF Fighter Command
283:QF 3.7-inch AA guns
204:, it fought in the
3867:Welwyn Garden City
3669:J.B.M. Frederick,
3555:Northumberland at
3302:Frederick, p. 812.
3293:Frederick, p. 803.
3284:Farndale, Annex M.
3119:Routledge, p. 291.
3071:Routledge, p. 190.
3049:Routledge, p. 184.
2838:Routledge, p. 395.
2733:Farndale, Annex D.
2499:Ellis, pp. 35β239.
2470:Ellis, Appendix I.
2451:Farndale, Annex A.
2279:Routledge, p. 371.
2193:, pp. 40, 91, 113.
2087:Mileham, pp. 88β9.
1647:Middle East Forces
1612:26 (London) AA Bde
1600:See main article:
1471:
1384:US Army Air Forces
1380:306th Fighter Wing
991:
947:
883:
816:Falmouth, Cornwall
475:
438:Light machine guns
305:
279:Welwyn Garden City
277:at Lemsford Lane,
245:'s command in the
243:Lieutenant-Colonel
3740:18 December 1947.
3730:Monthly Army List
3714:Patrick Mileham,
3311:Frederick, p 958.
2948:Routledge, p. 78.
2798:Routledge, p. 98.
2715:, file WO 212/79.
2154:Monthly Army List
1953:Bishop Hugh Percy
1916:Prominent members
1878:of the regiment:
1690:10 December 1940.
1302:(smoke-producing)
864:Battle of Britain
657:Bofors 40 mm guns
653:Octeville-sur-Mer
281:β due to receive
187:
186:
16:(Redirected from
3874:
3758:J.D. Sainsbury,
3684:Ashley Jackson,
3610:
3605:
3599:
3592:
3586:
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3151:
3145:
3138:
3132:
3129:
3120:
3117:
3111:
3104:
3098:
3091:
3085:
3078:
3072:
3069:
3063:
3056:
3050:
3047:
3041:
3034:
3028:
3021:
3015:
3008:
3002:
2999:
2993:
2986:
2980:
2977:
2971:
2964:
2958:
2955:
2949:
2946:
2940:
2933:
2927:
2924:
2918:
2911:
2905:
2898:
2892:
2885:
2879:
2874:
2865:
2858:
2852:
2845:
2839:
2836:
2830:
2828:Pile's despatch.
2825:
2819:
2814:
2808:
2805:
2799:
2796:
2790:
2783:
2777:
2776:
2774:
2772:
2766:
2760:. Archived from
2759:
2751:
2745:
2740:
2734:
2731:
2725:
2722:
2716:
2709:
2696:
2689:
2678:
2671:
2652:
2645:
2639:
2638:, pp. 70β3, 113.
2632:
2626:
2625:Farndale, p. 98.
2623:
2617:
2610:
2604:
2597:
2591:
2584:
2578:
2571:
2565:
2558:
2552:
2547:
2541:
2534:
2528:
2521:
2515:
2512:
2501:
2496:
2490:
2487:
2481:
2478:
2472:
2467:
2461:
2458:
2452:
2449:
2443:
2441:BEF at RA 39β45.
2438:
2432:
2431:
2424:
2418:
2415:
2409:
2408:Farndale, p. 13.
2406:
2400:
2393:
2387:
2380:
2374:
2367:
2358:
2351:
2345:
2342:
2336:
2335:
2333:
2331:
2325:
2319:. Archived from
2318:
2310:
2304:
2299:
2293:
2286:
2280:
2277:
2271:
2264:
2258:
2251:
2242:
2239:
2233:
2226:
2207:
2200:
2194:
2187:
2181:
2174:
2168:
2163:
2157:
2151:
2138:
2131:
2116:
2113:
2088:
2085:
2076:
2073:
2052:
2051:
2049:
2047:
2038:. Archived from
2032:
2013:
2010:
1876:Honorary Colonel
1870:Honorary Colonel
1709:RAF Hullavington
1704:on 11 June 1942.
1571:GL Mk. III radar
1334:Italian Campaign
1284:Bofors 40mm guns
1196:Dunnottar Castle
1130:(WO) Control at
763:Operation Aerial
738:Southern Railway
704:Barrage balloons
685:Operation Dynamo
669:Battle of France
493:Landguard Common
452:Second World War
415:Alexandra Palace
268:semi-mobile guns
266:QF 3-inch 20 cwt
218:Italian Campaign
206:Battle of France
198:Territorial Army
182:Italian Campaign
170:Battle of France
83:Territorial Army
81:
66:
64:
63:
43:
29:
28:
21:
3882:
3881:
3877:
3876:
3875:
3873:
3872:
3871:
3827:
3826:
3819:Graham Watson,
3785:
3780:
3652:Martin Farndale
3629:Basil Collier,
3618:
3613:
3606:
3602:
3593:
3589:
3580:
3576:
3567:
3563:
3554:
3550:
3543:
3539:
3530:
3526:
3516:
3512:
3503:
3499:
3490:
3486:
3477:
3473:
3464:
3455:
3446:
3442:
3433:
3429:
3422:
3418:
3413:
3409:
3400:
3396:
3389:
3385:
3378:
3374:
3367:
3360:
3355:
3351:
3342:
3338:
3333:
3326:
3319:
3315:
3310:
3306:
3301:
3297:
3292:
3288:
3283:
3279:
3274:
3270:
3265:
3261:
3252:
3245:
3240:
3236:
3231:
3227:
3222:
3218:
3209:
3205:
3196:
3192:
3187:
3183:
3174:
3170:
3161:
3157:
3152:
3148:
3139:
3135:
3130:
3123:
3118:
3114:
3105:
3101:
3092:
3088:
3079:
3075:
3070:
3066:
3057:
3053:
3048:
3044:
3035:
3031:
3022:
3018:
3009:
3005:
3000:
2996:
2987:
2983:
2978:
2974:
2965:
2961:
2956:
2952:
2947:
2943:
2934:
2930:
2925:
2921:
2912:
2908:
2899:
2895:
2886:
2882:
2875:
2868:
2859:
2855:
2846:
2842:
2837:
2833:
2826:
2822:
2815:
2811:
2806:
2802:
2797:
2793:
2784:
2780:
2770:
2768:
2764:
2757:
2753:
2752:
2748:
2741:
2737:
2732:
2728:
2723:
2719:
2710:
2699:
2690:
2681:
2672:
2655:
2646:
2642:
2633:
2629:
2624:
2620:
2611:
2607:
2598:
2594:
2585:
2581:
2572:
2568:
2559:
2555:
2548:
2544:
2535:
2531:
2522:
2518:
2513:
2504:
2497:
2493:
2488:
2484:
2479:
2475:
2468:
2464:
2460:Joslen, p. 462.
2459:
2455:
2450:
2446:
2439:
2435:
2426:
2425:
2421:
2416:
2412:
2407:
2403:
2394:
2390:
2381:
2377:
2368:
2361:
2352:
2348:
2343:
2339:
2329:
2327:
2323:
2316:
2312:
2311:
2307:
2300:
2296:
2287:
2283:
2278:
2274:
2265:
2261:
2252:
2245:
2240:
2236:
2227:
2210:
2201:
2197:
2188:
2184:
2175:
2171:
2164:
2160:
2152:
2141:
2132:
2119:
2114:
2091:
2086:
2079:
2074:
2055:
2045:
2043:
2034:
2033:
2026:
2022:
2017:
2016:
2011:
2007:
2002:
1994:St Albans Abbey
1990:
1973:
1946:First World War
1918:
1898:Arthur Percival
1872:
1829:
1808:Royal Air Force
1791:
1741:
1736:
1719:29 August 1942.
1679:
1594:
1398:Venosa Airfield
1376:Lesina Airfield
1342:
1315:Operation Husky
1219:Royal Ulsterman
1208:Dunottar Castle
1203:on 20 January.
1191:Operation Torch
1175:
1173:Operation Torch
1064:
1062:Mobile training
951:Bristol Channel
939:
824:
780:Duchess of York
718:Parachute mines
625:
558:20 x AA LMG at
508:20 x AA LMG at
498:20 x AA LMG at
459:
454:
431:RAF North Weald
403:RAF Biggin Hill
372:37th AA Brigade
344:
247:Royal Artillery
226:
214:Operation Torch
190:
180:
178:Operation Torch
176:
172:
157:
143:
139:
135:
131:
127:
123:
119:
61:
59:
33:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
3880:
3870:
3869:
3864:
3859:
3854:
3849:
3844:
3839:
3825:
3824:
3816:
3811:
3806:
3801:
3796:
3791:
3784:
3783:External links
3781:
3779:
3778:
3763:
3756:
3742:
3738:London Gazette
3733:
3727:
3712:
3697:
3682:
3667:
3648:
3635:
3626:
3619:
3617:
3614:
3612:
3611:
3600:
3587:
3574:
3561:
3548:
3537:
3524:
3519:London Gazette
3510:
3497:
3484:
3471:
3453:
3440:
3427:
3416:
3407:
3394:
3383:
3372:
3358:
3349:
3336:
3324:
3313:
3304:
3295:
3286:
3277:
3268:
3259:
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3203:
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2893:
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2840:
2831:
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2809:
2800:
2791:
2778:
2746:
2735:
2726:
2717:
2697:
2679:
2653:
2640:
2627:
2618:
2605:
2592:
2579:
2566:
2553:
2550:Ellis, p. 282.
2542:
2529:
2516:
2502:
2491:
2482:
2473:
2462:
2453:
2444:
2433:
2419:
2410:
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2388:
2375:
2359:
2346:
2337:
2305:
2294:
2281:
2272:
2259:
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2234:
2208:
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2169:
2158:
2139:
2117:
2089:
2077:
2053:
2023:
2021:
2018:
2015:
2014:
2004:
2003:
2001:
1998:
1989:
1986:
1972:
1969:
1968:
1967:
1960:
1949:
1942:Victoria Cross
1930:
1917:
1914:
1913:
1912:
1905:
1894:
1891:
1871:
1868:
1867:
1866:
1863:
1860:
1857:
1854:
1843:
1840:
1828:
1825:
1812:demobilisation
1790:
1787:
1740:
1737:
1735:
1732:
1728:
1727:
1726:20 April 1942.
1720:
1705:
1694:
1691:
1678:
1675:
1608:
1607:
1606:
1605:
1593:
1590:
1573:sets and twin
1538:88mm Flak guns
1530:
1529:
1528:
1527:
1524:
1518:
1517:
1516:
1513:
1463:
1462:
1461:
1460:
1457:
1454:
1441:
1440:
1439:
1436:
1433:
1416:
1415:
1414:
1411:
1408:
1395:
1394:
1393:
1390:
1373:
1372:
1371:
1341:
1338:
1307:
1306:
1303:
1296:
1293:
1290:
1287:
1280:
1277:
1274:
1271:
1260:Shrapnel shell
1213:Royal Scotsman
1174:
1171:
1170:
1169:
1159:
1152:
1146:
1143:
1119:(247 Bty) and
1071:. It moved to
1063:
1060:
1022:
1021:
1014:
1011:
1008:
1005:
1002:
938:
935:
907:rocket units.
823:
820:
624:
621:
593:Blackdown Camp
566:
565:
564:
563:
560:Parkeston Quay
556:
553:
546:
536:
535:
534:
527:
524:
518:
517:
516:
506:
496:
486:
458:
455:
453:
450:
442:RAF Felixstowe
391:Bentley Priory
355:, with RHQ at
353:Thames Estuary
343:
340:
286:
285:
272:
269:
262:
225:
222:
188:
185:
184:
167:
163:
162:
152:
148:
147:
114:
110:
109:
106:
102:
101:
98:
94:
93:
90:
86:
85:
75:
71:
70:
68:United Kingdom
57:
53:
52:
49:
45:
44:
36:
35:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
3879:
3868:
3865:
3863:
3860:
3858:
3855:
3853:
3850:
3848:
3845:
3843:
3840:
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3835:
3834:
3832:
3823:
3822:
3817:
3815:
3812:
3810:
3807:
3805:
3802:
3800:
3797:
3795:
3792:
3790:
3787:
3786:
3776:
3775:0-948527-06-4
3772:
3768:
3764:
3761:
3757:
3755:
3754:1-85753-099-3
3751:
3747:
3743:
3741:
3739:
3734:
3731:
3728:
3725:
3724:1-898410-36-4
3721:
3717:
3713:
3710:
3709:0-9508205-2-0
3706:
3702:
3698:
3695:
3694:1-85285-417-0
3691:
3687:
3683:
3680:
3679:1-85117-009-X
3676:
3672:
3668:
3665:
3661:
3657:
3653:
3649:
3647:
3645:
3640:
3636:
3634:
3632:
3627:
3624:
3621:
3620:
3609:
3604:
3597:
3591:
3584:
3578:
3571:
3565:
3558:
3552:
3546:
3541:
3534:
3528:
3522:
3520:
3514:
3507:
3501:
3494:
3488:
3481:
3475:
3469:, Appendix 4.
3468:
3462:
3460:
3458:
3450:
3444:
3437:
3431:
3425:
3420:
3411:
3404:
3398:
3392:
3387:
3381:
3376:
3370:
3365:
3363:
3353:
3346:
3340:
3331:
3329:
3322:
3317:
3308:
3299:
3290:
3281:
3272:
3263:
3256:
3250:
3248:
3238:
3229:
3220:
3213:
3207:
3201:, pp. 109β11.
3200:
3194:
3185:
3178:
3172:
3165:
3159:
3150:
3143:
3137:
3128:
3126:
3116:
3109:
3103:
3097:, pp. 97β101.
3096:
3090:
3083:
3077:
3068:
3061:
3055:
3046:
3039:
3033:
3026:
3020:
3013:
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2991:
2985:
2976:
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2916:
2910:
2903:
2897:
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2884:
2878:
2873:
2871:
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2829:
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2818:
2813:
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2795:
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2739:
2730:
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2714:
2708:
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2694:
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2668:
2666:
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2526:
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2471:
2466:
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2372:
2366:
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2309:
2303:
2298:
2291:
2285:
2276:
2269:
2263:
2256:
2250:
2248:
2238:
2232:, Appendix 3.
2231:
2225:
2223:
2221:
2219:
2217:
2215:
2213:
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2199:
2192:
2186:
2179:
2173:
2167:
2162:
2155:
2150:
2148:
2146:
2144:
2136:
2130:
2128:
2126:
2124:
2122:
2112:
2110:
2108:
2106:
2104:
2102:
2100:
2098:
2096:
2094:
2084:
2082:
2072:
2070:
2068:
2066:
2064:
2062:
2060:
2058:
2041:
2037:
2031:
2029:
2024:
2009:
2005:
1997:
1995:
1985:
1983:
1977:
1965:
1961:
1958:
1954:
1950:
1947:
1943:
1939:
1935:
1931:
1928:
1924:
1920:
1919:
1910:
1906:
1903:
1899:
1895:
1892:
1889:
1885:
1881:
1880:
1879:
1877:
1864:
1861:
1858:
1855:
1852:
1848:
1844:
1841:
1838:
1834:
1833:
1832:
1824:
1822:
1818:
1813:
1809:
1805:
1801:
1797:
1786:
1784:
1780:
1775:
1773:
1769:
1768:Croxley Green
1764:
1762:
1758:
1754:
1750:
1746:
1731:
1725:
1721:
1718:
1714:
1710:
1706:
1703:
1702:138th HAA Rgt
1699:
1695:
1692:
1689:
1688:116th HAA Rgt
1685:
1684:
1683:
1674:
1672:
1666:
1664:
1660:
1656:
1652:
1648:
1644:
1640:
1636:
1632:
1631:Easthampstead
1627:
1625:
1621:
1617:
1613:
1604:
1603:
1598:
1597:
1596:
1595:
1589:
1587:
1582:
1580:
1576:
1572:
1568:
1564:
1560:
1556:
1555:US Fifth Army
1551:
1548:
1543:
1539:
1535:
1525:
1522:
1521:
1519:
1514:
1511:
1507:
1506:
1504:
1503:
1502:
1500:
1496:
1492:
1488:
1487:100th HAA Rgt
1484:
1479:
1476:
1467:
1458:
1455:
1452:
1451:
1449:
1445:
1442:
1437:
1434:
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1399:
1396:
1391:
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1385:
1381:
1377:
1374:
1369:
1368:
1366:
1363:
1362:
1361:
1359:
1358:106th HAA Rgt
1355:
1351:
1347:
1337:
1335:
1331:
1327:
1322:
1320:
1316:
1311:
1304:
1301:
1300:Pioneer Corps
1298:263 Company,
1297:
1294:
1291:
1288:
1285:
1281:
1278:
1275:
1272:
1269:
1268:
1267:
1265:
1261:
1256:
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1248:
1244:
1240:
1235:
1233:
1229:
1228:Philippeville
1225:
1221:
1220:
1215:
1214:
1209:
1204:
1202:
1198:
1197:
1192:
1188:
1184:
1180:
1168:
1164:
1160:
1157:
1153:
1151:
1147:
1144:
1141:
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1137:
1133:
1129:
1124:
1122:
1118:
1114:
1109:
1105:
1101:
1096:
1094:
1093:138th HAA Rgt
1090:
1086:
1082:
1078:
1074:
1070:
1059:
1057:
1056:
1051:
1050:
1043:
1041:
1040:120th HAA Rgt
1037:
1033:
1029:
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1982:battledress
1944:during the
1938:Indian Army
1921:Lieutenant
1837:Home Office
1753:7th HAA Rgt
1639:Port Tewfik
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1370:RHQ and GOR
1189:as part of
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975:RAF Pembrey
842:as part of
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510:Murex Works
448:(12 LMGs).
423:Walthamstow
411:90th AA Rgt
407:RAF Duxford
309:Hart (deer)
166:Engagements
161:(post 1947)
151:Garrison/HQ
141:Eighth Army
100:Air Defence
3831:Categories
3664:1857530802
3639:L.F. Ellis
3616:References
2647:Sainsbury
1806:(Army and
1698:Arborfield
1663:Ninth Army
1491:River Arno
1354:Spinazzola
1179:First Army
1128:War Office
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793:Glenaffric
777:aboard SS
775:St Nazaire
581:Militiamen
570:Royal Navy
550:Dovercourt
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484:Felixstowe
457:Phoney War
440:(LMGs) at
427:RAF Debden
129:First Army
3508:, p. 230.
2206:, p. 196.
2156:May 1939.
2000:Footnotes
1783:St Albans
1781:based at
1757:82 AA Bde
1659:20 AA Bde
1635:Berkshire
1620:Luftwaffe
1559:12 AA Bde
1326:52 AA Bde
1165:(RASC) β
1132:Uttoxeter
1100:Luftwaffe
1085:55 AA Bde
1081:11 AA Bde
1077:Hampshire
1073:Eastleigh
1055:see below
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1027:see below
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959:Luftwaffe
931:Ravenhill
912:61 AA Bde
905:Z Battery
892:see below
836:45 AA Bde
828:Blackpool
785:Liverpool
740:ferry SS
712:Luftwaffe
617:Aberporth
605:Blandford
597:Aldershot
562:, Harwich
538:248 Bty:
520:247 Bty:
488:246 Bty:
399:Middlesex
313:side caps
294:Jean Knox
3650:Gen Sir
3495:, p. 89.
3062:, p. 95.
3027:, p. 94.
2992:, p. 92.
2904:, p. 85.
2891:, p. 80.
2789:, p. 75.
2771:4 August
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2564:, p. 59.
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2180:, p. 63.
1988:Memorial
1971:Insignia
1932:Captain
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742:Brittany
727:and the
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504:Wrabness
482:, later
395:Stanmore
380:11 Group
365:Cornwall
216:and the
3570:Burke's
3557:Burke's
3533:Burke's
3451:, p. 9.
2257:, p. 4.
1896:Lt-Gen
1734:Postwar
1495:Livorno
1330:US Army
1201:Glasgow
1183:Algiers
1032:Devizes
927:Mumbles
860:Cardiff
852:Swansea
850:, near
832:Devizes
812:Marslew
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887:cadres
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767:Nantes
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677:Plan D
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317:berets
224:Origin
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