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By the beginning of 1942 the imminent threat of invasion had passed, the coast artillery batteries were fully established, and the RA required gunners for the field forces. The remaining
Defence Regiments in the UK were disbanded or converted into field artillery. On 12 January 1942 7th Defence Rgt
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243:, which had recently joined the division. Regimental HQ (RHQ) of 173rd Field Rgt remained without any batteries to command until 28 March when it was disbanded at
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Kingdom was threatened with invasion, a crash programme of installing coastal artillery batteries was implemented in the summer of 1940.
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On 1 January 1943 the regiment's batteries were numbered as 156, 157 and 158 Field Btys. But on 11 January the batteries were transferred to
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236:.) From 20 December 1942 48th Division was downgraded further and redesignated 48th Infantry (Reserve) Division.
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Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941
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523:Lt-Col H.F. Joslen,
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516:J.B.M. Frederick,
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