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633:(AOP) aircraft to fire at the town. This was at 19,400 yards (17,700 m), extreme range for a 3.7-inch gun, but the AOP pilot observed the first shot land exactly in the confluence of the Myittha and Chindwin rivers and was quickly able to correct the fire onto the nearby track junction. Throughout the following nights the guns fired harassing fire (HF) tasks against this bottleneck, causing severe disruption to the Japanese movements. Kalewa fell on 2 December.
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308:. In June, as the international situation worsened, a partial mobilisation of the TA was begun in a process known as 'couverture', whereby each AA unit did a month's tour of duty in rotation to man selected AA gun and searchlight positions. On 24 August, ahead of the declaration of war, AA Command was fully mobilised at its war stations. In the case of 226th (Caithness and Orkney) Bty, this was at the vital naval base of
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688:. 2nd Division made good progress to Shwebo in January 1945, with 226 HAA Bty providing route protection and cover for airstrips and field gun positions. Japanese aircraft raided the airfields in greater numbers than had been seen for some time. 20th Indian Division had rougher going along the river valley, and then a stiff six-day battle to take Monywa.
422:
467:, then joined 64th (Northumbrian) HAA Rgt on 22 July before transferring on to 101st HAA Rgt on 6 August. 101st HAA Rgt provided another cadre for 481 (Mixed) Bty formed at 210th HAA Training Rgt on 18 September 1941, which joined 137th (Mixed) HAA Rgt ('Mixed' units were those into which women from the
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in its advance along the east bank of the
Irrawaddy. The weather broke and made all movement difficult, but opposition was light, and the force established a cordon along the river to catch the retreating Japanese, who made determined attempts to break through until the fighting ended on 30 May. June
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HAA guns, searchlights, and a few LAA guns. Among the reinforcements was the first new HAA battery formed in the Royal
Artillery after the outbreak of war, 317 Bty of 101st HAA Rgt, formed at Inverness. But the problems at Scapa were formidable: the anchorage is so large that parts were beyond the
873:
Some normally reliable sources state that 397 HAA Bty was part of 101st HAA Rgt in the Far East: this is contradicted by the authoritative War Office orders of battle and the RA regimental history. It was 379 HAA Bty that joined the regiment in Autumn 1941 and remained with it for the rest of the
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bombers approached at low level at dusk, half attacking the warships and the rest attacking the airfield. Forty-four HAA guns engaged, but the predictors were defeated by the bombers' erratic courses amidst the gun-flashes and low light, and none were shot down, while the Navy suffered further
304:, with units manning their emergency positions within 24 hours, even though many did not yet have their full complement of men or equipment. The emergency lasted three weeks, and they were stood down on 13 October. In February 1939, the existing AA defences came under the control of a new
530:
These rapid moves and the reduction to a three-battery establishment were characteristic for AA units being prepared for overseas service, when they were loaned back to AA Command between training camps. In
January 1943, 101st HAA Regiment left AA Command and came under direct
44:
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In March 1955, AA Command was abolished, and there were wholesale disbandments and amalgamations among its units. 501 HAA Regiment merged into 275 Regiment, RA (the former 75th (Highland) Field Rgt from which 297 HAA Bty had originally been transferred).
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the following day, when 14 hostile aircraft in three waves attacked the warships in the anchorage. Although there was as yet no early-warning radar for Scapa, 226 HAA Bty was able to engage the raiders, shooting down one, which crashed on the island of
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into firing positions took enormous labour, and often required extra recovery vehicles and bulldozers. Normally the howitzers went forward at first light to join the infantry, who would identify the target, usually a bunker. This would be engaged over
665:, sometimes after an air strike or field guns had blown away any camouflage to reveal the target. There was pressure to achieve early hits and to couple the gun up to its tractor and withdraw before the Japanese retaliated with mortar fire.
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with 2nd
Division, could just reach Mandalay. 20th Indian Division began its crossing on 12 February 1945, supported by a corps fire programme including 'bombard' tasks from 3- to 7-inch guns at 18,400 yards (16,800 m) using AA
644:
While XXXIII Corps bridged the
Chindwin at Kalewa, 101st HAA Rgt provided AA protection for the bridgehead. Although Japanese air attacks had been slight, now they made determined efforts to destroy the 1,150 feet (350 m)
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range of HAA guns, and the guns had to be laboriously emplaced on rugged islands that were only accessible by boat. The next attack, on 16 March 1940, caught these increased defences only half prepared. About 15
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in the anti-aircraft role and with heavy howitzers in support of ground forces, even on occasion fighting as infantry. It was reformed in the post-war TA (as 501st HAA Rgt) and continued until the abolition of
720:. It took 20th Indian Division two weeks to establish a firm bridgehead and beat off counter-attacks, then 2nd Division began its assault upstream, supported by the Corps artillery in similar fashion.
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In the summer 101st HAA Rgt was joined by a fourth battery, the newly raised 427 HAA Bty. This battery had been formed at 211th HAA Training Rgt, Oswestry, on 24 April 1941 from a cadre supplied by
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372:(being used as an AA platform) was hit and had to be beached. These attacks prompted calls for stronger AA defences at Scottish bases and 3 AA Division was strongly reinforced with 3.7-inch and
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estimated that at least 24 were required to protect the unarmed tankers and storeships, and the shore facilities. 101st HAA Regiment, under the command of Bt-Col G.D.K. Murray, formed part of
241:, but with the deteriorating international situation in 1937 the part-time TA was expanded, and the first new unit in the Orkneys was part of an AA battery, with the remainder recruited from
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312:, which consists of an anchorage virtually surrounded by the Orkney Islands. On the outbreak of war the battery's eight guns were the base's only land-based AA defence, though the
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Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United
Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional Units), 18 February 1943, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/9 and WO 33/1987.
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Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United
Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional Units), 22 November 1942, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/8 and WO 33/1962.
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on 15 August, the regiment was at
Rangoon with just its original batteries (226 and 297), where it was placed in suspended animation between 1 September and 1 December 1945.
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reached the outskirts of the city on 7 March and began a siege of Fort
Dufferin. After that citadel fell on 20 March, 2nd and 20th Indian Divisions began to clear the city.
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from several directions, and 101st HAA Rgt's batteries were once more decentralised to the divisions, moving and fighting with the infantry, often under heavy shellfire.
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558:, but returned on 10 August in time for the regiment to move back to the Bombay area. From 15 October 1943 to 27 January 1944, the regiment came under the command of 1
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At the beginning of 1939, 297th (Inverness) Battery, based at
Margaret Street in Inverness, was part of 75th (Highland) Field Regiment; prior to 1920 it had been the
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Organization of the Field Force in the United Kingdom and Order of Battle, Part 12, Orkney and Shetland Defences, 3 March 1941, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/115.
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where it came under the command of 3 Indian AA Bde. 226 and 297 HAA Batteries were mobile, while 379 Bty manned static guns. 297 HAA Battery was soon detached to
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738:. 101st HAA Regiment remained as Corps HAA regiment with XXXIII Corps, used mainly in the ground role, though 297 and 379 HAA Btys were posted to defend
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750:. They sent out fighting patrols and fought several actions with Japanese troops trying to escape eastwards. The regiment was then concentrated at
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433:(equipped with rocket projectors) under its command, until June 1941, when it crossed back to North Eastern mainland Scotland, where it joined
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and larger guns were redesignated Heavy AA (HAA) on 1 June 1940 to distinguish them from the new Light AA (LAA) units that were being formed).
649:, but the HAA and LAA guns fired intense concentrations that broke up the attacks and shot down several aircraft; the bridge remained intact.
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and HF tasks, with half the guns capable of immediate reversion to the AA role if enemy aircraft appeared. One 3.7-inch HAA gun, detached to
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The CCRA then organised a strong artillery group to support the two divisions in their assault crossing of the 2 miles (3.2 km) wide
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on the mainland of Scotland. The first officer commanding (OC) of 226th (Caithness and Orkney) AA Bty (appointed 1 February 1938) was
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down two routes. The Corps Commander Royal Artillery (CCRA) decentralised control over 101st HAA Rgt, so that 226th Bty accompanied
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were integrated.) The regiment supplied a further cadre to 211th Training Rgt for 525 (M) HAA Bty formed on 22 January 1942 for
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Now that the Irrawaddy was crossed and Mandalay captured, the country was more open, and Fourteenth Army could drive towards
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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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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 1 October 1942, TNA file WO 212/82.
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Organization of the Field Force in the United Kingdom and Order of Battle, Part 12, Orkney and Shetland Defences, 1940,
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when it fell to 19th Indian Division on 19 April (XXXIII Corps was depending on supply by air). During the advance on
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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 14 May 1942, TNA file WO 212/81.
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498:, reducing 101st to the three-battery establishment for overseas service. Shortly afterwards 101st HAA Rgt moved to
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213:(RA): 226th (Caithness and Orkney) AA Bty and 297th (Inverness) AA Bty. The regimental headquarters (RHQ) was at
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The regiment was formed in August 1939 from two previously independent anti-aircraft (AA) batteries of the
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began in July 1940, the Orkney and Shetland Defence Force (OSDEF) had 88 HAA guns at Scapa Flow and 12 in
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769:) and the AA organisation in Burma was regrouped. By the end of the month, 101st HAA Rgt was at
746:, gunners of 101st HAA Rgt fought for a while as infantry, guarding the gap between XXXIII and
414:, RHQ of 101st HAA Rgt with 297 and 317 HAA Btys was in Shetland. Together with 60 LAA Bty (of
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increasingly used its 3.7-inch HAA guns as medium artillery against ground targets. As
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Control, with 226, 297, 379 HAA Btys and its own 101 HAA Workshop Section,
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History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Far East Theatre 1939–1946
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J.A. Mackintosh. By May 1939, it was being converted into a AA battery.
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in 3 AA Division. On 10 July 427 HAA Bty left the regiment and joined
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against air attack in the early part of the war, the regiment went to
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for rest before returning to ground and air defence artillery tasks.
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covering central Southern England, while 297 HAA Bty was attached to
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was spent clearing up pockets of Japanese in the Irrawaddy area.
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Scottish naval bases received the initial attacks by the German
410:. While 226 HAA Bty remained on Orkney operating under RHQ of
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7.2-inch howitzer in action at night in Burma, February 1945.
582:. This operation was designed to throw the Japanese off the
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Woodburn Kirby, Vol IV, pp. 4, 39–51, 106–8, Appendix 18.
264:, formerly commanding officer (CO) of 4th/5th Battalion,
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In September, it moved up to the front, arriving in the
1783:, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994,
800:. It formed part of 78 AA Bde (the former 52 AA Bde at
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172:(101st HAA Rgt) was an air defence unit of Britain's
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456:and was replaced by 379 HAA Bty transferred from
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590:. As the force struggled forward through the
514:. Finally, in September, the regiment joined
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816:The following served as CO of the regiment:
676:on the left, heading through the jungle for
272:). The battery had its headquarters (HQ) at
217:. (AA Regiments and Batteries equipped with
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48:Royal Artillery cap badge and AA patch
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1685:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957.
1536:Woodburn Kirby, Vol V, pp. 2–3, 11–2.
931:Frederick, pp. 755–60, 771, 773, 779.
318:36th (Scottish) Anti-Aircraft Brigade
286:Inverness-shire Royal Horse Artillery
7:
1761:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
225:226th (Caithness and Orkney) HAA Bty
184:. After defending the naval base of
1027:Murray at Generals of World War II.
586:heights and establish bases on the
120:Orkney & Shetland Defence Force
1487:Woodburn Kirby, Vol IV, pp. 260–3.
1465:Woodburn Kirby, Vol IV, pp. 172–9.
1412:Woodburn Kirby, Vol IV, pp. 153–4.
1350:Routledge, Table XXXIX, pp. 254–5.
25:
1851:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
27:WW2 British Territorial Army unit
1776:, Lerwick: Shetland Times, 1958.
1576:Woodburn Kirby, Vol V, pp. 27–9.
1545:Woodburn Kirby, Vol IV, pp. 380.
1220:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
1195:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
83:
66:
1841:British Army units from 1945 on
1505:Routledge, Table XL, pp. 255–6.
1421:Woodburn Kirby, Vol IV, p. 160.
796:, now based at Fairfield Camp,
546:101sth HAA Regiment landed at
444:to 210th Training Regiment at
331:3.7-inch HAA gun preserved at
1:
1554:Woodburn Kirby, Vol V, p. 13.
1100:Routledge, Table LIX, p. 377.
759:268th Indian Infantry Brigade
469:Auxiliary Territorial Service
465:54th (City of London) HAA Rgt
233:(TA) units recruited in the
98:Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
1813:Maj-Gen S. Woodburn Kirby,
1794:Maj-Gen S. Woodburn Kirby,
1114:"101 HAA Rgt at RA 1939–45"
621:forced its way through the
478:In June 1942, RHQ moved to
296:Mobilisation and Phoney War
192:and later took part in the
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680:, while 297 Bty went with
619:11th East African Division
237:had been disbanded during
1863:The Territorial Army 1947
1856:Royal Artillery 1939–1945
1708:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
1080:Routledge, pp. 65–6, 371.
1062:Litchfield, pp. 270, 285.
280:297th (Inverness) HAA Bty
41:
1846:Generals of World War II
1757:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
610:at the end of November.
1800:The Reconquest of Burma
1739:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
1634:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
543:and left by mid March.
1819:The Surrender of Japan
834:from formation; later
820:Bt Col G.D.K. Murray,
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333:Fort Nelson, Hampshire
154:Burma Campaign 1944–45
37:501st HAA Regiment, RA
35:101st HAA Regiment, RA
1779:Brig N.W. Routledge,
1381:Routledge, pp. 246–8.
1170:Collier, Appendix IX.
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199:Anti-Aircraft Command
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1443:Routledge pp. 250–1.
1071:Routledge, pp. 62–3.
729:19th Indian Division
682:20th Indian Division
631:air observation post
454:71st (Forth) HAA Rgt
440:The regiment sent a
425:3 AA Divisional sign
353:on 16 October, then
266:Seaforth Highlanders
1667:Frederick, p. 1000.
1600:Litchfield, p. 272.
1588:Frederick, p. 1018.
1129:Collier, Chapter 5.
1090:Collier, Chapter 4.
999:, 11 February 1938.
963:Litchfield, p. 286.
853:Maj H.E. Ruddock –
841:Lt-Col H.V. Kerr –
812:Commanding Officers
604:5th Indian Division
576:XXXIII Indian Corps
176:raised in northern
123:XXXIII Indian Corps
1723:J.B.M. Frederick,
1658:Frederick, p. 961.
1338:Frederick, p. 771.
1197:, file WO 212/114.
1053:Frederick, p. 673.
1013:, 20 October 1936.
847:Lt-Col J. Green –
782:Japanese surrender
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516:26 (London) AA Bde
480:South East England
437:in 3 AA Division.
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290:Lieutenant-Colonel
1750:978-1-84342-474-1
1518:, pp. 282–4, 296.
1222:, file WO 212/79.
948:Monthly Army List
580:Operation Capital
473:155th (M) HAA Rgt
396:Battle of Britain
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1188:
1182:Years of Defeat
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705:counter-battery
701:Irrawaddy River
615:Fourteenth Army
598:, and down the
568:
528:
388:
298:
282:
252:G.D.K. Murray,
227:
211:Royal Artillery
207:
166:
156:
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136:
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117:3rd AA Division
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740:Magwe airfield
713:16th Field Rgt
588:Chindwin River
567:
564:
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460:in 51 AA Bde.
408:59 AA Brigades
394:ended and the
387:
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351:Firth of Forth
297:
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235:Orkney Islands
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194:Burma Campaign
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489:
488:6 AA Division
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476:
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459:
458:108th HAA Rgt
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371:
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30:
19:
1862:
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1326:
1259:
1202:
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1076:
1067:
1058:
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1005:
996:
991:
982:
977:
968:
947:
885:Regular Army
879:
869:
854:
848:
842:
833:
815:
806:
793:
791:
779:
767:Twelfth Army
764:
756:
733:
722:
709:Interdiction
698:
674:2nd Division
667:
658:Paddy fields
651:
643:
612:
600:Kabaw Valley
578:in time for
569:
545:
529:
477:
462:
439:
428:
416:19th LAA Rgt
412:81st HAA Rgt
389:
386:Home Defence
367:
340:
338:
299:
283:
228:
208:
182:World War II
180:just before
169:
167:
113:Part of
29:
1434:, p. 244–5.
663:open sights
276:on Orkney.
239:World War I
148:Defence of
145:Engagements
129:Garrison/HQ
106:Air Defence
1873:Categories
1674:References
1474:Farndale,
1430:Farndale,
1329:, Annex K.
1325:Farndale,
1180:Farndale,
1138:Farndale,
780:After the
533:War Office
392:Phoney War
355:Scapa Flow
314:Royal Navy
310:Scapa Flow
186:Scapa Flow
150:Scapa Flow
1772:D. Rollo
1567:, p. 305.
1563:Farndale
1514:Farndale
1452:Farndale
1403:, p. 234.
1399:Farndale
1363:, p. 230.
1359:Farndale
1184:, p. 105.
861:Footnotes
836:Brigadier
775:24 AA Bde
500:35 AA Bde
492:52 AA Bde
484:56 AA Bde
435:51 AA Bde
431:Z Battery
369:Iron Duke
342:Luftwaffe
243:Caithness
215:Inverness
201:in 1955.
133:Inverness
57:1939–1955
1798:Vol IV,
1689:Gen Sir
1565:Far East
1516:Far East
1476:Far East
1454:Far East
1432:Far East
1401:Far East
1361:Far East
1327:Far East
1142:, p. 16.
855:in Burma
849:in Burma
843:in Burma
798:Aberdeen
771:Meiktila
752:Allanmyo
748:IV Corps
670:Mandalay
602:to meet
508:3 AA Bde
482:to join
446:Oswestry
402:, under
400:Shetland
382:losses.
374:4.5-inch
364:flagship
345:: first
274:Kirkwall
229:All the
219:3.7-inch
178:Scotland
138:Aberdeen
1817:Vol V,
1646:TA 1947
1644:Watson
788:Postwar
736:Rangoon
608:Kalemyo
592:Monsoon
584:Manipur
349:on the
250:Colonel
62:Country
1825:
1806:
1787:
1765:
1747:
1731:
1716:
1701:
773:under
707:(CB),
686:Monywa
678:Shwebo
627:Kalewa
572:Imphal
556:Madras
548:Bombay
347:Rosyth
247:Brevet
205:Origin
140:(1947)
135:(1939)
80:Branch
71:
54:Active
899:Notes
802:Perth
744:Prome
718:Fuzes
566:Burma
552:Avadi
541:India
526:India
442:cadre
270:Major
190:India
1823:ISBN
1804:ISBN
1785:ISBN
1763:ISBN
1745:ISBN
1729:ISBN
1714:ISBN
1699:ISBN
596:Tamu
406:and
366:HMS
168:The
103:Role
95:Type
822:OBE
804:).
625:to
606:at
518:in
510:in
502:in
486:in
360:Hoy
320:in
254:OBE
1875::
1693:,
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832:–
830:TD
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826:MC
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522:.
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324:.
262:TD
260:,
258:MC
256:,
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