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34th (South Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade

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793: 1114: 467: 347:. 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 positions. On 24 August, ahead of the declaration of war, AA Command was fully mobilised at its war stations. The HAA guns of 34 AA Bde were concentrated in the Gun Defence Areas (GDAs) at Birmingham (24 guns) and Coventry (12 guns). 40: 57: 394: 551: 1326:), but it presented a severe problem for AA guns, and after two weeks' experience AA Command carried out a major reorganisation, stripping guns from the Midlands and repositioning them along the South Coast to target V-1s coming in over the English Channel. As the launching sites in Northern France were overrun by 21st Army Group, the 569:
The Blitz is generally held to have ended on 16 May 1941 with another attack on Birmingham. By now the HAA sites had the advantage of GL Mk I* radar with an elevation finding (E/F or 'Effie') attachment, and several attackers were turned away by accurate fire and their bombs scattered widely, some on
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In October 1944, the brigade's HQ establishment was 9 officers, 8 male other ranks and 25 members of the ATS, together with a small number of attached drivers, cooks and mess orderlies (male and female). In addition, the brigade's Mixed Signal Office Section comprised 5 male other ranks and 19 ATS.
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gun-laying radar, and 128 concentrations were fired before the bombing severed all lines of communication and the noise drowned out sound-location. Some gun positions were able to fire at searchlight beam intersections, glimpsed through the smoke and guessing the range. Although the Coventry guns
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beam to drop flares and incendiary bombs on the target. The huge fires that broke out in the congested city centre then attracted successive 40-strong waves of bombers flying at heights between 12,000 and 20,000 feet to saturate the defences. The AA Defence Commander (AADC) of 95th HAA Rgt had
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fired 10 rounds a minute for the whole 10-hour raid, only three aircraft were shot down over the UK that night, and the city centre was gutted. The Coventry raid was followed by three consecutive nights (19–22 November) of attacks on Birmingham and other
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were sent to the West Midlands to refit and joined the brigade. In the summer of 1940 the AA regiments of the RA were redesignated Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) to distinguish them from the new Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) units being formed.
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mobile guns were installed at each site. Meanwhile, 15 HAA Bty provided anti-paratroop fighting patrols to defend 34 AA Bde HQ and the GDA Gun Operations Room (GOR) in case of invasion.
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6th HAA Regiment was still regarded as a mobile unit, and in February 1941 it was warned to prepare for a mobilisation exercise. This exercise (Operation Chestnut) was carried out in
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When the TA was reformed in 1947, the AA Bdes were renumbered: the number 60 was reserved for a reconstituted 34 AA Bde, but was never used, and the brigade was never reformed.
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concentrated on London and the South and East Coasts, the West Midlands also suffered badly, with Birmingham and Coventry experiencing heavy raids in August and October.
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Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional units), 22 October 1941, TNA files WO 212/6 and WO 33/1883.
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A reorganisation of AA Command in October 1942 saw the AA divisions disbanded and replaced by a number of AA Groups more closely aligned with the groups of
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towards the end of the war saw a drastic reduction in AA defences.4 AA Group was disbanded in mid-March 1945, and 34 AA Bde transferred to the command of
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regiment that had seen action in France and been evacuated from Dunkirk, received orders on 23 November to move RHQ with 3 and 12 HAA Btys (16 x mobile
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on 1 September that year. They were transferred to the new AA Command in 1939, with 34 AA Bde responsible for the air defence of Coventry and
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Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional units), 2 April 1942, TNA files WO 212/515.
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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 2 December 1941, with amendments, 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, 13 March 1943, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/83.
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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 1 October 1942, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/82.
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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 14 May 1942, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/81.
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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 12 May 1941, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/79.
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were also present at these sites. 15 HAA Battery rejoined 6 HAA Rgt from London by train on 11 December and occupied two sites in the
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were integrated. At the same time, experienced units were posted away for service overseas. 6th HAA Regiment was relieved by
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came in April 1941, with heavy raids on the nights of 9/10 and 10/11 of the month, causing extensive damage and casualties.
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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 the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional Units), 25 March 1941,
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bombing offensive was effectively over. The West Midlands had been the hardest hit area of the UK after London and
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and took over control of 11 AA Area Maintenance HQ. Shortly afterwards it disappeared from the order of battle.
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Newly formed AA units joined the brigade, the HAA units increasingly being 'mixed' ones into which women of the
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34 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section (part of 4 Mixed Signal Company, 4 AA Group Mixed Signal Unit)
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in March and April, though the gunsites in 34 AA Bde area remained manned. The regiment became part of the
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34 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section (part of No 2 Company, 11 AA Division Mixed Signal Unit,
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History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941
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History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom
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Birmingham was bombed again during December (3, 4, 11) and on 11 March 1941, but the full
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The change in enemy tactics led to HAA guns being moved from London to the West Midlands.
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September 1941 while in WO Reserve; to WO Control by April 1942, later to Operation Torch
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returned from 67 AA Bde December 1941; left January 1942, arrived in India April 1942
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on 14/15 November. The Coventry raid was preceded by a dozen pathfinder aircraft of
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Order of Battle of AA Command, 27 April 1944, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/85.
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Order of Battle of AA Command, 1 August 1943, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/84.
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area, though no guns were available until 17 January 1941, when two of the older
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This continual turnover of units accelerated in 1942 with the preparations for
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Robert Palmer, 'AA Command History and Personnel' at British Military History.
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34th (South Midland) Anti-Aircraft (AA) Brigade was formed on 1 April 1938 at
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had been created in 11 AA Division by splitting 34 AA Bde: 95th HAA Rgt and
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History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55
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attached to 4 AA Division August 1942; attached to 68 AA Bde September 1942
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transferred to the new formation, while 12 HAA Bty of 6th HAA Rgt moved to
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AA Command Organisation Table, October–November 1944, TNA file WO 212/148.
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prepared a series of concentrations to be fired using sound-locators and
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On the outbreak of war the brigade controlled the following units of the
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The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
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In November 1940 the brigade came under the command of the newly formed
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covering the West Midlands and North West England and cooperating with
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it was diverted to the Far East and its batteries were captured at the
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by December 1941; to WO control December 1941, left February 1942 for
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launched a series of devastating raids, beginning with the notorious
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in May–June 1940, some AA units that had served in France with the
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Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) regiment formed in 1936 by conversion of
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By March 1944 AA Command was being forced to release manpower to
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Defences (OSDEF) May 1941; left AA Command by May 1942, later MEF
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The TA's AA units were mobilised on 23 September 1938 during the
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AA 'Z' Rgts were redesignated AA Area Mixed Rgts in April 1944.
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guns, 2 x GL sets) from the London Inner Artillery Zone to the
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73rd AA Regiment left the brigade in November 1939 to join the
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69th (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
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Routledge, Table LVIII, p. 376; Routledge, Table LX, p. 378.
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newly raised in April 1939, with 204 Bty from 73 AA Regiment
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The brigade's composition during the Blitz was as follows:
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Regimental Headquarters (RHQ), 192 and 199 AA Batteries at
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Anti-Aircraft brigades of the British Army in World War II
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returned from 1 AA Group November 1944; left December 1944
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for the planned Allied invasion of continental Europe (
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British anti-aircraft brigades of the Second World War
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During this period 34 AA Bde was composed as follows:
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During this period 34 AA Bde was composed as follows:
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January 1942; to WO reserve February 1942, arrived in
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During this period 34 AA Bde was composed as follows:
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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The city was attacked again in July, but the 3321:Military units and formations in Warwickshire 2784: 2670:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978 1884: 1882: 1179:attached to 33 (Western) AA Bde from May 1943 778:and the need to relocate guns to counter the 413:, re-equipped after its return from Dunkirk. 8: 2120: 2118: 1763: 1761: 1759: 1650:Routledge, pp. 65–6, 371, Table LIX, p. 377. 1547:AA Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files 554:Birmingham High Street, looking towards the 305:95th (Birmingham) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA 211:and then Major-General, Royal Artillery, at 155:(34 AA Bde) was an air defence formation of 2206: 2204: 2108: 2106: 1454: 1452: 558:area, after heavy bombing on 10 April 1941. 2791: 2777: 2769: 2717:, Rev Edn, Gloucester: Choir Press, 2013, 2476: 2474: 2472: 2470: 2144: 2142: 2132: 2130: 1872: 1870: 1868: 1490: 1488: 506:38th (The King's Regiment) Searchlight Rgt 284:RHQ and 209 (Wolverhampton) AA Battery at 163:formed shortly before the outbreak of the 153:34th (South Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade 21:34th (South Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1813: 1811: 1720: 1718: 1694: 1692: 1197:attached to 68 AA Bde until December 1942 1059:left Summer 1941; to MEF by December 1941 861:to 68 AA Bde, 11 AA Division, Summer 1941 273:raised in 1937 from batteries drawn from 3311:Air defence brigades of the British Army 2032: 2030: 2028: 2026: 2024: 2022: 2020: 2018: 2016: 2014: 1947: 1945: 1708: 1706: 1606: 1604: 1416:The reduction in activity by the German 1402:joined by February, disbanded March 1945 1390:joined by February, disbanded March 1945 1044:returned from 67 AA Bde Summer 1941; to 815:left for overseas service September 1941 653:new regiment raised in October 1940; to 542:and came under its operational control. 1847: 1845: 1799: 1797: 1795: 1793: 1744: 1742: 1623: 1621: 1478: 1476: 1448: 1296:joined January 1943; left by March 1944 1187:new regiment raised in August 1942; to 992:attached to 67 AA Bde until Summer 1941 1510: 1508: 1506: 1504: 1502: 1110:), and most regiments lost a battery. 17: 2645:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957. 2597:AA Bdes 30–66 at British Army 1945 on 1003:new regiment formed in September 1941 7: 2687:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, 671:new regiment raised in February 1941 609:attached to 67 AA Bde until May 1941 1275:new regiment raised in October 1942 962:from 4 AA Division by May 1942; to 639:new regiment raised in October 1940 191:when that formation was created in 1330:began air-launching V-1s from the 881:65th (Manchester Regiment) HAA Rgt 846:from 1 AA Division March 1942; to 290:222 (West Bromwich) AA Battery at 14: 2751:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files 319:204 (Warwickshire) AA Battery at 279:51st (Midland) Medium Brigade, RA 2327:Routledge, Table XXXVII, p. 252. 1984:11 AA Division 1940 at RA 39–45. 1839:, files WO 212/5 and WO 33/2323. 1837:The National Archives (TNA), Kew 397:Formation sign of 11 AA Division 351:Phoney War and Battle of Britain 55: 38: 2736:British Army units from 1945 on 1144:459, 460, 461, 583 (M) HAA Btys 1037:477, 488, 492, 534 (M) HAA Btys 755:and left in September 1941 for 269:73rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA 1495:Archibald at Generals of WWII. 1318:, the Germans began launching 1161:, 4 AA Group, until April 1943 1069:116, 133, 137, 138, 185 Z Btys 615:60th (City of London) HAA Rgt 1: 2377:Routledge, Table XXX, p. 188. 2286:Routledge, Table XXV, p. 164. 1994:Routledge, Table LXV, p. 396. 1712:Farndale, Annex D, pp. 257–9. 1091:. 11 AA Division merged into 983:to 67 AA Bde by December 1941 749:Auxiliary Territorial Service 411:60th (City of London) HAA Rgt 1231:from 54 AA Bde May 1943; to 1211:from 2 AA Group January 1944 1151:to 1 AA Group September 1944 623:95th (Birmingham) HAA Rgt – 2756:The Royal Artillery 1939–45 1048:, 11 AA Division, June 1942 970:334, 335, 337, 390 HAA Btys 946:227, 229, 317, 325 HAA Btys 931:184, 186, 296, 421 HAA Btys 915:66th (Leeds Rifles) HAA Rgt 718:new regiment equipped with 643:345, 346, 348, 354 HAA Btys 451:industrial towns including 365:British Expeditionary Force 357:Advanced Air Striking Force 242:Royal Warwickshire Regiment 3342: 2099:10 AA 'Z' Rgt at RA 39–45. 1383:528, 554, 567 (M) HAA Btys 1372:557, 559, 611 (M) HAA Btys 1215:528, 554, 567 (M) HAA Btys 1201:557, 559, 611 (M) HAA Btys 1117:Loading a mobile multiple 874:, 6 AA Division, June 1941 720:Z Battery rocket launchers 313:RHQ and 293 AA Battery at 2763:The Territorial Army 1947 2553:"148 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 2519:"111 LAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 2505:"170 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 2491:"168 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 2434:"142 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 2420:"134 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 2406:"107 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 2075:"122 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 2061:"112 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 2047:"110 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 1917:Routledge, pp. 98–9, 393. 1435:34 AA Area Maintenance HQ 1400:24th AA Area Mixed Rgt – 1259:137, 138, 185, 223 Z Btys 680:attached to 4 AA Division 2954:28th (Thames and Medway) 2746:Generals of World War II 2741:British Military History 2683:Norman E.H. Litchfield, 2577:24 AA Z Rgt at RA 39–45. 2532:18 AA Z Rgt at RA 39–45. 2347:"71 HAA Rgt at RA 39-45" 2306:"66 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 2262:"65 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 2239:"57 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 2195:"55 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 1750:"60 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 1629:"95 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 1612:"73 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 1586:"69 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 1433:, the Brigade HQ became 1388:8th AA Area Mixed Rgt – 1357:left early December 1944 1355:624, 629 (M) HAA Btys – 1033:from 67 AA Bde June 1942 475:14/15 November 1940 raid 329:Royal Army Service Corps 327:34th AA Brigade Company 260:and 191 AA Batteries at 29:1 April 1938–31 May 1945 2628:Litchfield, Appendix 5. 2566:8 AA Z Rgt at RA 39–45. 2136:Routledge, pp. 399–404. 2088:42 LAA Rgt at RA 39–45. 2005:"6 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45" 1938:Collier, Appendix XXXI. 1852:22 LAA Rgt at RA 39–45. 1338:Order of Battle 1944–45 1126:Order of Battle 1942–44 936:71st (Forth) HAA Rgt – 830:Persia and Iraq Command 805:Order of Battle 1941–42 586:Order of Battle 1940–41 536:22nd Light AA (LAA) Rgt 2616:March 3, 2016, at the 2542:Routledge, pp. 408–19. 1889:Collier, Appendix XXX. 1575:Litchfield, pp. 241–2. 1397:18th AA Area Mixed Rgt 1394:10th AA Area Mixed Rgt 1235:, 4 AA Group, May 1944 1122: 1076:Royal Corps of Signals 854:213, 214, 215 HAA Btys 836:163, 166, 307 HAA Btys 801: 722:raised in January 1941 708:48, 145, 150, 231 Btys 661:351, 352, 353 HAA Btys 629:204, 293, 340 HAA Btys 559: 477: 473:city centre following 398: 381:and the early part of 187:, and was assigned to 2698:Brig N.W. Routledge, 1908:Walker, pp. 77, 92–3. 1826:Walker, pp. 83–6, 91. 1361:631, 633 (M) HAA Btys 1287:joined September 1943 1116: 1029:142nd (Mixed) HAA Rgt 1023:460, 461 (M) HAA Btys 999:134th (Mixed) HAA Rgt 842:57th (Wessex) HAA Rgt 795: 767:in February 1942 and 686:attached to 67 AA Bde 553: 530:By March 1941, a new 469: 396: 377:air raids during the 371:Although most of the 359:in France. After the 345:Anti-Aircraft Command 262:Alum Rock, Birmingham 157:Anti-Aircraft Command 70:Anti-Aircraft Brigade 2984:34th (South Midland) 2969:31st (North Midland) 2949:27th (Home Counties) 2112:Walker., pp. 97–170. 1965:on 23 September 2015 1927:Collier, Chapter 19. 1768:Collier, Chapter 17. 1685:Collier, Chapter 16. 1674:Collier, Chapter 13. 1641:Routledge, pp. 62–3. 1528:on 23 September 2015 1377:170th (M) HAA Rgt – 1366:168th (M) HAA Rgt – 1291:133, 199, 200 Z Btys 1281:until September 1943 1256:10th (M) AA 'Z' Rgt 1185:168th (M) HAA Rgt – 1149:142nd (M) HAA Rgt – 1134:134th (M) HAA Rgt – 1052:70, 72, 141 LAA Btys 753:71st (Forth) HAA Rgt 726:116, 133, 137 Z Btys 219:Order of Battle 1939 3223:Light Anti-aircraft 2964:30th (Northumbrian) 2959:29th (East Anglian) 2336:Litchfield, p. 283. 2295:Litchfield, p. 266. 2251:Litchfield, p. 131. 2184:Litchfield, p. 112. 1736:Litchfield, p. 165. 1598:Litchfield, p. 211. 1458:Frederick, p. 1049. 1271:18th (M) AA 'Z' Rgt 1264:joined January 1943 1159:33 (Western) AA Bde 1089:RAF Fighter Command 872:58th (Kent) HAA Rgt 820:55th (Kent) HAA Rgt 432:Kampfgeschwader 100 3230:7th AA/Searchlight 2668:J.B.M. Frederick, 2446:Routledge, p. 409. 2395:Routledge, p. 236. 2228:Litchfield, p. 91. 2036:Farndale, Annex M. 1817:Walker, pp. 73–81. 1778:Routledge, p. 391. 1661:"AASF at RA 39–45" 1482:Farndale, Annex J. 1429:Immediately after 1379:left December 1944 1250:left by March 1944 1241:left November 1943 1220:left February 1944 1218:568 (M) HAA Bty – 1195:456 (M) HAA Bty – 1177:534 (M) HAA Bty – 1171:492 (M) HAA Bty – 1165:488 (M) HAA Bty – 1155:477 (M) HAA Bty – 1123: 1108:Operation Overlord 1063:10th AA 'Z' Rgt – 1017:459 (M) HAA Bty – 1007:456 (M) HAA Bty – 908:joined Summer 1941 897:181, 182, 196 Btys 802: 757:Middle East Forces 560: 478: 399: 361:Dunkirk evacuation 296:311 AA Battery at 275:62nd Field Brigade 203:Sidney Archibald, 171:of England during 167:. It defended the 3293: 3292: 2723:978-0-9562190-4-6 1862:Walker, pp. 86–8. 1468:Monthly Army List 1347:148th (M) HAA Rgt 1245:349, 350 LAA Btys 1207:170th (M) HAA Rgt 977:to OSDEF May 1941 865:168, 169 HAA Btys 765:Fall of Singapore 735:in 11 AA Division 618:168, 169 HAA Btys 379:Battle of Britain 146: 145: 3333: 2844:5th Royal Marine 2819:1st Royal Marine 2793: 2786: 2779: 2770: 2713:Patrick Walker, 2629: 2626: 2620: 2610:Territorial Army 2605: 2599: 2594: 2588: 2585: 2579: 2574: 2568: 2563: 2557: 2556: 2549: 2543: 2540: 2534: 2529: 2523: 2522: 2515: 2509: 2508: 2501: 2495: 2494: 2487: 2481: 2478: 2465: 2462: 2456: 2453: 2447: 2444: 2438: 2437: 2430: 2424: 2423: 2416: 2410: 2409: 2402: 2396: 2393: 2387: 2384: 2378: 2375: 2369: 2366: 2360: 2357: 2351: 2350: 2343: 2337: 2334: 2328: 2325: 2319: 2316: 2310: 2309: 2302: 2296: 2293: 2287: 2284: 2278: 2275: 2266: 2265: 2258: 2252: 2249: 2243: 2242: 2235: 2229: 2226: 2220: 2217: 2211: 2208: 2199: 2198: 2191: 2185: 2182: 2176: 2173: 2167: 2164: 2158: 2155: 2149: 2146: 2137: 2134: 2125: 2122: 2113: 2110: 2101: 2096: 2090: 2085: 2079: 2078: 2071: 2065: 2064: 2057: 2051: 2050: 2043: 2037: 2034: 2009: 2008: 2001: 1995: 1992: 1986: 1981: 1975: 1974: 1972: 1970: 1964: 1958:. 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Index

United Kingdom

Territorial Army
4th AA Division
11th AA Division
4 AA Group
Coventry
Coventry Blitz
Birmingham Blitz
Sidney Archibald
MC
Anti-Aircraft Command
Territorial Army
Second World War
West Midlands
The Blitz
Coventry
4th AA Division
Western Command
Birmingham
Brigadier
MC
Eastern Command
GHQ Home Forces
Royal Artillery
69th (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
6th Battalion
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Kings Heath
Birmingham

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