1181:, flew into Kalamaki and were taken by armoured car to Athens, where they found the British force 'beleaguered' in the city with only three days' ammunition. However, the arrival of reinforcements by air and sea allowed the force to keep open the lines of communication to the airfield and port, while the reinforcing infantry ('Blockforce') cleared the Piraeus peninsula. Infantry units took over the defence of Faliron under Lt-Col Grandage's command ('Granforce') and on the night of 17/18 December operations began to advance up the road and link up the British positions. Daily convoys to Athens resumed and the regiment's lorries cleared the backlog of supplies that had piled up at the docks and airfield. ELAS began withdrawing from central Athens on 27 December, and on 29 December all the drivers who had brought the lorries from Egypt for 66th LAA Rgt were sent back there guarding some 1500–2000 ELAS
1093:
385:
450:
540:
724:
1165:
The REME workshop was brought in from the garage in Athens here it had been based and was now in the heart of ELAS activity. Two drivers were captured by ELAS but persuaded their captors that they were carrying food and were released; two other lorries with their drivers were cut off in
Piraeus until the end of the month, and an ambulance driver was wounded in Athens. There were further casualties on the night of 7/8 December, and patrols were stepped up between Faliron and
28:
52:
69:
901:
347:
1170:
where Capt J.R.G. Holland-Smith of 66th LAA Rgt was killed and a number of gunners were captured. Brig
Arkwright later commended the regiment for the 'gallant show' they put on in that fight, and also for 'running the gauntlet' with the supply convoys. 66th LAA Regiment was made responsible for coordinating the ground defences of the base at Faliron.
809:
in time for the regiment to fire about 3000 rounds each night against heavy air raids on 14/15 and 15/16 July. By the end of 16 July the whole regiment was ashore and setting up defensive barrages in conjunction with the AA Defence
Commander (AADC) and AA Operations Room (AAOR). That night another 10,000 rounds were fired against aircraft dropping
1138:, while the second-in-command, Maj C.J. Bateman, took control of the Greek civil transport pool. During November the rest of the men and vehicles arrived from Italy and the Middle East, and the regiment carried out general transport duties for Arkforce around Athens and for relief supplies to the interior.
1164:
HQ arrived and took control of the
Piraeus and Faliron area, including 66th LAA Rgt, which was ordered to find foot patrols as well as its transport duties, which included sending lorries to collect British detachments cut off in the city and supplying rations to the Greek Police and National Guard.
512:
On 24 December 1941 66th LAA Rgt was rostered for overseas service and the batteries began intensive mobile training with infantry units, handing over some of the gunsites to 201 LAA Rgt of 84th LAA Rgt. The reinforcement draft was absorbed and then all the men of lower medical categories were posted
808:
from its transports on D Day (10 July) and a reconnaissance party landed at the town after its capture next day. The regiment began landing on 13 July, when 176 LAA Bty immediately deployed 12 guns to defend the port; these were in action that night. Further guns were landed and deployed on 14 July,
1169:
airfield. ELAS positions overlooked the main road from
Faliron to Athens, so convoys could only travel at night under tank escort, and there were patrol skirmishes between 66th LAA Rgt and ELAS. Bitter fighting broke out in the centre of Athens, and on 12/13 December ELAS attacked 23 Armd Bde's HQ,
1188:
The
British forces in Athens began an offensive against ELAS on 2 January 1945, during which 66th LAA Regiment suffered minor casualties to men and vehicles from artillery fire. ELAS retreated from Athens on 5 January, and the regiment could reduce its patrols, although fighting went on in other
461:
were arriving. A large draft of 147 reinforcements arrived at
Belfast from the training regiments in October and a regimental school was set up to complete their training; personnel of 146 Z Bty helped man the operational sites while the instructors were absent. In mid-October the regiment was
392:
Although its shipyards made
Belfast an important target, the city did not receive a major bombing raid until nearly the end of the Blitz. All the LAA batteries around the city were in action on 8 April. Then on the nights of 14/16 April and 4/5 May there were severe raids on the city (the
1012:
By now, while the AA requirement for the rear areas was diminished, the
British Army was undergoing a manpower shortage, so surplus AA personnel began to be diverted to other roles. On 3 September 66th LAA Rgt was ordered to cease AA operations and to take up transport duties for
405:
under the control of the Gun
Operations Room (GOR). On this occasion the regiment suffered a direct hit on a Lewis gun position with the death of three men, and considerable damage to 175 LAA Bty's HQ at Clonaver Camp. After May 1941, there were only rare incursions by the
845:, and then back to Augusta. The war having moved on, the regiment caught up on some training, including anti-tank practice, while the rear parties and transport arrived from Egypt. In November it carried out mobile training. By now the regiment was under the command of the
1058:, disarm the Greek security battalions established under German occupation, open up ports for relief supplies, and generally to act as arbitrators in local disputes. Operation Manna began on 12 October with parachute landings while Arkforce began landing from
230:, it was immediately embodied for service. It consisted of three heavy anti-aircraft (HAA) batteries and was joined by two light anti-aircraft (LAA) batteries, 175 and 176, which were formed and regimented on 10 September 1939. The new regiment formed part of
413:
66th LAA Regiment shuffled its positions in the summer of 1941, with RHQ taking over 176th LAA Bty's HQ at Tyrone House in Malone Road, Belfast, while 251 LAA Bty's HQ moved into Derryvolgie Avenue from Portaferry, and then went to Tullycleagh House at
1029:
3-ton lorries, 28 of its own or taken from other AA regiments, the remainder to be sent direct to Greece by Middle East Forces. The exchanges of personnel and vehicles were quickly completed and the regiment concentrated at the port of
513:
to the D Trp of each battery, which were then detached to form a new 459 LAA Bty on 19 February 1942. This battery would remain in AA Command when the regiment went overseas. A draft of 160 drivers and motor mechanics also arrived.
676:, which had gained the area the nickname of 'Hellfire Corner'; the regiment suffered some damage from these. Lt-Col Hezlet handed over command to Lt-Col E.S. Law during May, and 459 LAA Bty left on 14 July to join a newly-formed
1159:
broadcasts for information, but increased its guards and sentries and prepared platoons of 30 lorries for troop movements, one for duty with 23rd Armd Bde and one taking reinforcements from Piraeus docks into Athens. Next day
825:
dive-bombed the harbour in daylight. A Troop of 276 LAA Bty had already moved north to provide AA defence for Eighth Army HQ. 2 AA Brigade HQ also went to Augusta, leaving 66th LAA Rgt under the command of newly-arrived
245:
or heavier guns were termed Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA); this included 102nd AA Regiment, despite its hybrid HAA/LAA organisation. However, 175 and 176 LAA Batteries left the regiment on 1 December 1940 to form a separate
715:. 66th LAA Regiment completed its mobilisation on 31 December. It then moved to Scotland to take part in various training exercises. On 18 February 1943 it received a warning order for a move to a tropical climate.
1008:
in Italy having been reduced to a skeleton force. In July, 276 LAA Bty was withdrawn from Foggia and sent to defend Naples, but all three batteries did little more than practice shoots during the summer.
988:, arrived in Italy and took command of the impressive concentration of AA defences assembled for Foggia and other airfields. This change brought with it some redeployment, with A/175 Trp taking over at
1155:. The movement of relief supplies was stopped by a general strike. On 5 December Arkforce was ordered to clear ELAS out of the Athens–Piraeus area. 66th LAA Regiment was left in the dark, relying on
1963:
1943:
707:
Camp where it took over its full complement of guns (18 x Bofors per battery) and vehicles. On 16 November Lt-Col P.A. Grandage took command of the regiment, which attended an LAA practice camp at
1189:
parts of the country. The supply convoys ranged widely in support of these operations and of the Royal Engineers' bridging activity. ELAS released its prisoners and they returned to the regiment.
1953:
1948:
683:
On 15 September 1942 the regiment handed over all its operational commitments and underwent a period of battle training. It then returned to AA Command for a few weeks dispersed across
528:. The regiment completed its training at Gillingham in May and as was normal practice was loaned back to AA Command until its next training period. It came under the command of
833:
The regiment spent August defending Syracuse against 'slight air activity' while the ground troops completed the capture of Sicily and prepared for the assault crossing of the
1216:
ordered Troops to be re-lettered from A–C within each battery to A–I throughout the regiment: 66th LAA Rgt changed on 15 May to A–C (175 Bty), D–F (176 Bty) and (G–I) 276 Bty.
1017:
being prepared to go to Greece, where the German withdrawal was well under way. The regiment exchanged over 250 of its gunners for drivers from the RA Training Depot and from
211:
326:
with three batteries, 194, 195 and 196. On 28 March 1941 the D Troops of each of these batteries was detached and combined to form a new 251 LAA Battery for 66th LAA Rgt:
1958:
985:
106:
801:
to Alexandria, where the men were given four days ashore before re-embarking and joining the convoy to Sicily, which included the transports from Haifa and Lebanon.
981:(The airfields at Lesina and Sterparone were not actually in use at the time because of mud, and the troop at San Severo was flooded out of its initial positions.)
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on 12 June 1941. Once it had completed its training, 276 LAA Bty joined 66th LAA Rgt on 19 September to replace 251 LAA Bty, which transferred to the command of
1174:
374:
235:
748:
231:
102:
98:
700:
1114:
on 15 October and landed the troops next day; RHQ was established at a flour mill in the town. Next day was spent unloading the vehicles from the
1788:
1315:
1119:
677:
401:
on 14/16 April, and the men of 146 Z Bty had to be accommodated at Clonaver Camp. During the prolonged May raid the LAA guns fired fixed
1018:
517:
439:
315:
281:
529:
1511:
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.
1161:
1914:
1900:
1876:
1857:
1838:
1823:
1804:
1781:
1766:
1247:
841:) on 3 September. Once Eighth Army was established on the 'toe' of Italy, 276 LAA Bty was moved up, first on 17 September to defend
384:
227:
1142:
1092:
777:
449:
1156:
1146:
874:
850:
827:
533:
1192:
On 13 February 1945 the regiment was warned that it was to be disbanded and reformed as general transport (GT) companies of the
539:
1883:
Gen Sir Frederick Pile's despatch: "The Anti-Aircraft Defence of the United Kingdom from 28th July, 1939, to 15th April, 1945"
1050:) consisted of a parachute brigade from Italy and an armoured brigade (without tanks) from Egypt. They were to land in Greece (
300:
196:
138:
381:
and the industrial areas of Western Scotland from 3rd AA Division. 3 AA Brigade came under the command of this new formation.
280:
while commanding a siege battery in 1918. He had been re-commissioned on the outbreak of World War II and was now promoted to
457:
In the autumn of 1941 the regiment was able to send detachments to practice camps for live firing, and new Bofors guns and
1928:
814:
783:
277:
1126:. The regiment dismounted the water tanks from the converted 3-tonners, which went up-country to Pompforce's base at
752:
696:
673:
192:
134:
1439:
1193:
639:
434:
of experienced officers and men to provide the basis for a new 276 LAA Bty formed by 234th LAA Training Rgt at
1428:
1520:
1417:
1134:. Meanwhile, the rest of the regiment continued unloading vehicles at Piraeus and established battery HQs in
743:
on 6 May. It was issued with 36 US-pattern Bofors guns and a few vehicles, and attended a practice camp near
695:
claimed a hit on a raider). At the end of October the regiment received its attached workshop section of the
1001:
997:
993:
989:
966:
956:
945:
939:
929:
886:
723:
1089:. The Royal Signals maintenance detachment left the regiment and was posted to the signals training depot.
975:
788:
672:
against coastal targets and the LAA guns were in regular action. Dover was under occasional shelling from
258:
650:
215:
1196:(RASC). This was completed on 15 April 1945, when the regiment became 769 and 770 (GT) Companies RASC.
343:
At the end of the month 176 LAA Bty concentrated a troop of four Bofors guns to defend Larne Harbour.
1043:
110:
1759:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941
1213:
1004:. Minor shuffling between the various airfields continued during May, but there was no action, the
960:
935:
890:
853:
took over at the beginning of January 1944, 66th LAA Rgt was redeployed, with 175 LAA Bty covering
760:
402:
1865:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East
1846:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East
1812:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East
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History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East
1747:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom
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1744:
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458:
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1800:
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822:
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360:
1907:
Wait for the Waggon: The Story of the Royal Corps of Transport and its Predecessors 1794–1993
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805:
620:
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521:
431:
378:
288:
265:
242:
219:
180:
1850:
The Campaign in Sicily 1943 and the Campaign in Italy 3rd September 1943 to 31st March 1944
1754:
1182:
1051:
858:
818:
269:
68:
27:
199:. Late in the war it was converted into a transport unit that saw active service in the
900:
881:. The advance party and 175 LAA Bty crossed the Straits of Messina on 15 February, but
810:
669:
655:
645:
602:
427:
415:
261:
160:
57:
1937:
1123:
1075:
916:
846:
692:
594:
568:
549:
525:
394:
188:
130:
849:' Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO). When this too was closed down and
821:, though one attack on 24/25 July set a ship on fire in the harbour, and groups of
688:
586:
223:
184:
176:
72:
1066:
on 16 October 66th LAA Regiment loaded its 3-tonners and REME workshop aboard the
501:
Larne – 2 x Bofors, 6 x Lewis (used as training sites for the reinforcement draft)
1871:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1987/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
1852:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1973/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
1818:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1988/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
1799:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1987/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
1151:
1098:
736:
625:
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557:
284:. Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) was established in Derryvolgie Avenue, Belfast.
273:
200:
142:
1096:
British troops sightseeing in Athens, October 1944, before the outbreak of the
755:(Operation Husky). First, in early June the guns and equipment were shipped to
397:) causing widespread damage and loss of life. There was considerable damage at
191:
and then defended 'Hellfire Corner' in East Kent. Later it participated in the
1059:
798:
744:
577:
563:
419:
308:
1145:(ELAS) refused to be disarmed and clashes broke out with their rivals of the
516:
On 20 April 1942 the regiment with its three mobile batteries handed over to
1014:
793:
684:
665:
478:
410:, though the strength of Northern Ireland's AA defences steadily increased.
370:
365:
296:
292:
1893:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55
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435:
323:
1831:
The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
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1111:
1063:
1031:
862:
842:
768:
712:
443:
319:
251:
120:
1761:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
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in the harbour. Enemy air activity over Syracuse declined somewhat as
1055:
910:
878:
764:
543:
A Royal Artillery Bofors gun and crew keep watch in Southern England.
388:
Rescue workers searching through rubble after an air raid on Belfast.
520:
and embarked at Larne to travel to the AA Mobile Training Centre at
727:
A Royal Artillery Bofors gun team on alert in Sicily, 16 July 1943.
373:. Five new AA divisions were created on 1 November 1940, including
299:
3-inch unguided rocket projectors and in January 1941 the first 12
1549:
66 LAA Rgt War Diary January–February 1943, TNA file WO 166/11701.
1091:
1022:
899:
756:
740:
722:
553:
538:
448:
423:
383:
345:
304:
1816:
Victory in the Mediterranean, Part I|I: November 1944 to May 1945
1869:
Victory in the Mediterranean, Part I: 1st April to 4th June 1944
1563:
66 LAA Rgt War Diary March–December 1943, TNA file WO 169/10002.
772:
1118:. 66th LAA Regiment brought with it the stores and rations for
314:
A second LAA regiment now arrived in Belfast to join 3 AA Bde:
1599:
Routledge, pp. 263–5; Table XLII, p. 267; Table XLIII, p. 268.
775:, where on 30 June 175 and 176 LAA Btys boarded HM Transports
418:
in the south-west of the province, commanding gunsites around
226:
broke out in September 1939. Originally raised as part of the
1021:
and 64th LAA Rgts in 52 AA Bde. Each battery was to have 88
873:
On 9 February 1944 the regiment was ordered to move to join
536:, and was deployed to Vulnerable Points (VPs) in East Kent:
1797:
Victory in the Mediterranean, Part I|: June to October 1944
1074:(LST), while RHQ and the bulk of the personnel embarked on
861:, while RHQ and the REME workshop moved from Syracuse to
453:
Troops clearing rubble after the May air raid on Belfast.
422:. In September 176th LAA Bty moved to St Columb's House,
264:, a prominent golfer who had been commissioned into the
1895:, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994,
731:
The regiment's personnel embarked aboard HM Transport
291:
used in the LAA role, otherwise it was equipped with
1964:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
1944:
Light anti-aircraft regiments of the Royal Artillery
885:
they were diverted to rejoin 62 AA Bde guarding the
377:, which was formed by separating responsibility for
303:arrived, together with 146 Z Battery who landed at
212:
102nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
153:
148:
126:
116:
94:
86:
78:
63:
45:
37:
20:
248:66th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
173:66th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
1954:Military units and formations in Northern Ireland
1949:Military units and formations established in 1940
1488:66 LAA Rgt War Diary, 1942, TNA file WO 166/7655.
1141:However, in December the former partisans of the
318:, which had been formed the previous November at
1625:66 LAA Rgt War Diary 1944, TNA file WO 170/1239.
996:, B/176 Trp moving to Foggia Main, C/176 Trp to
938:, then Amendola satellite landing ground, later
295:. On formation it was provided with a number of
241:On 1 June 1940 those AA regiments equipped with
1776:, Vol II, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984,
1713:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt III, pp. 18–9, 26–7, 73–86.
1498:
1496:
1494:
904:US Fifteenth Air Force airfields around Foggia.
703:or REME) and moved to a mobilisation centre at
1679:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt II, pp. 208–9, 322–5, 442.
1282:
1280:
1278:
1276:
1234:
1232:
1122:('Pompforce'), and the elements of a complete
339:D/251 Trp was newly formed in Northern Ireland
1774:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
1248:AA Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
8:
1173:The Supreme Allied Commander designate, Gen
889:. These airfields were being used by the US
663:This was a period of 'hit and run' raids by
307:to man the rocket projectors at Belfast and
751:, which was assigned a role in the planned
498:Belfast – 2 x Bofors, 4 x 3-inch Naval guns
426:. The regiment also had guns stationed at
369:night campaign against UK cities known as
257:The new regiment was under the command of
26:
1691:
1689:
1687:
1685:
1081:. The follow-up vehicles went aboard the
701:Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1959:Military units and formations in Belfast
804:The regiment watched the bombardment of
1621:
1619:
1617:
1615:
1613:
1611:
1609:
1607:
1605:
1559:
1557:
1555:
1484:
1482:
1480:
1478:
1476:
1474:
1266:
1264:
1228:
1205:
359:AA Command rapidly expanded during the
1670:Routledge, p. 291; Table XLIV, p. 293.
1310:
1308:
1306:
1304:
1302:
1300:
1298:
1296:
1294:
1292:
17:
1749:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957.
1731:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt III, pp. 106–109.
21:66th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
7:
1833:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
1722:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt III, pp. 86–102.
897:. The regiment deployed as follows:
585:BHQ 176 LAA Bty at The Old Rectory,
771:, then the personnel entrained for
747:. It now came under the command of
287:The regiment had a few obsolescent
1704:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt II, pp. 442–3.
797:. These transports steamed up the
787:, while the main body (RHQ, REME,
532:, shortly afterwards transferring
14:
1929:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
562:BHQ 175 LAA Bty at The Vicarage,
175:, was an air defence unit of the
1661:Molony, Vol VI, Pt I, pp. 447–9.
1316:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
1147:National Republican Greek League
735:on 13 March 1943 and arrived at
67:
50:
1314:66 LAA Rgt War Diary, 1940–41,
1238:Frederick, pp. 757–8, 781, 802.
1070:and 25 3-ton water trucks on a
1046:after its commander, Brigadier
601:BHQ 276 LAA Bty at Hill House,
350:12 AA Division's formation sign
266:Antrim Royal Garrison Artillery
41:1 December 1940 – 15 April 1945
1909:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 1998,
1143:Greek People's Liberation Army
1085:and personnel on HM Transport
857:, 176 in Syracuse, and 276 at
234:defending Northern Ireland in
1:
791:and 276 LAA Bty) boarded the
195:and the campaign in mainland
1258:Routledge, Table LX, p. 378.
922:Amendola main landing ground
524:, while 459 LAA Bty went to
984:In April a new brigade HQ,
817:pressed north and captured
691:(where C Trp of 176 Bty at
1980:
1397:Routledge, p. 394; Map 34.
1286:Frederick, pp. 803–4, 830.
1177:and the British Minister,
1042:Force 140 (later renamed
430:. The regiment supplied a
336:D/196 Trp became C/251 Trp
333:D/195 Trp became B/251 Trp
330:D/194 Trp became A/251 Trp
1810:Gen Sir William Jackson,
753:Allied invasion of Sicily
697:Royal Army Ordnance Corps
638:69 LAA Bty, 4th LAA Rgt,
193:Allied invasion of Sicily
32:Royal Artillery cap badge
25:
1829:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
1643:Routledge, pp. 277, 284.
1581:Molony, Vol V, pp. 81–2.
1502:Frederick, pp. 807, 842.
1194:Royal Army Service Corps
1130:for the reoccupation of
1054:) to 'show the flag' in
640:Royal Canadian Artillery
556:, later at Quarry Down,
469:Lough Erne – 16 x Bofors
1440:Collier, Appendix XXXI.
887:Foggia Airfield Complex
490:Aldergrove – 4 x Bofors
1652:Molony, Vol V, p. 423.
1634:Molony, Vol V, p. 527.
1429:Collier, Appendix XXX.
1149:(EDES), the so-called
1103:
905:
728:
674:German long-range guns
544:
454:
389:
351:
1891:Brig N.W. Routledge,
1590:Routledge, pp. 262–3.
1572:Molony, Vol V, p. 26.
1540:Routledge, pp. 401–5.
1120:2nd Parachute Brigade
1095:
903:
726:
651:Betteshanger Colliery
542:
462:deployed as follows:
452:
387:
349:
1863:Brig C.J.C. Molony,
1521:Collier, Chapter XX.
1468:Routledge, pp. 53–4.
1418:Collier, Chapter 17.
656:Tilmanstone Colliery
574:Dover Coast Defences
548:RHQ at Upton House,
322:AA Practice Camp in
1905:John Sutton (ed.),
1844:Brig C.J.C. Molony,
1531:Farndale, pp. 96–7.
1345:, 22 February 1918.
1331:, 21 February 1911.
1318:, file WO 166/2739.
967:San Severo Airfield
961:Tortorella Airfield
953:276 LAA Bty: Fania
940:Pantanella Airfield
936:Sterparone Airfield
891:Fifteenth Air Force
633:RAF Lympne (4 guns)
619:BHQ 459 LAA Bty at
591:Dover Radar Station
459:Kerrison Predictors
187:. It served in the
1772:J.B.M. Frederick,
1695:Sutton, pp. 200–2.
1459:Frederick, p. 834.
1387:, 3 November 1939.
1270:Farndale, Annex M.
1104:
906:
835:Straits of Messina
823:Focke-Wulf Fw 190s
784:Duchess of Bedford
729:
705:Easthampstead Park
545:
455:
390:
363:and the following
352:
282:Lieutenant-Colonel
1072:Landing Ship Tank
1034:on 11 September.
1000:and A/276 Trp to
992:, then moving to
895:No. 205 Group RAF
839:Operation Baytown
630:Rye Radar Station
361:Battle of Britain
301:Bofors 40 mm guns
214:, was forming in
167:
166:
1971:
1923:External sources
1887:18 December 1947
1732:
1729:
1723:
1720:
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1711:
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1457:
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1407:Pile's despatch.
1404:
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1381:
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1339:
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1271:
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1259:
1256:
1250:
1245:
1239:
1236:
1217:
1210:
1183:Prisoners of War
1179:Harold Macmillan
1175:Harold Alexander
1162:139 Infantry Bde
1048:Robert Arkwright
859:Catania Airfield
855:Gerbini Airfield
646:Chislit Colliery
621:Rye, East Sussex
613:Ramsgate Harbour
522:Gillingham, Kent
379:Northern Ireland
375:12th AA Division
228:Territorial Army
220:Northern Ireland
181:Northern Ireland
139:Italian Campaign
71:
56:
54:
53:
30:
18:
1979:
1978:
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1973:
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1920:
1789:William Jackson
1755:Martin Farndale
1745:Basil Collier,
1740:
1735:
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1359:, 18 July 1918.
1354:
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1257:
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1246:
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1230:
1226:
1221:
1220:
1211:
1207:
1202:
1052:Operation Manna
1040:
974:REME Workshop:
957:Lesina Airfield
946:Triolo Airfield
932:, later Foggia
871:
811:Parachute mines
721:
699:(later renamed
670:fighter-bombers
510:
508:Mobile training
357:
270:Special Reserve
236:3rd AA Division
209:
201:Greek Civil War
170:
155:
143:Greek Civil War
141:
137:
135:Operation Husky
133:
109:
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1885:London Gazette
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1385:London Gazette
1376:
1373:20 April 1920.
1371:London Gazette
1362:
1357:London Gazette
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1343:London Gazette
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1329:London Gazette
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1087:Worcestershire
1083:Fort Frobisher
1039:
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978:
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778:Empire Trooper
720:
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687:and along the
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416:Ballinamallard
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262:Charles Hezlet
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1915:0-85052-625-6
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1901:1-85753-099-3
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1877:1-845740-70-X
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1858:1-845740-69-6
1855:
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1839:0-9508205-2-0
1836:
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1805:1-845740-71-8
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1798:
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1782:1-85117-009-X
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1767:1-85753-080-2
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1215:
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1197:
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1190:
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1171:
1168:
1163:
1158:
1154:
1153:
1148:
1144:
1139:
1137:
1133:
1129:
1125:
1124:Bailey bridge
1121:
1117:
1116:Norman Castle
1113:
1109:
1101:
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1094:
1090:
1088:
1084:
1080:
1079:
1073:
1069:
1068:Norman Castle
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976:Torremaggiore
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962:
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944:
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934:
933:
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928:176 LAA Bty:
927:
923:
920:
919:
918:
917:Serracapriola
915:175 LAA Bty:
914:
912:
908:
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868:
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847:Royal Marines
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795:
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789:Royal Signals
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693:Littlehampton
690:
686:
681:
679:
678:140th LAA Rgt
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671:
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593:
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579:
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571:Radar Station
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550:Shepherdswell
547:
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541:
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526:Epping, Essex
523:
519:
514:
507:
500:
497:
496:
495:276 LAA Bty:
494:
489:
486:
483:
481:– 12 x Bofors
480:
476:
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474:176 LAA Bty:
473:
468:
467:
466:175 LAA Bty:
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451:
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445:
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433:
429:
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411:
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399:Woodvale Camp
396:
395:Belfast Blitz
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355:Belfast Blitz
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169:Military unit
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131:Belfast Blitz
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107:52 AA Brigade
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1815:
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1577:
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1214:Army Council
1212:In 1944 the
1208:
1191:
1187:
1172:
1150:
1140:
1115:
1107:
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1097:
1086:
1082:
1077:
1067:
1062:cruisers at
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1011:
1005:
1002:Castelluccio
983:
980:
882:
872:
832:
803:
792:
782:
776:
732:
730:
689:Sussex coast
682:
664:
662:
587:Betteshanger
518:81st LAA Rgt
515:
511:
487:– 2 x Bofors
456:
440:84th LAA Rgt
412:
407:
391:
364:
358:
342:
316:64th LAA Rgt
313:
286:
256:
247:
240:
232:3 AA Brigade
224:World War II
210:
207:Organisation
185:World War II
177:British Army
172:
171:
103:2 AA Brigade
99:3 AA Brigade
95:Part of
73:British Army
15:
1152:Dekemvriana
1110:arrived at
1099:Dekemvriana
815:Eighth Army
737:Port Tewfik
642:(attached)
626:Rye Harbour
608:RAF Manston
442:forming in
289:3-inch guns
274:World War I
127:Engagements
117:Garrison/HQ
82:Air defence
1938:Categories
1867:, Vol VI:
1814:, Vol VI:
1795:, Vol VI:
1738:References
1060:Royal Navy
799:Suez Canal
745:Alexandria
578:RAF Lympne
564:Womenswold
477:Derry and
420:Lough Erne
309:Portaferry
293:Lewis guns
276:and won a
222:, just as
179:formed in
156:commanders
149:Commanders
1848:, Vol V:
1200:Footnotes
1015:Force 140
1006:Luftwaffe
994:Ramitelli
986:52 AA Bde
875:22 AA Bde
851:73 AA Bde
828:62 AA Bde
761:Palestine
685:Hampshire
666:Luftwaffe
534:71 AA Bde
530:56 AA Bde
479:Lisahally
408:Luftwaffe
371:the Blitz
366:Luftwaffe
297:Z Battery
272:) before
1787:Gen Sir
1753:Gen Sir
1167:Kalamaki
1132:Salonika
1128:Skiathos
1044:Arkforce
998:Stornara
990:Vincenzo
963:(2 Trps)
959:, later
942:(2 Trps)
883:en route
806:Syracuse
749:2 AA Bde
709:Stiffkey
580:(4 guns)
485:Limavady
436:Carlisle
403:barrages
324:Somerset
111:Arkforce
90:Regiment
1136:Faliron
1112:Piraeus
1064:Piraeus
1032:Taranto
1027:Bedford
969:(1 Trp)
948:(1 Trp)
863:Catania
843:Messina
819:Augusta
769:Lebanon
713:Norfolk
603:Minster
569:Dunkirk
444:Glasgow
320:Watchet
252:Belfast
183:during
159:Lt-Col
154:Notable
121:Belfast
46:Country
1913:
1899:
1875:
1856:
1837:
1822:
1803:
1780:
1765:
1056:Athens
1038:Greece
930:Lucera
911:Foggia
879:Naples
794:Orbita
765:Beirut
719:Sicily
243:3-inch
216:Antrim
64:Branch
55:
38:Active
1224:Notes
1023:Dodge
909:RHQ:
869:Italy
757:Haifa
741:Egypt
558:Hythe
554:Dover
432:cadre
424:Derry
305:Larne
259:Major
197:Italy
163:, DSO
1911:ISBN
1897:ISBN
1873:ISBN
1854:ISBN
1835:ISBN
1820:ISBN
1801:ISBN
1778:ISBN
1763:ISBN
1108:Ajax
1106:HMS
1078:Ajax
1076:HMS
1025:and
1019:29th
893:and
830:HQ.
781:and
773:Suez
763:and
87:Size
79:Role
1157:BBC
877:at
767:in
759:in
739:in
733:F10
711:in
278:DSO
250:at
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