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537:(RAF) tactical wing to which they were allocated. The 11-day battle to break through the Axis lines opened on 23 October, and after the break-out the airfields at Gambut and El Adem were quickly secured, 12 AA Bde's units following close behind. By January, 88th HAA Rgt with 281 and 283 HAA Btys, was at
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position, 12 AA Bde under
Brigadier Percy Calvert-Jones fell back in a series of rearguard actions at landing grounds, in the course of which it concentrated a sizeable body of troops. Eighth Army gave Calvert-Jones two infantry brigades and 'Calforce' held defensive positions at 10 landing-grounds,
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began in March 1943, 12 AA Bde was once again conducting forward airfield defence, covering nine forward landing-grounds, all within 20 miles (32 km) of enemy positions. Typically, an airfield was given one HAA and two LAA batteries, sited to engage tanks as well as aircraft. 88th HAA Regiment
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guns were termed Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) to distinguish them from the new Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) units being formed. The Royal
Artillery's historian suggests that 88th AA Rgt was still being equipped with 3.7-inch guns in London during the summer of 1940. In July the regiment was assigned to
695:. However, the British Army was suffering a severe manpower shortage and a number of AA units deemed surplus were disbanded to provide reinforcements to other arms of service. 88th HAA Regiment was one such unit and it was broken up and formally placed in 'suspended animation' on 1 September.
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In June 1939 a partial mobilisation of TA units 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. On the
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began on 26 May, and Rommel's Axis forces quickly broke into the
British position. As 12 AA Bde fell back from the advanced landing grounds in a series of defensive deployments, its guns joined the garrisons of the boxes. When
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sited four-gun Troops beyond the ends of the runway, with arcs of fire facing outwards, those in the centre having full AA instruments. If the airfield was considered especially vulnerable to enemy ground attack, an inner '
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533:, 88th HAA Rgt (with 16 3.7-inch guns) was still under 12 AA Bde. As before, its role in the forthcoming offensive was to defend the Desert Air Force's airfields, with batteries working under the command of the
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569:, for instance, RHQ 88th HAA Regiment, with one HAA and three LAA batteries, entered the town two hours after its capture'. 12 AA Brigade ended its 1,500 miles (2,400 km) advance from El Alemein at Gabès,
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and 88th HAA Rgts deployed 44 guns and fired 9881 rounds in bombardment and harassing fire in one week. When the
Adriatic coast campaign began moving again in May 1944, 2 AA Bde moved up with
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517:. Eventually, Eighth Army was forced to evacuate the boxes and retreat towards Egypt, the garrison of El Adem slipping away during the night of 17 June. During the long retreat to the
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was broken, 12 Aa Bde took over new airfields and also coastal ports. The regimental historian records that 't became a point of honour for AA batteries to be among the first in; at
310:(Site I), where another GL radar set was installed. Site N was then handed over to 220 HAA Bty of 85th HAA Rgt, reducing 283 HAA Bty's manning commitment to the normal eight guns.
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This amalgamated regiment lasted until the disbandment of AA Command on 10 March 1955 when there were wholesale mergers among TA units and 453/488 HAA Rgt was merged into
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545:(68th HAA Rgt was captured at Tobruk; 276 HAA Bty escaped having been detached to 12th AA Bde), was brought up from reserve to defend the captured supply ports on the
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621:. 2 Aa Brigade's commander, Brigadier Murray McIntyre, was an enthusiast for using the versatile 3.7-inch HAA guns for ground support tasks. The crossing of the
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Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional Units), 25 March 1941, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/5.
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were particularly valuable targets in the area and suffered repeated attacks. Heavy raids also passed over the area on the way to other targets, such as
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was formed on 1 April 1939 and consisted of
Regiment Headquarters (RHQ) and 281st, 282nd and 283rd AA Batteries, based at City House, South Africa Road,
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327:) in the autumn of 1940 the intensity of these raids increased, with the industrial towns of South Wales coming in for particular attention.
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874:'Reorganisation of 5th AA Division', 13 July 1940, in 37th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Searchlight Regiment War Diary,
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In the late 1930s the need for improved anti-aircraft (AA) defences for
Britain's cities became apparent, and when the
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rivers at the end of
November was an opportunity for this, involving long artillery fire programmes for the HAA guns.
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Forward London: A Tribute to the Volunteer Military Reservists and Supporting Auxiliaries of Greater London
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providing its own artillery support from AA guns sited for ground tasks. Calforce remained in position during the
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Shallufa area, with 283 HAA Bty detached to Alexandria. However, in October the regiment was switched to
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454:). The first phase of that operation began in November. Over succeeding weeks 88th HAA Rgt cooperated with
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3.7-inch gun of 2 AA Bde bombarding enemy positions on the Gothic Line, 2 September 1944.
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593:(Operation Husky) in July 1943, but was on the island, defending airfields around
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campaigns, fighting in both the anti-aircraft (AA) and ground fire roles.
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The first phase of 'Crusader' lasted until January 1942, when General
1016:'List of units captured in Tobruk 21 June 1942', TNA file WO 201/690.
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192:. The first officers appointed to the new unit were transferred from
800:'The Lineage of London Units since 1908' at Stepping Forward London.
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27th LAA Rgt War Diary, August–December 1941, TNA file WO 169/1637.
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was heavily bombed on the nights of 19/20 and 20/21 February 1941.
1272:, London: HMSO, 1960 /Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
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and travelled across to reinforce 2 AA Bde around the port of
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45 AA Bde War Diary May–December 1940, TNA file WO 166/2285.
605:) in September. Afterwards, 88th HAA Rgt was transported to
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and was not withdrawn from the front line until September.
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107 LAA Bty War Diary January–May 1942, TNA file 169/4937.
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was given up, eight 3.7-inch guns of 88th HAA Rgt joined
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488th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
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488th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
1304:, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994,
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on 14 November, which was engaged by the Newport guns.
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88th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
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88th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
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and taking over responsibility for the defence of the
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Heavy anti-aircraft regiments of the Royal Artillery
714:(the former 53rd (CoL) AA Rgt that had provided the
1235:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press.
317:, with some engagements for the guns, but when the
226:outbreak of war the new 88th AA Rgt formed part of
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1282:Maj-Gen I.S.O. Playfair & Brig C.J.C. Molony,
710:On 15 July 1950 the regiment was amalgamated with
371:suffered major raids from November to April 1941,
200:; 53rd (CoL) AA Rgt was also based at White City.
1343:Military units and formations established in 1939
814:'Drill Hall Register' at Stepping Forward London.
671:, the brigade's guns were deployed to defend the
271:, where it came under the operational command of
136:(TA) from 1939 until amalgamated in 1950. During
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458:, and 107th LAA Bty of that regiment armed with
242:On 1 June 1940 those AA regiments equipped with
1219:, Vol II, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984,
577:, remaining in action for AA defence after the
469:counter-attacked. Eighth Army fell back to the
398:A 3.7-inch HAA gun in the Western Desert, 1941.
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1233:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
1217:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
589:88th HAA Regiment did not participate in the
462:was attached to 88th HAA during that period.
323:turned to night bombing of Britain's cities (
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1358:Military units and formations in Hammersmith
1288:The Destruction of the Axis forces in Africa
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529:When Eighth Army reorganised for the
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212:Mobile 3.7-inch HAA gun preserved at
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1253:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
1025:Playfair, Vol III, pp. 223–5, 254–5.
720:453/488 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
663:At Ancona, 2 AA Bde was relieved by
172:(TA) was doubled in size after the
1103:Routledge, Table XLVII, pp. 296–7.
650:84th (Middlesex, London Transport)
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176:a crash programme of raising new
876:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
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1323:British Army units from 1945 on
1124:Routledge, Table XLIV, p. 293.
1079:Routledge, Table XLII, p. 267.
968:Routledge, Table XXII, p. 143.
286:9 AA Division's formation sign
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910:Routledge, Table LXV, p. 396.
198:54th (City of London) AA Rgts
845:Routledge, Table LX, p. 378.
718:for 88th AA Rgt in 1939) as
712:453 (City of London) HAA Rgt
543:68th (North Midland) HAA Rgt
499:29th Indian Infantry Brigade
531:Second Battle of El Alamein
335:in the harbours and in the
214:Imperial War Museum Duxford
186:88th Anti-Aircraft Regiment
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1138:Frederick, pp. 1015, 1018.
524:First Battle of El Alamein
331:aircraft attempted to lay
152:and then took part in the
1264:Maj-Gen I.S.O. Playfair,
836:Routledge, pp. 65–6, 371.
591:Allied invasion of Sicily
554:Battle of the Mareth Line
541:, while 276 HAA Bty from
375:during January 1941, and
341:Bristol Aeroplane Company
302:, (Site N). Site E had a
43:1 April 1939–15 July 1950
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1249:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
1112:Routledge, pp. 286, 289.
759:Frederick, pp. 756, 777.
349:Gloster Aircraft Company
228:26th (London) AA Brigade
1231:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
920:Collier, Chapter XVIII.
615:Foggia Airfield Complex
424:British Troops in Egypt
402:The regiment landed at
386:Reserve in April 1941.
1070:Routledge, pp. 159–60.
931:Collier, Appendix XXX.
779:Litchfield, pp. 164–7.
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115:North African Campaign
1300:Brig N.W. Routledge,
1091:Routledge, pp. 281–2.
1034:Routledge, p. 137–40.
1007:Routledge, pp. 135–7.
977:Routledge, pp. 134–5.
646:10th Infantry Brigade
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182:Anti-Aircraft Command
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292:Pye Corner, Newport
1215:J.B.M. Frederick,
1147:Farndale, Annex M.
901:Farndale, Annex D.
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101:White City, London
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950:Farndale, p. 198.
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579:Tunisian Campaign
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1182:References
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432:Suez Canal
428:Alexandria
384:War Office
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