Following up on Diggingdeeper's excellent work on HAA gun sights, these gun sites and anti aircraft batteries would have been useless at night without the use of searchlights. In WW2 searchlights were part of the aircraft detection. They were used extensively in defence of night time aerial bomber raids. Pairs of searchlights spaced at a know distance apart were used to determine (via Triangulation) the altitude of enemy bombers. This then enabled the fuses to be set on the anti aircraft flak shells for maximum effect. It was also know that the lights had a blinding effect on enemy bombardiers using optical bomb-sights. Searchlight were static as well as mobile, on average 20,000 rounds of ammunition was used to bring down one enemy aircraft. The need for accurate methods of engagement and destroying the enemy was needed, especially at night and also to save on ammunition. Initially Locator's were introduced based on sound and heat detection and later on Radar became the prefered method of detection. Early on the radar was separate but then was developed and integrated into the searchlights.
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SCR RADAR The SCR-268 was considered a searchlight radar from the outset, a short-range, height-finding unit expressly designed for fixed antiaircraft defenses such as coastal batteries or other static positions. The method for using the SCR-268 would be to use it to pick up the airplanes at night and to synchronize the radar plot with a searchlight through an already developed gun director. The director performed the basic mathematical function of taking the range and angle data out of the radar and aimed the searchlight in that direction. At the appropriate moment, when range and angle to target were known, the contoller would order the searchlight turned on. At that momemnt, the target was illuminated and it could be engaged by guns. A side benefit was that the pilot would be blinded. It was also advantageous to wait as long as possible to turn on the light since the longer the beam remained on, the more vulnerable the light and crew was to retaliatory fire Below SCR radar and Radar intergrated with searchlight.
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Though searchlights fell under the umbrella of the Royal Artillery there were of cause other regiments involved, RE, NAVY and RAF etc. The 93rd Searchlight regiment was the only regiment that was all woman and was disbanded in 1945. Below are some notes on ATS and woman at that time.
Once the Government had decided that women could be attached to Mixed Batteries of Anti Aircraft Command of the Royal Artillery it was agreed that this could well include searchlight duties. A secret experiment was carried out in April 1941 to see if women were capable of carrying out the tasks that were required of Searchlight Regiments. On 23 April 1941 54 A.T.S. members were sent for training at Newark. They were aged between 19 and 35 "the Army Intelligence tests showed the general intelligence to be rather higher than that of the men: the members were fairly representative of A.T.S. personnel."
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Excellent topic. It all sounds pretty basic, shining a light to pick out a plane high in the sky, (similarly using barage balloons) but I did not know about the later combination of searchlight and radar. It all made sense, being a development in the art of warfare in those days. I agree with the bit about the Lister diesel generators. They were hard work to start, even for a hefty male, doing National Service later!!
Top quality there Bert - well done mate. My dad worked on radar/searchlight mobile units, I haven't got any pictures on them so made up with this topic.
The searchlights used about 12 Kilowatt of power and being carbon arc were fairly efficient giving about 800 Million Candlepower. Usable range over 5 miles - to about 30,000 feet, where the 60 inch reflector would give a beamwidth between quarter and half a mile wide, depending how the the carbon arc was set up.
A few earlier ones had manual feed on the carbon rods which were one inch diameter, most had automatic feed.
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Some guy in america bought a restored one and posted up a thread about it on a forum I am a member of. There is more info about them there plus more pictures for anyone who is interested. I thought I wasted a lot of money on boys toys!
OR - even earlier - a Sound Mirror - Kilnsea, nr Spurn Point, to detect engine sounds (from WW1). there was an entire chain of these on the East Coast.
A few earlier ones had manual feed on the carbon rods which were one inch diameter, most had automatic feed.
Wow, 1" diameter; the ones we used in the cinema projectors were only about 1/4" They were auto feed too, but you had to keep them centered manually, otherwise the screen would go blue at one edge & brown at the other.
For the searchlight carbon rods I said 1" above but I notice some other sites are saying 5/8" and some 1/2". The correct figure is 5/8", the 1" figure is the length of the arc - I should remember not to rely on my memory!
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New on here. We had a searchlight battery at the bottom of our garden in ww2!! How do I find out what battery it was, they had a lister generator in a small shed. Soldiers ran it at first then the ATS took it over(Bars of chocolate, manna from Heaven) The site was in Barnehurst Kent which came under Crayford Kent.
The greater majority of searchlights were mobile units with their own generator van and in some cases a radar as well. Documentation for them is generally poor, and needless to say, Kent is a bit outside my zone, but here are a few things in the area of Barnehurst, Bexley Heath and Crayford, Dartford. These are WW2 sites roughly in order of distance from Barnehurst (but don't shoot me if they're not)address are modern and may not have existed in WW2 ....
Unknown defence site 110 North Cray Road, Bexley HAA gunsite, Crayford Marshes near to Burgate Close HAA gunsite, Slade Green, nearest road is Duriun Way HAA gunsite, Welling, Danson Lane HAA Gunsite, Bostall Heath, Bostall Hill, A206 Infantry Post, Bexley, near Clarendon Mews US army comms centre, Hall Place, Bexley. Starfish decoy site, Rainham marshes.
Nearest airfields Kidbrooke Hornchurch
As well as quite a number of Pillboxes
There were quite a few military establishments around that area, but records of their defences are poor
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Wow, many thanks for very quick replies, nice to be in touch with people who know what they are doing ! I'll start research. The 'Site' was def not mobile, it was permenant, the Nco's used to come to our house to play cards and Monopoly and brought much needed rations for our large family. There was a large hut built for the men and the Nco's were billeted in the first house in the street. The saucy buggers used to occasionally shine the searchlight at our house on my sister's bedroom! she was a teenager.
We used to collect the half used sticks of carbide ? it used to react to water I think ? after 70 years memory is bit dodgy.
Anti-Aircraft Command, Territorial Army HQ Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex (Brigade Sub-Titles dropped in September 1939)
1st Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ Hillington House, Uxbridge (Raised 15 December 1935) - London District 26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Brompton Road SW3 - London District (Raised 16 December 1935 in Chelsea) 53rd (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 157th, 159th (Lloyd’s), 158th (City of London) Btys: War Office Dept, White City Road W 12 86th (Honourable Artillery Company) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 273rd-275th Btys: Armoury House, Finsbury E.C. 1 88th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 281st-283rd Btys: White City 38th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Duke of York’s Headquarters, Chelsea - London District (Raised 28 September 1938 at Chelsea) 26th (London Electrical Engineers) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 303rd, 321st, 339th Coys: Duke of York’s Headquarters, Chelsea, S.W. 3 301st Coy: Shepards Bush W. 12 27th (London Electrical Engineers) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - London District HQ: Mitcham Lane, Streatham S.W. 16 304th-306th, 390th Coys: Rochester Row, S.W. 1 75th Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (Middlesex)(T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command HQ and 3 Btys: Cowley 48th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Lewisham SE3 - London District (Raised 28 August 1939 at Lee Green - Later at Lewisham) 54th (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 160th-162nd (City of London), 312th Btys: Putney S.W. 15 60th (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 168th, 169th, 194th Btys: Catford S.E. 6 97th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 298th, 299th Btys: Westminster, London 99th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 302nd, 303rd Btys: Inverna Gardens, Kensington, London W. 8 49th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Lower Belgrave Street SW1 - London District (Raised 28 August 1939 at London SW1) 51st (London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 151st-153rd (London) Btys: Duke of York’s HQ, Chelsea, S.W. 3 52nd (London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 154th, 155th (London) Btys: Acton N.W. 3 271st (Brentford), 313th Btys: Brentford 84th (Middlesex, London Transport) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia Area, East. Cmd. HQ, 260th-261st (London Transport) Btys: Willesdon, N.W. 10 262nd-263rd Btys: Arnos Grove N. 11
2nd Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ RAF Station, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire (Raised 1 September 1936) - Northern Command 32nd (Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Normanton House, Derby - West Riding Area, Northern Command (Raised 1 November 1936 at Derby) 42nd (The Robin Hood’s, Sherwood Foresters) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command HQ: Nottingham 366th Coy: Carlton 367th Coy: Beeston 368th Coy: Bulwell 369th Coy: Sutton-in-Coldfield 44th (The Leicestershire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command HQ, 374th-377th Coys: Woodhall Spa, Leicester 50th (The Northamptonshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - South Midland Area, Southern Command HQ, 400th-401st Coys: Northampton 402nd Coy: Peterborough 403rd Coy: Kettering 68th (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command HQ, 200th, 222nd (Derby) Btys: Derby 276th, 277th Btys: Nottingham 40th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Duxford, Cambridge - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command (Raised 29 September 1938 at South Ealing) 33rd (St. Pancras) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 332nd, 333rd Coys: Albany St., St. Pancras, London N.W. 1 334th Coy: Barnet 36th (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command HQ, 317th, 345th Coys: Edgware 346th Coy: Southall 424th Coy: 58th (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command HQ, 344th, 426th Coys: Harrow 425th Coy: Roxeth, South Harrow 9th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own)(60th Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command HQ, 429th-431st Coys: Willesdon N.W. 10 10th (3rd City of London) Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (69th Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - London District HQ, 456th-458th Coys: Harrow Road, Paddington, London W. 2 41st (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Elbury Street, London, SW1 - London District (Raised 29 September 1938 at London SW1) 32nd (7th City of London) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 328th Coy: Finsbury Square, E.C. 2 329th, 330th Coys: Grove Park S.E. 12 1st/6th Battalion, The Essex Regiment (64th Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command HQ, 441st-442nd Coys: The Cedars, West Ham E. 15 443rd Coy: Chingford 2nd/6th Battalion, The Essex Regiment (65th Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - Chatham Area, Eastern Command HQ, 444th Coy: Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea 445th Coy: East Ham 446th Coy: Grays 78th (1st East Anglian) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command HQ, 243rd (2nd Norfolk), 244th (3rd Norfolk) Btys: Norwich 245th (1st Norfolk) Bty: Greater Yarmouth 409th (Suffolk) Bty: Lowestoft 50th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Nottingham - West Riding Area, Northern Command (Raised 24 August 1939 at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire) 26th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command HQ, 114th-116th Btys: Derby (Mobile Reserve)
6th Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ Uxbridge - London District 27th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Lingfield - Home Counties Area, Eastern Command (Raised 15 December 1935 at Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey) 31st (City of London Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - Home Counties Area, Eastern Command HQ, 324th, 325th Coys: Sutton, Surrey 326th Coy: Merton S.W. 19 327th Coy: Hackbridge, Carshalton 34th (The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 336th, 337th Coys: Blackheath S.E. 10 302nd Coy: Greenwich S.E. 10 338th Coy: Eltham S.E. 9 70th (Sussex) Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Home Counties Area, Eastern Command HQ, 459th-461st Btys: Brighton 28th (Thames and Medway) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Kitchener Barracks, Chatham - Chatham Area, Eastern Command (Raised 15 December 1935 at Chatham) 55th (Kent) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Chatham Area, Eastern Command HQ, 166th (City of Rochester), 308th Btys: Rochester 163rd (Kent) Bty: Chatham 307th Bty: Tunbridge Wells 58th (Kent) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Chatham Area, Eastern Command HQ, 206th, 207th (Erith) Btys: Erith 208th (Bromley) Bty: Penge 264th (Dartford) Bty: Dartford 75th (Home Counties)(Cinque Ports) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Home Counties Area, Eastern Command HQ, 233rd (Kent) Bty: Dover 223rd (Cinque Ports) Bty: Folkstone 306th Bty: Ashford, Kent 89th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Home Counties Area, Eastern Command HQ, 205th (Kent) Bty: Sittingbourne 234th (Kent) Bty: Deal 235th (Kent) Bty: Margate 29th (East Anglian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: South Kensington - London District (Raised 8 January 1936 at Chelsea) 28th (Essex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command HQ, 311th (Essex) Coy: Brentwood 309th (Essex) Coy: Harlow 312th (Essex) Coy: Upminster 29th (Kent) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - Chatham Area, Eastern Command HQ, 313th (Kent) Coy: Gillingham 314th (Kent) Coy: Tonbridge 468th Coy: Dover 73rd (Kent Fortress) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - Home Counties Area, Eastern Command HQ, 331st Coy: Bexleyheath 322nd Coy: Horns Cross, Greenhithe 347th (Kent) Coy: Sidcup 74th (Essex Fortress) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command HQ, 335th Coy: Tottenham N. 17 310th (Essex) Coy: Epping 469th Coy: Chelmsford 37th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Hendon NW9 - London District (Raised 1 May 1938 at Edmonton) 59th (The Essex Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command HQ, 164th, 167th Btys: Walthamstow 265th Bty: Whipp’s Cross 61st (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 171st Bty: Pentonville N 1 170th, 195th Btys: Finchley N.W. 11 79th (Hertfordshire Yeomany) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command HQ, 246th (1st Watford), 247th (2nd Watford) Btys: Watford 248th (Welwyn) Bty: Welwyn Gdn C. 82nd (Essex) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Chatham Area, Eastern Command HQ, 156th, 256th (Barking) Btys: Barking 193rd Bty: Leight-on-Sea 90th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command HQ, 272nd, 284th, 285th Btys: Southgate 56th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Uxbridge - London District (Raised 30 September 1939 at Chelmsford and Rochester) 11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 31st-33rd, 43rd Btys: Bunhill Road, London E.C. 1 12th (Finsbury Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London District HQ, 34th-36th, 44th Btys: Pentonville N. 1 16th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Home Counties Area, Eastern Command HQ: Maidstone 46th Bty: Sittingbourne 45th Bty: Tovil, Maidstone 47th Bty: Crayford 83rd Bty: Sevenoaks 17th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London District HQ: Stanford Le Hope 48th Bty: Chelsea 49th Bty: Purfleet 50th Bty: Shellhaven
7th Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ Newcastle-on-Tyne - Northern Command 30th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Humbledown View, Tunstall Road, Sunderland - Northumbrian Area, Northern Command (Raised 1 November 1936 at Sunderland) 63rd (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Northumbrian Area, Northern Command HQ, 176th, 178th (County of Durham) Btys: Sunderland 269th, 177th (County of Durham) Btys: Seaham Harbour 64th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Northumbrian Area, Northern Command HQ, 179th (Tynemouth) Bty: North Shields 180th (Tynemouth) Bty: Seaton, Delaval 268th (Durham) Bty: Consett 87th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Northumbrian Area, Northern Command HQ, 278th-280th Btys: Hebburn 37th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - Northumbrian Area, Northern Command HQ, 307th, 308th Coys: Tynemouth 348th, 349th Coys: Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 5th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (53rd Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - Northumbrian Area, Northern Command HQ, 408th-410th Coys: Walker-on-Tyne 31st (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: York - West Riding Area, Northern Command (Raised 1 November 1936 at Retford) 66th (Leed’s Rifles, The West Yorkshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command HQ, 184th, 185th, 197th Btys: Leeds 96th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command HQ, 294th Bty: Castleford 295th, 296th Btys: Halifax 287th Bty: Pontefract 186th Bty: Oulton 43rd (5th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command HQ, 370th-373rd Coys: Huddersfield 49th (The West Yorkshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command HQ, 395th-398th Coys: Bradford 39th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Digby, Lincolnshire - West Riding Area, Northern Command (Raised 29 September 1938 at Retford - Later Digby) 62nd (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Northumbrian Area, Northern Command HQ, 172nd (1st East Riding), 173rd (2nd East Riding), 266th (3rd East Riding) Btys: Hull 67th (The York and Lancaster Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command HQ, 187th-189th, 198th Btys: Rotherham 91st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command HQ, 286th Bty: Goole 221st (1st West Riding) Bty: York 270th (Wentworth) Bty: Wentworth 40th (The Sherwood Foresters) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command HQ, 358th-361st Coys: Chesterfield 46th (The Lincolnshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command HQ, 382nd-385th Coys: Grimsby 43rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade: West Hartlepool - Northumbrian Area, Northern Command (Raised 1 October 1938 at West Hartlepool) 85th (Tees) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Northumbrian Area, Northern Command HQ, 174th (1st North Riding), 175th (2nd North Riding) Btys: Middlesbrough 220th (County of Durham) Bty: West Hartlepool 47th (The Durham Light Infantry) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - Northumbrian Area, Northern Command HQ, 386th-388th Coys: Sunderland 389th Coy: South Shields 1st/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (54th Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - Northumbrian Area, Northern Command HQ, 411th-413th Coys: Stockton-on-Tees 2nd/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (55th Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - Northumbrian Area, Northern Command HQ, 414th-416th Coys: West Hartlepool 57th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Newcastle - Northumbrian Area, Northern Command (Raised 25 August 1939 at Newcastle-on-Tyne) 13th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command HQ, 37th, 38th Btys: Hillsborough, Sheffield 6 122nd Bty: Raised 3 September 1939 as a mobile battery 28th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command HQ, 112th Bty: Nottingham 113th Bty: Warwick 53rd Bty: Derby 29th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command HQ: Boston 108th Bty (293rd Tp: Mareham; 294th Tp: W. Raynham; 295th Tp: Bircham Newton) 121st Bty (338th Tp: Walton; 339th Tp: Swanton Morley; 340th Tp: Coltishall; 341st Tp: Horsham St. Faith) 30th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command HQ: Ipswich 117th Bty (326th Tp: Debden; 327th Tp: Duxford; 328th Tp: Bassingbourn) 118th Bty (329th Tp: Cranfield; 330th Tp: Henlow; 331st Tp: Upwood; 332nd Tp: Wyton) 120th Bty (335th Tp: Mildenhall; 336th Tp: Honington; 337th Tp: Feltwell)
Notes: Searchlight Regiments (Searchlight Regiments formed part of three corps: Royal Engineers, Infantry and Royal Artillery. By 1 August 1940 all were incorporated into the Royal Artillery. Note: 26th-51st, 58th, 73rd-74th were Royal Engineer units, 52nd-57th, 60th, 63rd-69th were still part of their original infantry regiment, and 59th, 61st-62nd, 70th-72nd, 75th were part of the Royal Artillery.)
Notes: Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiments
92nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Not Formed
Notes: Light Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiments
20th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Welsh Area, Western Command (Raised 1 December 1938 - Probably attached to 45th AA Brigade) HQ: Cardiff 66th Bty: Hereford 65th Bty: Llandarcy 94th Bty: Gascoed R.O.F. 62nd Bty (161st, 162nd Tps: Newport Harbour and Dock; 400th-402nd Tps: Newport Jct.) 63rd Bty (163rd, 164th Tps: Cardiff Docks; 165th Tp: Barry Docks; 403rd Tp: Cardiff Jct.) 64th Bty (167th Tp: Talbot Dock; 168th, 169th Tps: Swansea Docks; 404th Tp: Clydach) 22nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South Midland Area, Southern Command (Raised 1 December 1938 - Probably attached to 34th AA Brigade) HQ: Birmingham 70th Bty: Dudley Port 72nd Bty: Hams Hall 27th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command (Raised 28 August 1939 - Still forming - Probably attached to 32nd AA Brigade) HQ: Newark 95th Bty: Cantler’s Yard, Clacton (Harwich and Bawdsey) 96th Bty: Sutton Lodge, Hornchurch 107th Bty (290th Tp: Grantham; 291st Tp: Cottesmere; 292nd Tp: Wittering) 37th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Northumbrian Area, Northern Command (Converted 28 August 1939 - Still forming) HQ: Tynemouth (No batteries listed until 10 March 1941) 38th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command (Raised 28 August 1939 - Still forming) HQ: Bradford 51st Bty: Huddersfield 124th Bty (350th Tp: Leconfield; 351st Tp: Catfoss; 352nd Tp: Driffield 125th Bty (353rd Tp: Linton on Ouse; 354th Tp: Church Fenton; 355th, 356th Tps: Ferrybridge) 39th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command (Raised 28 August 1939 - Still forming) HQ: Lincoln 110th Bty: Scunthorpe 111th Bty (307th Tp: Cleethorpes; 308th Tp: Binbrook; 309th Tp: Scampton)
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