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Corporal of the Royal Artillery in West Germany. The regiment saw active service in the Far East during the Second World War. [2] After re-forming at Twycross in 1947, [3] it became 27 (Heavy) Anti-Aircraft Regiment in 1948 [4] [unreliable source?] and moved to Dortmund as part of 1st Army Group Royal Artillery with Corporal SSM missiles in 1961.
The CO was Lt-Col R.D. Cribb (first commissioned in the 86th Fd Bde in 1928, who had served with other units during World War II) with Maj J.B. Morgan Smith (first commissioned in 86th Fd Bde in 1927, who had won a DSO with the regiment on D Day) as adjutant and the wartime Regimental Sergeant Major, T. Lightfoot, as one of the Permanent Staff ...
The 62nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, (62nd LAA Rgt) was an air defence unit of the British Army during World War II. After serving with Anti-Aircraft Command during and after the Blitz , it trained to take part in the Allied invasion of Normandy ( Operation Overlord ).
The First World War had been the first artillery war, in which the British Royal Artillery (RA) advanced enormously in technological and tactical sophistication. Independent Heavy and Siege batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) were grouped into Heavy Artillery Groups, later termed brigades, under the command of a lieutenant-colonel, at the disposal of Army Corps.
The 76th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (76th AA Bde) was an air defence formation of the British Army during the Second World War. It landed on D-Day and saw action throughout the campaign in North West Europe. Its guns operated in both anti-aircraft (AA) and ground roles in clearing and then defending the Scheldt Estuary until the end of the war.
The 2nd Searchlight Regiment, was an air defence unit of Britain's Royal Artillery formed just before World War II.Deploying to France with the British Expeditionary Force and RAF Advanced Air Striking Force in 1940, it found itself caught up in ground fighting during the Battle of France, including actions at Arras, Boulogne, Calais, and Hondeghem.
146th Field Regiment was a Royal Artillery (RA) unit being formed in Britain's part-time Territorial Army (TA) on the outbreak of World War II.Spun off from an existing Welsh field artillery unit, it took over two Batteries from Cardiganshire and was later granted its parent's subtitle '(Pembroke & Cardiganshire)'.
A formation of Spitfires shortly before World War II. This is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period.