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474th Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery was a unit of the British Army during World War II.Originally raised as an anti-aircraft (AA) battery, in which role it served during the Battle of Britain and Blitz, it also provided artificial illumination, or 'Monty's Moonlight', for night operations by 21st Army Group during the campaign in North West Europe in 1944–45.
356th Moonlight Battery: originally a battery of 39th Searchlight Regiment, itself converted from the 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers in 1936; it became an independent mobile battery in 1943. [48] 557th Moonlight Battery: originally a battery of 92nd S/L Regiment, RA formed in 1941; it became an independent mobile battery in 1943. [49]
68th (Monmouthshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment was a part-time air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army converted from an infantry battalion just before World War II. It served in Anti-Aircraft Command defending the West of England until almost the end of the war, when it was converted back into an infantry battalion for occupation ...
However, in May 1943, 355 S/L battery was disbanded, the ATS personnel and specialists being posted to other units in 27 AA Bde, the remainder being drafted as reinforcements to LAA units. [ 35 ] In April, 73rd S/L Rgt was exchanged for 33rd (St Pancras) S/L Rgt from 66 AA Bde in East Anglia , which took over four areas of Kent under Biggin ...
In the 1930s, the increasing need for anti-aircraft (AA) defence, particularly for London, was addressed by converting a number of infantry battalions to the AA role. The 9th Middlesex became a searchlight unit in 1938, taking the subsidiary title of 60th Searchlight Regiment, consisting of HQ and 429–431 Searchlight Batteries at Willesden.
422nd Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery; 474th Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery; 482nd (Cornwall) Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery; 483rd (Dorset Fortress Engineers) Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery; 484th (Carmarthenshire) Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery; 535th Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery; 557th Searchlight Battery ...
Searchlight units used their SLC radar to help guide the LAA guns. [31] A lull in the V-1 attacks saw renewed pressure on AA Command to release men for 21st Army Group fighting in North West Europe , and 73rd (Kent Fortress) S/L Rgt was among the regiments that were lost, passing into suspended animation at Braunton in North Devon on 23 ...
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.