The Orkney Heavy Regiment was a Territorial Army unit of Britain's Royal Artillery raised in the Orkney Islands just before World War II. During the war...
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This list of regiments of the Royal Artillery covers the period from 1938, when the RA adopted the term 'regiment' rather than 'brigade' for a lieutenant-colonel's...
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The 1st Orkney Artillery Volunteers (OAV) was a part-time unit of Britain's Royal Artillery formed in the Orkney Islands in 1860 as a response to a French...
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number of TA coast regiments, and on 1 September 1948 the 408th was redesignated 408th (Devon) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, but was placed...
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117th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (117th HAA Rgt) was an air defence unit of Britain's Royal Artillery during World War II. It protected Sheffield during...
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The Clyde Royal Garrison Artillery and its successors were Scottish part-time coast defence units of the British Army from 1910 to 1967. Although they...
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541st Heavy Regiment, previously 1st Coast Artillery Group, was a Royal Artillery unit of the British Army stationed in the Shetland Islands during World...
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Dunkirk, the coastal artillery regiments underwent a major reorganisation in the summer of 1940. On 1 July the Dorsetshire Heavy Regiment was redesignated...
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Kent Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery from 1860 to 1956. Primarily serving as coastal artillery defending...
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Gordon Highlanders (redirect from 92nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Gordon Highlanders))
was later converted to a Royal Artillery regiment on 1 November 1941, becoming the 92nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, as part of the 9th Armoured...
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Sir Martin Farndale, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986, ISBN 1-870114-00-0...
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Sir Martin Farndale, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986, ISBN 1-870114-00-0...
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1st Heavy Artillery Regiment (Italy) 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 1st Airlanding Light Regiment 1st Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery 1st Aberdeenshire...
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The North Scottish Royal Garrison Artillery and its successors were Scottish part-time coast defence units of the British Army from 1908 to 1961. Although...
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7th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (7th HAA Rgt) was an air defence unit of the British Army that served in the Siege of Malta during World...
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The 71st (East Lancashire) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery was an air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA), which was raised just before...
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Suffolk & Harwich Volunteer Artillery, later the Essex & Suffolk Royal Garrison Artillery was an auxiliary coastal artillery unit of the British Army first...
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The 101st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (101st HAA Rgt) was an air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army raised in northern Scotland...
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7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (redirect from 574th (7th Bn The Lancashire Fusiliers) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery)
Manchester Regiment), and 606 (East Lancashire). Together, they formed a new 314th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery in 2nd Army Group Royal Artillery...
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Army raised in Liverpool in 1859. As the Lancashire & Cheshire Royal Garrison Artillery in the Territorial Force it was responsible for defending the Mersey...
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June 1940, the Royal Artillery's AA Regiments were redesignated Heavy AA (HAA) to distinguish them from the new Light AA (LAA) regiments being formed....
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96th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, was an air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) formed in West Yorkshire during the period...
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June 1940, the Royal Artillery's AA Regiments were redesignated Heavy AA (HAA) to distinguish them from the new Light AA (LAA) regiments being formed....
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The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest and most senior infantry regiment of the line of the British...
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had already been converted into 60th (City of London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery). In the period of rearmament before the outbreak of...
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Leeds Rifles (redirect from 66th (Leeds Rifles) (West Yorkshire Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery)
patriotfiles.com. "66 (Leeds Rifles)(West Yorkshire Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)". The Royal Artillery 1939-45. Joslen, p. 202. Joslen, p. 203....
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The 71st (Forth) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery was an air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) formed in Scotland just before...
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constituted 436 (South Lancashire Artillery) Light AA Regiment, RA, in 2nd Army Group Royal Artillery (AA). 596 Regiment formed P and Q Btys, and 644 Rgt...
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of trained men to other regiments, including 18 to a heavy anti-aircraft regiment in the Orkneys. In March 1940 the regiment left 59th Division and moved...
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a revival in Orkney. First, a new anti-aircraft (AA) unit, the 226th (Caithness and Orkney) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (RA), began recruiting...
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