The Generals of WWII. He was born in Jarrow 1906, the son of William and Martha Shepherd of Jarrow. Hitler was commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht, i.e. Due to the rapid expansion of the Royal Artillery at the start of and just prior to the start of the war, a number of yeomanry regiments were converted to RA. Of the 630 or so regiments about 240 were field artillery, excluding about 60 anti-tank. This was out of a command strength of about 140,000 men. Abattoirs Bofors Anti-aircraft gun … At the end of the Second World War, the RA was larger than the Royal Navy. Skip to content. I don't have much info on this specificaly but here is what I know (this is not necessarily comprehensive): 14th Army artillery 18th (self-propelled) Field Regiment, RA 134th Medium Regiment, RA 52nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA 69th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA 2nd Indian Field Regiment, IA 2nd Indian Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, IA 5th Mahratta anti-tank regiment, IA 656th Air Op Squadron, RAF IVth Corps artillery 8th Medium Regiment, RA 1st Indian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment… 284th (The King's Royal Regiment, Norfolk Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 297th (Kent Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Honourable Artillery Company In 1939 the GermanReich was divided into thirteen geographical military districts, each of which provided the pe… Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 54 x 40mm guns ; Counter Mortar Battery ; AGRA. Menu Home; Units; Insignia; Organisation; Formations and Markings; Guns & Equipment; Battery finder; Home » Units » Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments. The REME workshops, including the searchlight workhops are listed. Menu. 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment : 3rd Canadian Infantry Division : 69th Anti-Aircraft Battery : Air Defence Artillery : 1,2,3,5,7, Medium Artillery Regiment : Artillery : 2nd Survey Regiment, RCA : Artillery : 5th Field regiment : Artillery : Royal Canadian Horse Artillery : Artillery : North Nova Scotia Highlanders. The Regiment was stationed in Norfolk in 1942, and then prepared for service overseas in late 1942 and early 1943. 2nd Corps Defence Company (The Prince Edward Island Light Horse) o: 6th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.C.A. Home » Units » Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments, All maps used on this site are from “© OpenStreetMap contributors”, 51 (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA), 53 (King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Light, 54 (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) Light, 55 (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA), 57 (King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Light, 58 (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) Light, 92 (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA), 75 (Middlesex) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA), 127 (Queen’s) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA), 129 (1st Surrey Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft, 130 (Queen’s Edinburgh Royal Scots) Light, 147 (Glasgow) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 149 (Sherwood Foresters) Light Anti-Aircraft. Pages in category "Light anti-aircraft regiments of the Royal Artillery" The following 146 pages are in this category, out of 146 total. • 2nd Infantry Division o: 8th Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars) o: 4th Infantry Brigade • Royal Regiment of Canada • Royal Hamilton Light Infantry • Essex Scottish Regiment o He was killed on the 7th … The RMA is known to have had the following units on its ORBAT: 1 Coast Regiment RMA present 25 August 1941 & June 1943 2 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RMA present 1 January 1940; defending Ta' Qali airfield 3 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RMA present June 1941 (made up of 10, 15, 22 and 30 Batteries) - equipped with Bofors 40mm QF Guns A total of two Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) regiments, 32 static HAA batteries, 11 Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) regiments, 16 independent LAA batteries, three anti-aircraft trainin… Only the founding CO, and Quartermaster, were the only regular Officers and became the backbone of the unit. * List of light anti-aircraft regiments of the Royal Artillery 1938–47; 0–9. The Regiment began as 12th (Home Defence) Battalion RWF and was formed on the 4th July 1940 as part of 215th Infantry Brigade. In March 1939, theWehrmacht Supreme Command Oberkommando der Wehrmacht – or OKW for short – was founded to control the operations of the German armed forces. The Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments index page lists all the Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments with links to the individual unit pages. The Regiment became 284th (King's Own Regiment, Norfolk Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA (amalgamated with 284th (1st East Anglian) (M) HAA Regiment, RA), in 1955, until in 1961 when it was amalgamated with 358th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA, to form 308th (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA. In December 1940, Anti-Aircraft Command was short of 1,114 officers and 17,965 other ranks. However, by late-1942 an extensive anti-aircraft defence organisation had been developed, with anti-aircraft batteries in place around all the major cities as well as the key towns in northern Australia. Light Anti Aircraft Regiments Nos 4, 20, 26, 32, 54, 71, 73, 93, 102, 109, 113, 114, 120, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 133, 139, 149, 150 and 4RM He also list which light AA regiments were with which divisions. It was engaged in defending the West Midlands of England during the war. A Brief History of the 2nd/3rd Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment The Regiment came into existence on 18 July 1940 with the appointment of Major J W Rhoden 2/IC 2/2nd Medium Regiment as Commanding Officer 2/3rd Lt A.A.Regt. Prior to the war Australia possessed only very limited air defences. In 1947 the Riding Troop RHA was renamed The King's Troop RHA, and in 1951 the appointment of regiment’s Colonel-in-Chief became Captain General. James Nicol Shepherd served with 136th Battery, 12th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment and died age 39 on the 2nd February 1946. They saw action in North Africa and Italy. 8th East Lancashires – 144th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps. 101st Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment, RA On 14 February 1940, Regimental HQ (RHQ) of 60th (RWF) A/T Rgt was converted into 101st Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment , consisting of 237 and 239 A/T Btys and two light anti-aircraft (LAA) batteries, 43 from 11th (City of London Yeomanry) LAA Rgt and 44 from 12th (Finsbury Rifles) LAA Rgt . Its chief was Colonel General Keitel. The 114 Light Anti Aircraft Artillery Regiment comprised:-Regimental Headquarters; Signals Section; Workshop Section; 165 Battery (18 only 40mm Bofors guns) 166 Battery (18 only … This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more). It comprised a varying number of searchlight (S/L) battalions and later included light anti-aircraft units. 17 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery was made up of 50th and 96th Batteries. This list may not reflect recent changes . 5th South Lancashires – 61st Searchlight Regiment. He is buried in Jarrow Cemetery and is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall. The following 149 pages are in this category, out of 149 total. List of light anti-aircraft regiments of the Royal Artillery 1938–47, 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Honourable Artillery Company, 11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 12th (Finsbury Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 14th (West Lothian, Royal Scots) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 15th (Isle of Man) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 32nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 35 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (1947–58), 37th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 40th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 45th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 46 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (1947–48), 49th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 50th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 51st (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 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120th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 121st (The Leicestershire Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 122nd (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 123rd (City of London Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 124th (Highland) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 125th (Cameronians) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 126th (Middlesex) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 127th (Queen's) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 128th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 129th (First Surrey Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 130th (Queen's Edinburgh, Royal Scots) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 131st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 132nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 133rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 146th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 147th (Glasgow) 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(Norfolk Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 390th (King's Own) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 396th (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 431st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 432nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 433rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 436th (South Lancashire Artillery) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 439th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 440th (Humber) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 441st Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, 442nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 444th (Staffordshire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 445th (Cameronians) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 445th (Lowland) Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery, 445th (Lowland) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 446th (Royal Welch) Airborne Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal 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They saw action in North Africa and Italy. Originally, these units were simply entitled 'Anti-Aircraft' (AA), but in 1940 they were redesignated 'Heavy Anti-Aircraft' (HAA) to distinguish them from the Light AA units being formed. The army was led by the Army High Command Oberkommando des Heeres – OKH for short – with its general staff. of all German armed forces. William Jordan 57th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, 171 Bty. The Royal Artillery 1939-45. o: 2nd Survey Regiment, R.C.A. The Battle of Alamein, in which the soldiers of the 9 th Australian Division and its 2/4 th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (2/4 th LAA) played a critical role, is integral to Australian history. The standard establishment of an artillery regiment at the beginning of the war was a Headquarter Battery, and two batteries; each battery having two Troops each with four guns. Menu Home; Units; Insignia; Organisation ; Formations and Markings; Guns & Equipment; Battery finder; Units. Royal Artillery (d.7th March 1943) William Jordan, from Alperton, Middlesex was a gunner in the 57th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the Royal Artillery and was in the 171 Battery. Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments (40 mm Bofors light anti-aircraft guns), Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (3.7″ heavy anti-aircraft guns). The majority of heavy anti-aircraft guns were on static mountings, and due to the shortage of the 40 mm Bofors guns, over 3,000 light machine guns were is use with the light anti-aircraft regiments. It changed its name again in December 1941 to become the 113th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment The Royal Artillery. If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. The great majority were disbanded or passed into S/A between August 1945 and January 1947 o: 6th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.C.A. 7th East Lancashires – 103rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. The appointment of other Senior Officers followed. This format was intended to help divisions distribute sub-units with balanced firepower and mutual support in close jungle fighting where battle groups often had to move independently. 22nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery: Dates: Locations: Batteries - Equipment: 1947.04.01: RHQ 153rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA redesignated RHQ 22nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA, with 47 (from 24 Coast Bty, resus from pers from 129 LAA Bty), 53 (from 17 Coast Bty, resus from pers from of 130 LAA Bty) & 58 (from 18 Coast Bty, resus from pers from of 131 LAA Bty) Bty's H ome; The G enerals; S earch; A cknowledgements; B ibliography; L inks Generals from Great Britain Smith, Albert Brigadier * 1896 † 1959 Service. Gnr. The history of the Regiment in WW2. Following the end of National Service and the Cold War, the Royal Artillery fell further to its lowest strength since the 1820s; 14 Regular and 7 Territorial Artillery Regiments. Also, infantry TA regiments were converted. 2/4th South Lancashires – 13th Battalion Parachute Regiment. The searchlight units, AA ops rooms etc are not listed. Literature . 116 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Royal Welch)in WW2 The 116th LAA Regiment has a fascinating history. He was the husband of Florence Shepherd (nee Brooman) of Jarrow. The Australian Light anti-aircraft Batteries in the Brisbane area were manned by:-- 113th LAA Regiment - 114th LAA Regiment . 2nd/3rd Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Association The 2nd/3rd Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment was initially raised in Melbourne on 1 July 1940, trained at Werribee Race Course and embarked for the Middle East in December 1940. US Anti-aircraft Gun positions in the Brisbane area were manned by:-94th Coastal Artillery (AA) Regiment, 40th Anti-aircraft Brigade . The 2nd/3rd Australian Light Anti Aircraft Regiment was initially raised in Melbourne on 1 July 1940, trained at Werribee Race Course and embarked for the Middle East in December 1940. Commanding Officer The 54th Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) formed immediately before the outbreak of World War II. In August 1940, the second of the two searchlight battalions became the 55th Search Light Regiment The Royal Artillery. 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA Formed 15 November 1941 from the 7th Battalion The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) and disbanded in February 1946 in Scheessel, Germany.It served in North West Europe from D-Day to VE-Day. 4th Loyals – 62nd Searchlight Regiment. 5th Loyals – 18th Battalion Reconnaissance Regiment Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments. The following is a list of anti-aircraft defences of Australia during World War II. The history of the Regiment in WW2. In 1942–3, Fourteenth Army fighting in Burma, adopted a new policy with the formation of composite Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank regiments, each containing two LAA and two A/T batteries. 2nd Field Regiment: o: 3rd Field Regiment: o: 1st Anti-Tank Regiment: o: 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment • 5th Armoured Division o: 3rd Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (Governor General’s Horse Guards) o: 5th Armoured Brigade • 2nd Armoured Regiment (Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians)) • 5th Armoured Regiment (8th Princess Louise’s (New Brunswick) Hussars) 114TH LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY REGIMENT IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2 .