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* 1/6th Battalion, [[Essex Regiment]], (64th Searchlight Regiment) – ''formed in 1938 by conversion of infantry battalion''<ref>Litchfield, p. 72.</ref><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/sl/page44.html 64 S/L Rgt at RA 39–45.]</ref>
* 1/6th Battalion, [[Essex Regiment]], (64th Searchlight Regiment) – ''formed in 1938 by conversion of infantry battalion''<ref>Litchfield, p. 72.</ref><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/sl/page44.html 64 S/L Rgt at RA 39–45.]</ref>
** 441, 442 & 443 AA Companies
** 441, 442 & 443 AA Companies
* 2/6th Battalion, Essex Regiment, (65th Searchlight Regiment) – ''formed in 1938 by conversion of duplicate infantry battalion''<ref>Litchfield, p. 73.</ref><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/sl/page45.html 65 S/L Rgt at RA 39–45.]</ref>
* 2/6th Battalion, Essex Regiment, (65th Searchlight Regiment) – ''formed in 1938 by conversion of duplicate infantry battalion''<ref>Litchfield, p. 73.</ref><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/sl/page45.html 65 S/L Rgt at RA 39–45.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000934/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/sl/page45.html |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref>
** 444, 445 & 446 AA Companies
** 444, 445 & 446 AA Companies
* [[78th (1st East Anglian) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery]] – ''formed in 1938 by conversion of 84th (1st East Anglian) Field Regiment, RA''<ref>Litchfield, p. 185.</ref><ref name=Regiments78>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060103215251/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-england/varty/nf-1.htm Norfolk Artillery Volunteers at Regiments.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/haa/page41.html 78 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45.]</ref>
* [[78th (1st East Anglian) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery]] – ''formed in 1938 by conversion of 84th (1st East Anglian) Field Regiment, RA''<ref>Litchfield, p. 185.</ref><ref name=Regiments78>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060103215251/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-england/varty/nf-1.htm Norfolk Artillery Volunteers at Regiments.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/haa/page41.html 78 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218082325/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/haa/page41.html |date=2011-02-18 }}</ref>
** 243 (2nd Norfolk) AA Battery
** 243 (2nd Norfolk) AA Battery
** 244 (3rd Norfolk) AA Battery
** 244 (3rd Norfolk) AA Battery
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==Online sources==
==Online sources==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150829181242/http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk:80/ British Army units from 1945 on]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150829181242/http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/ British Army units from 1945 on]
* [http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk British Military History]
* [http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk British Military History]
* [http://www.patriotfiles.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=listarticles&secid=17 Orders of Battle at Patriot Files]
* [http://www.patriotfiles.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=listarticles&secid=17 Orders of Battle at Patriot Files]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051228103659/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/index.htm Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth (Regiments.org)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051228103659/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/index.htm Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth (Regiments.org)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806195614/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk:80/index.html The Royal Artillery 1939–45]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806195614/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.html The Royal Artillery 1939–45]


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[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1938]]

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41st (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Active29 September 1938–31 October 1955
Country United Kingdom
Branch Territorial Army
TypeAnti-Aircraft Brigade
RoleAir Defence
Part of2nd AA Division
1st AA Group
EngagementsBattle of Britain
The Blitz

The 41st (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Anti-Aircraft Command in the British Territorial Army, formed shortly before the outbreak of World War II. Its role was to defend East Anglia.

Origin

The brigade was formed on 29 September 1938 at Ebury Street, London, as part of 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division. By the outbreak of war on 3 September 1939, it had the following units under command:[1][2][3][4]

World War II

Although based in London, the brigade's war station was in East Anglia, and its units deployed across the region on the outbreak of World War II. The first months of the war were quiet, but on the night of 7/8 June 1940, 32nd AA Battalion was the first searchlight unit to bring down an enemy aircraft, the crew of a Heinkel He 115 coastal reconnaissance aircraft being dazzled by a detachment at Rendelsham and crashing nearby.[5][14]

By the summer of 1940, all TA searchlight regiments had been transferred to the Royal Artillery (RA), and AA regiments had been redesignated Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) to distinguish them from the new Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) regiments being formed. During the intense period of activity of the Battle of Britain and subsequent Blitz, 41 AA Bde's organisation changed in other ways as well, giving it the following order of battle by November 1940:[15][16][17][18]

Postwar

On 1 January 1947, 41 AA Bde was redesignated 67 AA Bde in the reformed TA, with its HQ at Shepherd's Bush and constituting part of 1 AA Group. It had the following units under command:[26][27]

The brigade was placed in 'suspended animation' on 31 October 1955, shortly after the abolition of AA Command, and formally disbanded on 31 December 1957.[26]

Notes

  1. ^ 2 AA Division 1939 at British Military History.
  2. ^ AA Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
  3. ^ Routledge, Table LVIII, p. 376.
  4. ^ Routledge, Table LX, p. 378.
  5. ^ a b Litchfield, p. 170.
  6. ^ 32 S/L Rgt at RA 39–45.
  7. ^ Litchfield, p. 72.
  8. ^ 64 S/L Rgt at RA 39–45.
  9. ^ Litchfield, p. 73.
  10. ^ 65 S/L Rgt at RA 39–45. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Litchfield, p. 185.
  12. ^ Norfolk Artillery Volunteers at Regiments.org
  13. ^ 78 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45. Archived 2011-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Planck, p. 228.
  15. ^ 2 AA Division 1940 at British Military History.
  16. ^ 2 AA Div at RA 39–45. Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ Routledge, Table LXV, p. 396.
  18. ^ Farndale, Annex D, p. 258.
  19. ^ Litchfield, p. 143.
  20. ^ 29 LAA at RA 39–45.
  21. ^ a b Litchfield, p. 179.
  22. ^ 60 S/L Rgt at RA 39–45.
  23. ^ 9th Middlesex at Regiments.org.
  24. ^ Litchfield, p. 174.
  25. ^ 69 S/L Rgt at RA 39–45.
  26. ^ a b 67–106 AA Bdes at British Army 1945 on.
  27. ^ Litchfield, Appendix 5.
  28. ^ a b Litchfield, p. 164.
  29. ^ Litchfield, p. 165.
  30. ^ Litchfield, pp. 166–7.
  31. ^ Litchfield, p. 109.

References

  • Gen Sir Martin Farndale, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996, ISBN 1-85753-080-2.
  • Norman E.H. Litchfield, The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges), Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, ISBN 0-9508205-2-0.
  • C. Digby Planck, The Shiny Seventh: History of the 7th (City of London) Battalion London Regiment, London: Old Comrades' Association, 1946/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002, ISBN 1-84342-366-9.
  • Brig N.W. Routledge, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994, ISBN 1-85753-099-3.

Online sources

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