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British Armed Forces

3 September 1939

ALDERSHOT COMMAND: HQ Aldershot

From River Luddon where crossed by the Southern Railway at

Luddon Bridge (south-east of Reading) along the railway through

Wokingham, Brackwall and Ascot to Sunningdale: thence the eastern

boundaries of the parishes of Chotham and Horsell to the railway

at Woking; thence southward along the railway (omitting the

portions of the parishes of Guildford and Artington to the westof the railway and the three small portions of Sussex lying to

the north of the railway) to Liss, ; thence northward along the

road leading to Reading, through Selbourne, Alton, and Odiham

(but inclusive of the portions of the parishes of Alton and

Chawton lying west of that road) to Swallowfield thence along the

River Luddon to Luddon Bridge.

FIELD TROOPS (REGULAR)

1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade: HQ Blackdown

6th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA: Blackdown

3rd, 12th, 15th Anti-Aircraft Batteries, RA

1st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, RA: Blackdown1st Anti-Aircraft Battalion, RE: Blackdown

A, B Anti-Aircraft Companies, RE

1st, 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade Signals, RCS: Blackdown

1st Army Tank Brigade: HQ Aldershot

4th Royal Tank Regiment: Farnborough

7th Royal Tank Regiment: Catterick Camp

- Located in Northern Command

8th Royal Tank Regiment: Perham Down

- Located in Southern Command

1st Infantry Division: HQ Aldershot

13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own): Shorncliffe

2nd Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment M-G: Bordon

2nd Field Regiment, RA: Bordon

(Note: Reorganized late Sept. 1939 with two btrys)35th, 42nd, 53rd, 87th Field Batteries, RA

19th Field Regiment, RA: Bordon

29th/97th, 39th/96th Field Batteries, RA

24th Field Regiment, RA: Aldershot

22nd/56th, 50th/70th Field Batteries

21st Anti-Tank Regiment, RA: Aldershot

'Q', 'Y', 'Z', 'BB' Anti-Tank Batteries, RA

17th, 23rd, 26th Field Companies, RE: Aldershot

6th Field Park Company, RE: Aldershot

1st Divisional Signals, RCS: Aldershot

1st Infantry Brigade (Guards): HQ Aldershot

3rd Battalion, The Grenadier Guards: Aldershot

2nd Battalion, The Coldstream Guards: Aldershot2nd Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment: Aldershot

1st Infantry Brigade (Guards) Anti-Tank Company:

Aldershot



2nd Infantry Brigade: HQ Aldershot

1st Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire):

Aldershot

2nd Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment

(The Prince of Wales's): Aldershot

1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders: Aldershot

2nd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Aldershot

3rd Infantry Brigade: HQ Bordon

1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment

(West Riding): Bordon

2nd Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshireand Derbyshire Regiment): Bordon

1st Battalion, The King's Shropshire Regiment: Bordon

3rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Bordon

2nd Infantry Division: HQ Aldershot

4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards: Aldershot

2nd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment M-G: Aldershot

10th Field Regiment, RA: Deepcut

30th/46th, 51st/54th Field Batteries, RA

16th Field Regiment, RA: Ewshott

27th/72nd, 34th/86th Field Batteries, RA

18th Field Regiment, RA: Deepcut

59th/93rd, 94th/95th Field Batteries, RA

13th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA: Aldershot2nd, 8th, 44th, 82nd Anti-Tank Batteries, RA

5th, 11th, 38th Field Companies, RE: Aldershot

21st Field Park Company, RE: Aldershot

2nd Divisional Signals, RCS: Aldershot

4th Infantry Brigade: HQ Aldershot

1st Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment):

Aldershot

2nd Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment: Oxney

1st Battalion, The Border Regiment: Aldershot

4th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Aldershot

5th Infantry Brigade: HQ Aldershot

2nd Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment:

Aldershot

2nd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment: Aldershot1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders:

Aldershot

5th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Aldershot

6th Infantry Brigade: HQ Blackdown

1st Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers: Blackdown

1st Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess

Charlotte of Wales's): Blackdown

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry: Woking

6th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Blackdown

OTHER REGULAR TROOPS IN THE COMMAND

Regular Troops in the Command

1st King's Dragoon Guards: Aldershot (Attached to 1st Light

Armoured Brigade)

12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's): Aldershot

2nd Royal Tank Regiment: Farnborough (Attached to 1st Heavy



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Armoured Brigade)

The Mechanized Experimental Establishment: Farnborough

2nd Medium Regiment, RA: Longmoor

4th/7th, 8th/12th Medium Batteries, RA

1st Field Squadron, RE: Aldershot

8th, 10th Railway Companies, RE: Longmoor

RHQ and Motor Transport Depot, RE: Aldershot

The Railway Training Centre, RE: Longmoor

'A' Corps Signals, RCS: Aldershot

No. 2 Company, GHQ Signals, RCS: Aldershot

No. 1 Signal Troop, 1st Armoured Divisional Signals, RCS:Aldershot

Nos. 1, 3, 6, 11 Artillery Signal Sections, RCS: Aldershot

4th Tank Signal Section, RCS: Aldershot

Aldershot Command Signals, RCS: Aldershot

Militia in the Command

5th, 6th Anti-Aircraft Depots, RA: Arborfield</PRE>

EASTERN COMMAND

The Counties: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex(except Purfleet and Rainham Rifle Ranges; and (when occupied by

the Foot Guards) the Guard's Barracks at Warley), Hertfordshire,

Bedfordshire, Middlesex, Kent, Sussex, and Surrey (Less portions

in Aldershot Command and London District and Woolwich (exclusive

of the Territorial Army Troops quartered there).

Field Troops (Regular)

4th Infantry Division: HQ Colchester

5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards: Colchester

2nd Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

Machine Gun: Dover

17th Field Regiment, RA: Woolwich

10th/26th, 13th/92nd Field Batteries, RA22nd Field Regiment, RA: Shorncliffe

32nd/33rd, 36th/55th Field Batteries, RA

30th Field Regiment, RA: Colchester


14th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA: Colchester

38th, 61st, 68th, 88th Anti-Tank Batteries, RA

7th, 9th Field Companies, RE: Shorncliffe

59th Field Company, RE: Canterbury

18th Field Park Company, RE: Colchester

4th Divisional Signals, RCS: Colchester

10th Infantry Brigade: HQ Shorncliffe

2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

Regiment: Gravesend2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry:

Shorncliffe

1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent

Regiment: Shorncliffe



10th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Shorncliffe

11th Infantry Brigade: HQ Colchester

2nd Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers: Colchester

1st Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment: Colchester

1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire

Light Infantry: Colchester

11th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Colchester

12th Infantry Brigade: HQ Dover

2nd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London

Regiment): Dover

1st Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment (ThePrince of Wales's Volunteers): Dover

1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland

Regiment): Dover

12th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Dover

OTHER REGULAR TROOPS IN THE COMMAND


13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own): Shorncliffe

(Attached to 1st Infantry Division)

17th/21st Lancers: Colchester

2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Brentwood

27th Field Regiment, RA: Colchester21st/24th, 37th/47th Field Batteries, RA

32nd Field Regiment, RA: Brighton

107th/121st, 115th/120th Field Batteries, RA

5th Medium Regiment, RA: Shoeburyness

5th/17th, 20th/21st Medium Batteries, RA

2nd Heavy Regiment, RA: Shoeburyness

1st, 8th, 17th, 26th Heavy Batteries, RA

Detachment, The Survey Battalion, RE: London

The Signal Experimental Establishment, RCS: Woolwich

Nos. 8, 10, 13 Artillery Signal Sections, RCS:

Canterbury

Eastern Command Signals, RCS: London

Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, Eastern Ports: HQ

SheernessDover Fire Command: Dover

Thames Fire Command (21st Heavy Battery, RA):

Shoeburyness

Medway Fire Command: Sheerness

Harwich Fire Command: Felixstowe

Militia in the Command

1st Infantry Training Group: Colchester

2nd Infantry Training Group: Lydd

Depot, Non-Combatant Labour Corps: Colchester

EAST ANGLIA AREA: HQ The Barracks, Hertford

Counties: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex,

Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire less the following:



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(i) Colchester - a 4th Infantry Division station

(ii) Purfleet and Rainham Rifle Range, and Warley Barracks

(when occupied by the Guards) - All under London

District

(iii) That portion of Essex in Chatham Area

Regular Infantry Depots in the Area

The Royal Norfolk Regiment: Norwich

The Suffolk Regiment: Bury St. Edmunds

The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment: BedfordThe Essex Regiment: Warley

The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own): Mill Hill

Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the Area

54th (East Anglia) Infantry Division: HQ The Barracks, Hertford

HQ Royal Artillery: The Barracks, Hertford

85th (East Anglian) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 337th (Essex) Btry: Stratford

338th (Essex) Btry: Romford

86th (East Anglian)(Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment,

R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 342nd (Hertford) Btry: Hertford341st (St. Albans) Btry: St. Albans

134th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 213th (Essex) Btry: Stratford, E. 15

340th (Essex) Btry: Grays

55th (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.)

HQ, 220th (Norfolk Yeomanry) btry: Swaffham

217th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Btry: Bury St. Edmunds

218th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Btry: St. Peters, Lowestoft

219th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Btry: Norwich

HQ Royal Engineers: Ashburnham Road, Bedford

248th (East Anglia) Field Company, RE: Bedford

(Attached to 3rd Infantry Division)

249th (East Anglia) Field Company, RE: Luton286th Field Company, RE

289th Field Park Company, RE

54th Divisional Signals, RCS: Bay Lodge, The Green,

Stratford E15

161st Infantry Brigade: HQ Drill Hall, Ongar Road, Brentwood

1st/4th Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Ilford

2nd/4th Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Ilford

1st/5th Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Chelmsford

2nd/5th Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Colchester

5th (Hackney) Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment

(Princess Charlotte of Wales's): 1 Hillman Street,

Hackney E8

7th (Stoke Newington) Battalion, The Royal BerkshireRegiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's): Stoke

Newington



162nd Infantry Brigade: HQ 20 Grosvenor Gardens

6th Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

Regiment: Luton

1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment: Hertford

2nd Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment

163rd Infantry Brigade: HQ 22 Tombland, Norwich

5th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment: Dereham

6th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment: Norwich

7th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment: King's Lynn

18th Infantry DivisionHQ Royal Artillery

105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.)

HQ, 417th (Bedford) Btry : Bedford

418th (Bedford) Btry: Biggleswade


HQ, 344th (Hitchin) Btry: Hitchin

336th (Northampton) Btry: Peterborough


HQ, 420th (Bedford) Btry: Luton

419th (Bedford) Btry: Dunstable

65th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 257th-260th Btrys: Bury St. EdmundsHQ Royal Engineers: Cambridge

287th Field Company, RE: Cambridge

288th Field Company, RE: Norwich

251st (East Anglia) Field Park Company, RE: Norwich

18th Divisional Signals, RCS

53rd Infantry Brigade

(Embodied by 161st Infantry Brigade)

54th Infantry Brigade

4th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment: Norwich

4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment: Ipswich

5th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment: Bury St. Edmunds


5th Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

Regiment: Bedford1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment: Cambridge

2nd Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment: Wisbech

Other Territorial Army Troops in the Area

1st/7th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of

Cambridge's Own) Machine Gun: Hornsey

2nd/7th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of

Cambridge's Own) Machine Gun: Southgate

1st/8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of

Cambridge's Own) Machine Gun: Hounslow

2nd/8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of

Cambridge's Own) Machine Gun: Ruislip Manor104th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Essex Yeomanry)

(T.A.)

HQ, 414th (Essex Yeomanry) Btry: Brentwood

339th (Essex Royal Horse Artillery) Btry: Colchester



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147th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Essex Yeomanry)

(T.A.)

HQ, 413th (Essex Yeomanry) Btry: Chelmsford

431st Btry

58th (Suffolk) Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 229th, 230th (Suffolk) Btrys: Ipswich

67th Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 232nd (Suffolk) Btry: Bury St. Edmunds

231st (Suffolk) Btry: Sudbury

Suffolk Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 176th Btry: Dovercourt166th Btry: Ipswich

The Suffolk (Fortress) RE: Ipswich

No. 1 (EL W) Coy: Ipswich

250th (East Anglia) Field Company, RE: Cambridge

CHATHAM AREA : HQ Chatham

From (all inclusive) Foulness Point (Essex) by a line drawn

south to Shellness (Kent); thence a line drawn south-west to

Ladydane; thence along a road to Watling Street; thence Watling

Street to road Faversham, Leaveland, Challock Lees, Chaning,

Lenham, Harrietsham, Elsfleld, Hollingbourne; thence Pilgrim's

Way via Detling, Burham, Snodland ; thence via Pilgrim's Road toTrosley Towers; thence along road Wrotham-Gravesent to Northum-

berland Bottom thence Watling Street to Southern Railway Bridge

at Springhead; thence northward along stream to River Thames,

along south bank of River Thames to lighthouse on Swanscombe

Marshes; thence by a line drawn northeast across the River Thames

to Grays Thurrock Station (Essex); thence along the main road to

Stanford-le-Hope; thence northside of railway via South Benfleet

to Southend Borough boundary; thence a line drawn northeast to

lower Edward's Hull; thence along road Eastwood to Harp House;

thence a line drawn south-east to Southchurch Lawn; thence a line

due north to River Roach, along south bank of River Roach and

south bank of River Crouch to Foulness Point.

Regular Troops in the Area

The Training Battalion, RE: Chatham

The Depot Battalion, RE: Chatham

Territorial Army Troops in the Area

Thames and Medway Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ: Fort Clarence, Rochester

167th (Kent) Btry: Gravesend

169th (Kent) Btry: Sheerness

175th (Essex), 192nd Btrys: Southend-on-Sea

HOME COUNTIES AREA: HQ Woolwich

Woolwich (exclusive of Territorial Army troops in London

District), Counties of Kent (less areas in Chatham Area and the

4th Division stations of Dover, Shorncliffe, Hythe and Lydd),



Sussex, Surrey (less the eastern boundaries of the parishes of

Chobham, Horsell and Woking through Woking) including portions of

the parishes of Stoke-next-Guildford, St. Nicholas, Arlington, to

the west of the railway.

Regular Depots in the Area

The Depot, The Royal Artillery: Woolwich

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey): Guildford

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment): Canterbury

The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment): HounslowThe East Surrey Regiment: Kingston

The Royal Sussex Regiment: Chichester

The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment: Maidstone (3/9/39

as 224th ITC)


21st Army Tank Brigade (Part): HQ Chipperfield, near King's

Langley

42nd Royal Tank Regiment: 27 St. John's Hill, Clapham

Junction

48th Royal Tank Regiment: Clapham Girl's High School,

Clapham, London

44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division: HQ Royal Artillery

Barracks, Woolwich

HQ Royal Artillery: Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich

57th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 225th, 226th (Brighton) Btrys: Brighton

58th (Sussex) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 229th (Eastbourne) Btry: Eastbourne

230th (Hastings) Btry: St. Leonards

65th (8th London) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 257th (21st London) Btry: Lee Green

258th (22nd London) Btry: Plumstead, S.E. 18

57th (East Surrey) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 225th-228th Btrys: WimbledonHQ Royal Engineers: 10 Queen Street, Brighton

208th (Sussex) Field Company, RE: Eastbourne

209th (Sussex) Field Company, RE: Brighton

210th (Sussex) Field Company, RE: Seaford

211th (Sussex) Field Park Company, RE: Worthing

44th Divisional Signals, RCS: Drill Hall, Stamford

Brook Lodge, Ravenscourt Park

131st Infantry Brigade: HQ Burwood House, 16 Caxton St.

(HQ Eastern Sub-Area)

1st/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West

Surrey): Guildford

1st/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen's Royal

Regiment (West Surrey): 2 Jamaica Road,Bermondsey

1st/7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen's Royal

Regiment (West Surrey): 71 New Street,

Walworth



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132nd Infantry Brigade: HQ 66 Victoria St., London

(HQ Central Sub-Area)

1st/6th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment: Surbiton

4th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent

Regiment: Tonbridge


Regiment: Bromley

133rd Infantry Brigade: HQ Drill Hall, Victoria Road,

Tunbridge Wells (HQ Western Sub-Area)

4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment):

Canterbury4th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment: Horsham

5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, The Royal Sussex

Regiment: Hastings

12th (Eastern) Infantry Division

HQ Royal Artillery


HQ: Shoreham

227th (Hove) Btry: Hove

228th (Worthing) Btry: Worthing


HQ, 231st (Bexhill) Btry: Bexhill

232nd (Hailsham) Btry: Hailsham

118th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 259th (23rd London) Btry: Plumstead, S.E. 18

260th (24th London) Btry: Lee Green


HQ, 265th-268th Btrys: Sutton

HQ Royal Engineers: Eastbourne

262nd Field Company, RE: Hastings

263rd Field Company, RE: Eastbourne

264th Field Company, RE: Lewes

265th Field Park Company, RE: Eastbourne

12th Divisional Signals, RCS


2nd/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West

Surrey): Woking

2nd/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen's RoyalRegiment (West Surrey): Richmond

2nd/7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen's Royal

Regiment (West Surrey): St. George's Market


2nd/6th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment: Richmond


Regiment: St. Mary's Cray


Regiment: Dartford


5th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment):

Canterbury

6th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment: Worthing7th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, The Royal Sussex

Regiment: Brighton




97th (Kent Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ: Maidstone

385th (Duke of Connaught's Own Yeomanry) Btry:

Canterbury

387th (Queen's Own Yeomanry) Btry: Bromley

98th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) Army

Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 391st, 392nd (Surrey Yeomanry) Btry: Clapham Park

143rd Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 386th (Duke of Connaught's Own Yeomanry) Btry: Ashford

388th (Queen's Own Yeomanry) Btry: Maidstone


HQ, 390th (Sussex Yeomanry) Btry: Chichester

389th (Sussex Yeomanry) Btry: Brighton

Kent and Sussex Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 168th (Kent) Btry: Dover

159th (Sussex) Btry: Brighton

170th (Kent) Btry: Ramsgate

The Cinque Ports (Fortress) RE: Dover

No. 1 (E & W) Coy: Dover

The Kent (Fortress) RE: Northfleet

Nos. 1, 2, 3 (E & W) Coys: Northfleet

Supplementary Reserve Troops in the Command

108th (Essex) Electrical and Mechanical Company, RE:

Chelmsford

No. 25 (Home Counties) Construction Section, RCS:

Ravenscourt Park

Nos. 61, 62 Line Sections, RCS: Guildford

LONDON DISTRICT

London District: HQ Horse Guards

The County of London, Warley (Foot Guards only), Rainham

Rifle Range, Purfleet, Woolwich (for Territorial Army troops),

the Guards depot at Caterham, Pirbright, and (for regular troops)

Windsor.

Regular Troops in the District

Regular Troops

The Life Guards: Hyde Park Barracks

Royal Horse Guards (The Blues): Windsor

1st Battalion, The Coldstream Guards: Chelsea Barracks

(Attached to 7th Guards Infantry Brigade)1st Battalion, The Scots Guards: Chelsea Barracks

1st, 2nd Battalions, The Irish Guards: Wellington Barracks

2nd Battalion, The Welsh Guards: The Tower of London

'K' Battery, The Royal Horse Artillery: St. John's Wood



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The Guards Depot: Caterham

Militia in the District

5th Infantry Training Group: Pirbirght

Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the District

22nd Heavy Armoured Brigade (Part)

3rd, 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters):

St. John's Wood

1st London Division: HQ Finsbury Barracks, City Road, E.C. 1

HQ Royal Artillery: Finsbury Barracks, City Road, E.C. 1

64th (7th London) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 253rd (18th London) Btry: Fulham, S.E. 18

254th (19th London) Btry: Shepards Bush, W. 12

90th (City of London) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 357th (1st City of London), 358th (2nd City of

London) Btrys: Bloomsbury, W.C. 1

HQ Royal Engineers: The Duke of York's HQ, Chelsea

220th (2nd London) Field Company, RE: Chelsea

223rd (2nd London) Field Park Company, RE: Chelsea

1st Battalion, The Queen Victoria's Rifles, The King's RoyalRifle Corps M/C: 56 Davies Street, Berkley Square

1st London Divisional Signals: 20 Atkins Road, Clapham Park

1st London Infantry Brigade: HQ RHQ The Grenadier Guards,

Birdcage Walk

8th (1st City of London) Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers

(City of London Regiment): Handel Street,

Bloomsbury

9th (2nd City of London) Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers

(City of London Regiment): 213 Balham High Road

1st Battalion, The London Irish Rifles, The Royal

Ulster Rifles: Duke of York's HQ, Chelsea

2nd London Infantry Brigade: HQ Finsbury Barracks

1st Battalion, The London Rifle Brigade, The Rifle

Brigade (Prince Consort's Own): 130 Bunhill Road1st Battalion, The London Scottish, The Gordon

Highlanders: 59 Buckingham Gate, Westminster

1st Battalion, The Queen's Westminsters, The King's

Royal Rifle Corps: Queen's Hall, 58 Buckingham

Gate, Westminster

3rd London Infantry Brigade: HQ RHQ The Grenadier Guards

- Attached

1st Rangers, The King's Royal Rifle Corps: 16 Chenies

Street, Tottenham Court Road

2nd Rangers, The King's Royal Rifle Corps: Montague

Street

1st Tower Hamlet Rifles, The Rifle Brigade (Prince

Consort's Own): 66 Tredegar Road, Bow2nd Tower Hamlet Rifles, The Rifle Brigade (Prince

Consort's Own): Bow



2nd London Division

HQ Royal Artillery


HQ, 255th (20th London) Btry: Fulham, S.W. 6

256th (17th London) Btry: Paddington, W. 2


HQ, 359th (3rd City of London), 360th (4th City of

London) Btrys: Bloomsbury, W.C. 1

HQ Royal Engineers

501st, 502nd, 503rd Field Companies, RE

504th Field Park Company, RE2nd Battalion, The Queen Victoria's Rifles, The King's Royal

Rifle Corps M/C: 39 Gorsvenor Square, London

2nd London Divisional Signals

4th London Infantry Brigade

11th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London

Regiment): Fusilier Hall, Handel St.

12th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London

Regiment): 213 Balham High Road

2nd Battalion, The London Irish Rifles, The Royal

Ulster Rifles: Duke of York's HQ, Chelsea

5th London Infantry Brigade

2nd Battalion, The London Rifle Brigade, The Rifle

Brigade (Prince Consort's Own): 130 Bunhill Road2nd Battalion, The London Scottish, The Gordon

Highlanders: 101 Grosvenor Road

2nd Battalion, The Queen's Westminsters, The King's

Royal Rifle Corps: Pinner

6th London Infantry Brigade: - Attached

1st Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment,

The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

Machine Gun: 190 Hammersmith Road, Hammersmith

2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment,

The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

Machine Gun: Old Town Hall, Hammersmith

The Officer Producing Group: HQ RHQ The Welsh Guards, Birdcage

WalkThe Inns of Court Regiment: 16 Stone Building, Lincoln's Inn

2 (O.P.) Sections, 11th (Honourable Artillery Company) Royal

Horse Artillery: Finsbury Barracks

The Honourable Artillery Company Infantry Battalion:

Finsbury Barracks

The Artist's Rifles, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's

Own): Armoury House, Duke's Road, Finsbury WC1

Other Territorical Army Troops in the District

11th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery

Company)(T.A.)

HQ, A, B Btrys: Armoury House, Finsbury, City Road,

12th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, (Honourable ArtilleryCompany)(T.A.)

HQ, C, D Btrys: Armoury House, Finsbury, City Road

91st (4th London) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 361st (5th London), 363rd (7th London) Btrys:



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Lewisham

92nd (5th London) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 365th (9th London) Btry: Kennington Lane, London

368th (12th London) Btry: Woolwich, London,


HQ, 362nd (6th London), 364th (8th London) Btrys:

Lewisham


HQ: Clapham Common, S.W. 4

366th (10th London) Btry: Kennington Lane, London,

367th (11th London) Btry: Woolwich, London,53rd (London) Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 209th, 210th (London) Btrys: Barnsbury


HQ, 211th, 212th (London) Btrys: Barnsbury

52nd (6th London) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 205th (13th London), 206th (14th London), 207th

(15th London), 208th (16th London) Btrys: Brixton

62nd Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 245th-248th Btrys: Stockwell, S.W. 9

The Mobile Divisional Signals (1st County of London Yeomanry

(Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars), RCS: Chelsea

The London Corps Signals, RCS: Putney Bridge

216th, 217th, 218th (1st London) Field Companies, RE:Bethnal Green

219th (1st London) Field Park Company, RE: Bethnal Green

221st, 222nd (2nd London) Field Companies, RE: Chelsea

294th, 295th, 296th Field Companies, RE

297th Field Park Company, RE

Supplementary Reserve Troops in the District

102nd (London) Army Troops Company, RE: Bethnal Green

151st, 152nd (Great Western) Railway Construction Companies,

RE: Paddington Station

HQ Railway Stores RE: Lambeth

156th (Southern) Railway Stores Company, RE: Lambeth

HQ Line of Communication Signals, RCS: Clapham ParkNo. 1, No. 4 (City of London) Companies

No. 2 Company, Air Formation Signals, RCS: Putney Bridge

Nos. 28, 29, 30 (London) Construction Sections, RCS: London

NORTHERN COMMAND

Northern Command: HQ York

Berwick-on-Tweed (except regular troops), Northumberland,

Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Not-

tinghamshire, and Derbyshire.


5th Infantry Division: HQ Catterick Camp

55th Field Company, RE: Catterick Camp

5th Divisional Signals, RCS: Catterick Camp



13th Infantry Brigade: HQ Catterick Camp

2nd Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles):

Catterick Camp

2nd Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers:

Catterick Camp

2nd Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of

Edinburgh's): Catterick Camp

15th Infantry Brigade: HQ Catterick Camp

1st Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess

of Wale's Own Regiment): Catterick Camp

1st Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry:Catterick Camp

1st York and Lancaster Regiment: Catterick Camp

Other Regular Troops in the Command

15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars: York (Attached to 3rd

Infantry Division)

7th Royal Tank Regiment: Catterick Camp

7th Field Regiment, RA: Catterick Camp

9th/17th, 16th/43rd Field Batteries

20th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA: Catterick Camp (Attached to 3rd

Infantry Division)

41st, 45th, 67th, 99th Anti-Tank BatteriesDepot, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's):

Catterick Camp (Temporarily)

The Signal Training Centre, RCS: Catterick Camp

The Depot, Training Battalions, RCS: Catterick Camp

No. 4 Artillery Signal Section, RCS: Catterick Camp

7th Tank Signal Section, RCS: Catterick Camp

Northern Command Signals, RCS: York

Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, Northern Ports:

HQ Tynemouth Castle, Tynemouth

Humber Fire Command: Hedon

Tees and Hartlepool Fire Command: Hartlepool

Tynemouth Fire Command: Tynemouth

NORTHUMBRIAN AREA : HQ Darlington

Northumberland, Durham, North Riding of Yorkshire (excluding

Catterick Area and Strensall Camp), the East Riding of Yorkshire,

also Berwick-on-Tweed (except regular troops).

Regular Infantry Depots

The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers: Newcastle-on-Tyne

The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own):

Beverly

The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own

Yorkshire Regiment): RichmondThe Durham Light Infantry: Newcastle-on-Tyne



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25th Army Tank Brigade (Part)

43rd Royal Tank Regiment: Newcastle-on-Tyne

49th Royal Tank Regiment: Newcastle-on-Tyne

50th (Northumbrian) Division: HQ Darlington

HQ Royal Artillery: Reed Court, 7, Harewood Hill, Darlington

72nd (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 285th (1st Northumberland), 286th (2nd

Northumberland) Btrys: Newcastle-on-Tyne74th (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 296th (4th Durham) Btry: South Shields

293rd (1st Durham) Btry: Hebburn-on-Tyne

HQ Royal Engineers: Newcastle-on-Tyne

232nd (Northumbrian) Field Company, RE: Newcastle-on-

Tyne

505th Field Company, RE: Newcastle-on-Tyne

235th (Northumbrian) Field Park Company, RE:

Gateshead-on-Tyne

4th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

Machine Gun: Newburn

50th Divisional Signals, RCS: Darlington

150th Infantry Brigade: HQ Malton4th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of

York's Own): Hull

4th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess

of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment): Guisborough


of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment): Scarborough

151st Infantry Brigade: HQ Durham

6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry: Bishop

Auckland

8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry: Durham

9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry: Gateshead

23rd (Northumbrian) Division

HQ Royal Artillery124th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ: Cowgate

287th (3rd Northumbrian) Btry: Blyth

288th (4th Northumbrian) Btry: Newcastle-on-Tyne


HQ: Sunderland

294th (2nd Durham), 295th (3rd Durham) Btrys: South

Shields

HQ Royal Engineers: Newcastle-on-Tyne

233rd (Northumbrian) Field Company, RE: Jarrow-on-Tyne


508th Field Park Company, RE: Newcastle-on-Tyne

8th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers MachineGun: Prudhoe

23rd Divisional Signals, RCS


5th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of



York's Own): Hull


of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment): Middlesborough


of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment): Bridlington

70th Infantry Brigade: HQ Durham

10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry: Shildon

11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry: Chester-le-

Street

12th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry: Teams

OTHER Territorial Army Troops in the Area

The Northumberland Hussars: Newcastle-on-Tyne

1st East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry: Walton Street, Hull

2nd East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry: Hull

7th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Machine

Gun: Alnwick

9th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Machine

Gun: Alnwick

4th (Durham) Survey Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, A, B Btrys: Gateshead-on-Tyne

6th Survey Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, A, B Btrys: Gateshead-on-Tyne

234th (Northumbrian) Field Company, RE: Gateshead-on-Tyne


Coast Defence, Territorial Army, in the Area

Tynemouth Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 151st, 152nd Btrys: Blyth

East Riding Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 182nd, 183rd Btrys: Hull

Durham Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 174th, 187th Btrys: Hartlepool

The North Riding Fortress RE: Middlesbrough

No. 1 (EL & ; W Coy): MiddlesbroughThe East Riding (Fortress) RE: Hull

No. 1 (EL & W) Coy: Hull

The Tyne Electrical Engineers RE: Tynemouth

No. 1 (Electrical Light and Work) Company: Tynemouth

WEST RIDING AREA : HQ York

West Riding of Yorkshire, County Borough of York, Strensall

Camp, Lincolnshire, Rutlandshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire

and Derbyshire.

Regular Infantry Depots

The Lincolnshire Regiment: Lincoln

The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)

The Leicestershire Regiment: Leicester

The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding): Halifax



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The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

Regiment): Derby

The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry: Pontefract

The York and Lancaster Regiment: Pontefract

Militia in the Area

4th Infantry Training Group: Ripon

1st Field Depot Royal Artillery: Harrogate

Training Battalion, RE: Ripon

Royal Corps of Signals Anti-Aircraft Training Battalion,RCS: Harrogate


5th Cavalry Brigade: HQ 19, St. Mary's, Bootham, York

The Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's

Own): York

The Yorkshire Dragoons (Queen's Own): Doncaster

The Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers): Newark

49th (West Riding) Infantry Division: HQ Clifton, York

HQ Royal Artillery: Lumley Barracks, Burton Stone Lane, York

69th (West Riding) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 273rd (1st West Riding) Btry: Leeds

274th (2nd West Riding) Btry: Bramley

70th (West Riding) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 277th (4th West Riding), 279th (6th West

Riding) Btrys: Bradford

71st (West Riding) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 281st (7th West Riding), 282nd (8th West

Riding) Btrys: Sheffield

58th (Duke of Wellington's) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.)

HQ, 229th-232nd Btrys: Halifax

HQ Royal Engineers: Sheffield

228th, 229th, 230th (West Riding) Field Companies, RE:

Sheffield231st (West Riding) Field Park Company, RE: Sheffield

49th Divisional Signals: Leeds

146th Infantry Brigade: HQ Doncaster

4th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment: Lincoln

1st/4th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light

Infantry: Wakefield

The Hallamshire Battalion, The York and Lancaster

Regiment: Sheffield

147th Infantry Brigade: HQ Rastrick, Brighouse

1st/5th Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment (The

Prince of Wales's Own): York

1st/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment

(West Riding): Skipton-in-Craven1st/7th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment

(West Riding): Milnsbridge

148th Infantry Brigade: HQ Nottingham

1st/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment:



Loughborough

1st/5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters

(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment): Derby

8th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire

and Derbyshire Regiment): Newark

46th (North Midland and West Riding) Infantry Division

HQ Royal Artillery

121st Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 275th (3rd West Riding) Btry: Leeds

276th (11th West Riding) Btry: Ilkley

122nd Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 278th (5th West Riding) Btry: Halifax

280th (10th West Riding) Btry: Otley

123rd Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 283rd (9th West Riding) Btry: Sheffield

284th (12th West Riding) Btry: Rotherham


HQ, 269th-272nd Btrys: Bridlington

HQ Royal Engineers

270th, 271st, 272nd Field Companies, RE

273rd Field Park Company, RE

46th Divisional Signals


2nd/5th Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment (ThePrince of Wales's Own): Leeds

2nd/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment

(West Riding): Keighley

2nd/7th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment

(West Riding): Huddersfield


6th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment: Grantham

2nd/4th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light

Infantry: Wakefield

6th Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment:

Sheffield


2nd/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment:

Leicester2nd/5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters

(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment): Derby

9th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire

and Derbyshire Regiment): Newark

Other Territorial Troops in the Area

The Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own): Leicester

1st, 2nd Derbyshire Yoemanry: Derby

107th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (South Nottinghamshire

Hussars Yeomany) (T.A.)

HQ, 425th, 426th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars

Yeomanry) Btrys: Nottingham150th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (South Nottinghamshire

Hussars Yeomany) (T.A.)

HQ, 434th, 435th Btrys: Nottingham

60th (North Midland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)



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HQ, 237th (Lincoln) Btry: Lincoln

238th (Lincoln) Btry: Grimsby


HQ, 239th (Leicester) Btry: Leicester

240th (Nottinghamshire Royal Horse Artillery) Btry:

Nottingham

53rd (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Light

Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 157th-159th Btrys: Doncaster

57th (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Light

Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 169th-171st Btrys: Doncaster

45th Royal Tank Regiment: Leeds (Attached to 24th Army Tank

Brigade)

51st Royal Tank Regiment: Morley (Attached to 25th Army Tank

Brigade)

The North Midland Corps Signals, RCS: Derby


106th (West Riding) Army Troops Company, RE: Doncaster

107th (North Riding) Army Troops Company, RE: Middlesbrough

150th (London and North East) Railway Construction Company, RE:

CambridgeHQ Railway Operating Group RE: Leeds

153rd (London and North East) Railway Operating Company, RE:

Cambridge

155th (London, Midland and Scottish) Railway Workshop Company,

RE: Derby

No. 1 Docks Group, RE: York

No. 2 Docks Group, RE: Crewe

HQ Air Formation Signals, RCS: Leeds

Nos. 1, 3 (West Riding) Companies: Leeds

No. 5 Company: Bradford

NORTHERN IRELAND DISTRICT

Northern Ireland District: HQ Belfast

Regular Troops in the District

The Northern Ireland District Signal Company, RCS: Belfast

2nd Battalion, The South Wales Borderers: Londonderry

1st Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment: Holywood

2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment: Ballykinler

2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment: Belfast

HQ Royal Artillery: Belfast

Belfast Fire Command: Belfast

Depot, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers: Omagh

Depot, The Royal Ulster Rifles: Armagh

Territorial Army Troops in the District

188th (Antrim) Independent Heavy Battery, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ: Great Victoria Road, Belfast



The Antrim (Fortress) RE: Belfast

Supplementary Reserve Troops in the District

The North Irish Horse: North Road, Belfast

3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Supplementary Reserve: HQ Belfast

3rd (Ulster) Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (S.R.)

HQ, 10th, 11th Btrys: Belfast

9th Btry: Clonaver, Strandtown

12th Btry: Lurgan8th (Belfast) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (S.R.)

HQ, 21st-23rd AA Btrys: Belfast

5th Light AA Btry: Newtownards

9th (Londonderry) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (S.R.)

HQ, 24th-25th AA Btrys: Londonderry

26th AA Btry: Ballymena

6th Light AA Btry: Coleraine

SCOTTISH COMMAND

Scottish Command: HQ Edinburgh

Scotland and Berwick-on-Tweed (for regular and militia only)


2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers: Edinburgh

1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow

Regiment): Fort George

2nd Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Rossshire Buffs,

The Duke of Albany's): Glasgow

12th Field Regiment, RA: Dunbar

49th/91st Battery

Detachment, The Survey Battalion, RE: Edinburgh

Scottish Command Signals, RCS: Edinburgh

HQ Royal Artillery, Fixed Defences, Scottish Ports: HQ LeithForth Fire Command: Leith

Clyde Fire Command: Gourock

Orkneys Fire Command

HIGHLAND AREA : HQ Perth

Counties of Sutherland, Caithness, Ross and Cromarty, Inver-

ness, Nairn, Morayshire, Banffshire, Aberreenshire, Kincardi-

neshire, Angus, Perthshire, Kinross, Fifeshire, Clackmannan,

Stirling, Dumbartonshire, Renfrewshire, Bute, and Argyllshire

(except for Clyde and Forth Defences and Renfrew Fortress RE)


The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment): Perth

The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of

Albany's): Fort George



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The Gordon Highlanders: Aberdeen

The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: Inverness

The Argyll and Sutherlander Highlanders (Princess Louise's):

Stirling


51st (Highland) Infantry Division: HQ Cragie, Perth

HQ Royal Artillery: Cragie, Perth

75th (Highland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 299th, 300th (City of Aberdeen) Btrys: Aberdeen76th (Highland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 303rd (City of Dundee) Btry: Dundee

302nd (Fife) Btry: Leven

77th (Highland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 305th, 306th (Renfrew) Btrys: Greenock

51st (West Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 204th (Oban) Btry: Oban

201st (Argyll) Btry: Campbeltown

202nd (Bute) Btry: Rothesay

203rd (Ross) Btry: Stornoway

HQ Royal Engineers: Aberdeen

236th (City of Aberdeen) Field Company, RE: Aberbeen

237th (City of Dundee) Field Company, RE: Dundee238th (County of Renfrewshire) Field Company, RE:

Paisley

239th (City of Aberdeen) Field Park Company, RE:

Aberdeen

51st Divisional Signals: Aberdeen

152nd Infantry Brigade: HQ Inverness

4th (Rossshire) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders

(Rossshire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's):

Strathpeffer

6th (Morayshire) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders

(Rossshire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's): Elgin

4th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders:

Inverness

153rd Infantry Brigade: HQ Aberdeen4th (City of Dundee) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal

Highland Regiment): Dundee

5th (Buchan and Formartin) Battalion, The Gordon

Highlanders: Bucksburn

6th (Banffshire) Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders:

Keith

154th Infantry Brigade: HQ Stirling

6th (Perthshire) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal

Highland Regiment): Perth

7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

(Princess Louise's): Stirling

8th (Argyllshire) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland

Highlanders (Princess Louise's): Oban9th (Scottish) Infantry Division

HQ Royal Artillery


HQ, 297th, 298th (City of Aberbeen) Btrys: Aberdeen




HQ: Leven

301st (Angus) Btry: Arbroath

304th (City of Dundee) Btry: Dundee


HQ, 308th (Renfrew) Btry: Greenock

307th (Renfrew) Btry: Glasgow

61st Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 241st-244th Btrys: Rothesay

HQ Royal Engineers

274th, 275th, 276th Field Companies RE277th Field Park Company, RE



5th (Sutherland and Caithness) Battalion, The Seaforth

Highlanders (Rossshire Buffs, The Duke of

Albany's): Golspie

7th (Morayshire) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders

(Rossshire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's): Forres

5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders:

Inverness


5th (Angus and Dundee) Battalion, The Black Watch

(Royal Highland Regiment): Dundee7th (Mars and Mearns) Battalion, The Gordon

Highlanders: Banchory

9th (Donside) Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders:

Huntley

28th Infantry Brigade: HQ Stirling

7th (Fife) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland

Regiment): Kirkaldy


(Princess Louise's): Stirling


(Princess Louise's): Dunoon


The Lovat Scouts: Inverness

The Scottish Horse: Dunkeld

1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry: Kircaldy

2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry: Dundee

4th (City of Aberdeen) Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders

Machine Gun: Aberdeen

8th (City of Aberdeen) Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders

Machine Gun: Aberdeen

5th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland

Highlanders (Princess Louise's) Machine Gun: Paisley

6th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland

Highlanders (Princess Louise's) Machine Gun: :Paisley

56th (Highland) Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 174th (North Scottish) Btry: Aberdeen

221st (Peterhead) Btry: Peterhead


HQ, 222nd (Fraserborough) Btry: Fraserborough



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223rd (Banffshire) Btry: Banff

54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft

Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 160th Btry: Dumbarton Castle

161st Btry: Alexandria

162nd Btry: Clyde Bank

58th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft


HQ, 172nd-174th Btrys: Clydebank

Orkney Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 191st Btry: KirkwallFife Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 173rd Btry: Broughty Ferry

163rd Btry: Kirkcaldy

The Orkney (Fortress) RE: Kirkwall

LOWLAND AREA : HQ Glasgow

Counties of West Lothian, Midlothian, East Lothian, Berwick

(inc. Berwick-on-Tweed for regular and militia troops), Rox-

burghshire, Dumfrieshire, Kircudbrightshire, Wigtown, Ayrshire,

Lanarkshire, Peebleshire, Selkirk, and parts of Fife, Dumbarton,

Renfrew and Argyll listed as not in Highland Area.


The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment): Milton Bridge

The Royal Scots Fusiliers: Ayr

The King's Own Scottish Borderers: Berwick-on-Tweed

The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles): Hamilton

The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment):

Maryhill, Glasgow

Militia in the Area

14th Searchlight Depot, RA: Troon


52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division: HQ Glasgow

HQ Royal Artillery: HQ 51, Yorkshill Parade, Overnewton,

Glasgow

78th (Lowland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 309th (1st City of Edinburgh), 310th (2nd City

of Edinburgh) Btrys: Edinburgh

79th (Lowland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 313th (Ayr) Btry: Ayr

314th (Irvine) Btry: Irvine

80th (Lowland-City of Glasgow) Field Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.)

HQ, 317th (1st City of Glasgow) Btry: Glasgow318th (2nd City of Glasgow) Btry: Maryhill, Glasgow

54th (The Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank


HQ, 213th, 214th (Queen's Own Glasgow Yeomanry)



Btrys: Glasgow C. 3

215th (5th City of Glasgow) Btry: Glasgow S.W. 1

216th (Clyde) Btry: Helenburgh

HQ Royal Engineers: Rutherglen

240th (Lowland) Field Company, RE: Coatbridge

241st (Lowland) Field Company, RE: Motherwell

242nd (Lowland) Field Company, RE: Rutherglen

243rd (Lowland) Field Park Company, RE: Rutherglen

52nd Divisional Signals: Glasgow

155th Infantry Brigade: HQ Edinburgh

7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots (TheRoyal Regiment): Edinburgh

4th (The Border) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish

Borderers: Galashiels

5th (Dumfrieshire) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish

Borderers: Dumfries

156th Infantry Brigade: HQ Glasgow

4th/5th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers: Ayr

6th (Lanarkshire) Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish

Rifles): Hamilton

7th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles):

Glasgow

157th Infantry Brigade: HQ Glasgow

5th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City ofGlasgow Regiment): Glasgow

6th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of

Glasgow Regiment): Glasgow

1st Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders, The Highland

Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment):

Maryhill, Glasgow

15th (Scottish) Infantry Division

HQ Royal Artillery


HQ, 311th (Midlothian) Btry: Edinburgh

312th (5th City of Glasgow) Btry: Glasgow


HQ, 316th (Kilmarnock) Btry: Kilmarnock315th (Kircudbright) Btry: Kircudbright


HQ, 320th (4th City of Glasgow) Btry: Glasgow

319th (3rd City of Glasgow) Btry: Townhead, Glasgow


HQ, 253rd-256th Btrys: Milngavie

HQ Royal Engineers: Ballieston

278th Field Company, RE: Ballieston

279th Field Company, RE: Bellshill

280th Field Company, RE: Bishopbriggs

281st Field Park Company, RE: Rutherglen


44th Infantry Brigade8th (Lothians and Peebleshire) Battalion, The Royal

Scots (The Royal Regiment): Edinburgh

4th (The Border) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish

Borderers: Hawick



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7th (Galloway) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish

Borderers: St. Boswell's


6th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers: Hawick

9th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles):

Glasgow

10th (Lanarkshire) Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish

Rifles): Wishaw


10th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of

Glasgow Regiment): Glasgow11th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of

Glasgow Regiment): Glasgow

2nd Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders, The Highland

Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment):

Maryhill, Glasgow


The Ayrshire Yeomanry (Earl of Carrick's Own): Ayr

The Lanarkshire Yeomanry: Lanark

1st Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry: Edinburgh

2nd Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry: Ladybank

57th (Lowland) Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 225th, 226th (City of Edinburgh) Btrys: Edinburgh


HQ, 227th (Haddington) Btry: Prestonpans

228th (Peebleshire and Midlothian) Btry: Leith

Fixed Defences in the Area, Territorial Army

Forth Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 160th, 161st, 162nd Btrys: Edinburgh

Clyde Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 171st Btry: Port Glasgow

The Renfrewshire Fortress RE: Greenock

Nos. 1, 2 (EL & W) Coys: Greenock

The City of Edinburgh (Fortress) RE: EdinburghNo. 1 (EL & W) Coy: Edinburgh


103rd (Glasgow) Army Troops Company, RE: Maryhill, Glasgow

109th (Glagow) Workshop and Park Company, RE: Glasgow

GHQ Signals: Glasgow

No. 1 Company: Glasgow

No. 3 Company: Edinburgh

SOUTHERN COMMAND

Southern Command

Counties of Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire,

Buckinghamshire, Berkshire (except Windsor for regular troops and

that part in Aldershot Command), Oxfordshire, Hampshire (except

that part in Aldershot Command), Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, De-



vonshire, Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucestershire (except Beachley)

and Worcestershire.


1st Armoured Division: HQ Priory Lodge, Andore

1st Armoured Divisional Signals, RCS: Bulford

1st Light Armoured Brigade: HQ Tidworth

1st King's Dragoon Guards: Aldershot

3rd The King's Own Hussars: Tidworth

4th Queen's Own Hussars: Tidworth2nd Light Armoured Brigade: HQ Tidworth

The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards): Tidworth

9th Queen's Royal Lancers: Tidworth

10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own): Tidworth

1st Heavy Armoured Brigade: HQ Perham Down

2nd Royal Tank Regiment: Farnborough

3rd Royal Tank Regiment: Warminster


1st Support Group: HQ Tidworth

2nd Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps: Tidworth

1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's

Own): Tidworth

1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery: BulfordA/E, B/O Batteries

2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery: Bulford

L/N, H/I Batteries

1st Field Squadron, RE: Aldershot

1st Field Park Troop, RE: Tidworth

3rd Infantry Division: HQ Bulford

15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars

7th Field Regiment, RA: Catterick Camp

9th/17th, 16th/43rd Batteries

23rd Field Regiment, RA: Exeter

60th/100th, 89th/90th Batteries

33rd Field Regiment, RA: Larkhill

114th/109th, 101st/113th Batteries

20th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA: Catterick Camp41st, 45th, 67th, 99th Batteries

2nd Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's

Own) Machine Gun: New Barracks, Gosport

246th (Welsh) Field Company, RE, T.A.: Cardiff - Attached

248th (East Anglia) Field Company, RE, T.A.: Bedford -

Attached

253rd (West Lancshire) Field Company, RE, T.A.: St. Helens -

Attached

15th Field Park Company, RE: Bulford

3rd Divisional Signals: Bulford

7th Infantry Brigade (Guards): HQ Pirbright

1st, 2nd Battalions, The Grenadier Guards: Pirbright

1st Battalion, The Coldstream Guards: Chelsea Barracks,London

7th Infantry Brigade (Guards) Anti-Tank Company:

Pirbright



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8th Infantry Brigade: HQ Crownhill, Plymouth

1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment: Devonport

2nd Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of

York's Own): Plymouth

2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment:

Plymouth

8th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Plymouth

9th Infantry Brigade: HQ Portsmouth

2nd Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment: Portland

1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers:

Portsmouth2nd Battalion, The Royal Ulster Rifles: Parkhurst

9th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Portsmouth



9th Field Regiment, RA: Bulford


6th/23rd Field Battery, 12th Field Regiment, RA: Larkhill

3rd Medium Regiment, RA: Larkhill

2nd/11th, 6th/10th Batteries

4th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA: Bulford

16th, 18th Anti-Aircraft Batteries20th Anti-Aircraft Battery - To Alexandria, Egypt on

5 September 1939.

23rd Anti-Aircraft Battery - Formed 5 September 1939 to

replace 20th Battery.

3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery

1st Survey Regiment, RA: Larkhill

A, B Batteries

2nd Survey Regiment, RA: Larkhill - Raised 3 September 1939

from 1st Survey Regiment

A, B Batteries

2nd Searchlight Regiment, RA: Portsmouth

A, B Batteries

58th (Chemical Defence) Company, RE: Porton

Detachment, The Survey Battalion, RE: BristolNos. 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14 Artillery Signal Sections, RCS:

Bulford

Southern Command Signals, RCS: Salisbury

SALISBURY PLAIN AREA : HQ Salisbury

The County of Wiltshire (withln the following boundaries):

The Great Western Railway from the bridge over the River Avon at

Freshford to the aqueduct of the Kennet and Avon Canal (1.5 miles

west of Bradford-on-Avon), thence the Kennet and Avon Canal to

Devizes, The Depot The Wiltshire Regiment, Devizes (on the north

bank of the canal), thence the Kennet and Avon Canal to theCounty boundary at Fraxfield, thence the county boundary from

Fraxfield to the road Fordingbidge-Salisbury at Downton. Thence

the road Fordingbridge-Salisbury from the county boundary at

Downton to Salisbury; Salisbury; the road Salisbury-Wilton-Great



Wishford-Codford-Hegtesbury, the road Warminster-Frome to the

county boundary at Whitbourne; thence the county boundary near

Whitbourne to the Great Western Railway Bridge over the River

Avon near Freshford.

That portion of Hampshire including Tidworth and Western

District land adjacent.


The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's): Devizes

Militia in the Area

2nd Field Depot, RA: Fargo

SOUTH MIDLAND AREA : HQ Oxford

Counties of Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire,

Buckinghamshire, Berkshire (except Windsor for regular troops and

portions in Aldershot Command), Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire

(except Beachley), Worcestershire, and Wlltshire north of the

Salisbury Plain Area.


1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess

Victoria's): Thame, Oxfordshire


The Royal Warwickshire Regiment: Warwick

The Gloucestershire Regiment: Bristol

The Worcestershire Regiment: Worcester

The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry: Oxford

The Northamptonshire Regiment: Northampton

The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of

Wales's): Reading


20th Light Armoured Brigade

1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars: Gloucester

1st, 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry: Northampton

48th (South Midland) Infantry Division: HQ Oxford

HQ Royal Artillery: Manor House, Oxford

67th (South Midland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 265th (Worcester) Btry: Worcester

266th (Worcester) Btry: Malvern

68th (South Midland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 269th (Warwick) Btry: Birmingham

271st (Warwick) Btry: Leamington

99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) Army

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HQ, 393rd (Royal Bucks Yeomanry) Btry: Aylesbury

394th (Royal Bucks Yeomanry) Btry: Taplow

53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.)

HQ, 209th (Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars

Yeomanry) Btry: Kidderminster

210th (Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars

Yeomanry) Btry: King's Heath, Birmingham

211th (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry)

Btry: Oxford

212th (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomany)Btry: Easington, Banbury

HQ Royal Engineers: Bristol

224th (South Midland) Field Company, RE: Bristol

225th (South Midland) Field Company, RE: Birmingham

226th (South Midland) Field Company, RE: Reading

227th (South Midland) Field Park Company, RE:

Birmingham

48th Divisional Signals: Birmingham

143rd Infantry Brigade: HQ Birmingham

1st/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment:

Coventry

8th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment:

Birmingham5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, The Northamptonshire

Regiment: Peterborough

144th Infantry Brigade: HQ Worcester

5th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment: Gloucester

7th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment:

Kidderminster

8th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment: Worcester

145th Infantry Brigade: HQ Reading

4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire

Light Infantry: Oxford

1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, The Oxfordshire and

Buckinghamshire Light Infantry: Oxford

4th Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (PrincessCharlotte of Wales's): Reading

61st Infantry Division

HQ Royal Artillery


HQ, 268th (Worcester) Btry: Dudley

267th (Worcester) Btry: Easemore


HQ, 270th (Warwick) Btry: Birmingham

272nd (Warwick) Btry: Rugby


HQ, 396th (Berkshire Yeomanry) Btry: Newbury

395th (Berkshire Yeomanry) Btry: Windsor63rd Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 249th-252nd Btrys: Oxford

HQ Royal Engineers: Olton

266th Field Company, RE: Olton




61st Divisional Signals

182nd Infantry Brigade

2nd/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment:

Nuneaton

9th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment:

Birmingham

9th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment: Oldbury

183rd Infantry Brigade

7th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment: Stroud

10th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment: Evesham184th Infantry Brigade

5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire

Light Infantry: Oxford

2nd Buckinghamshire Battalion, The Oxfordshire and

Buckinghamshire Light Infantry: Slough

6th Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess

Charlotte of Wales's): Reading


4th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment: Northampton

The Warwickshire Yeomanry: Warwick - Attached to 6th Cavalry

Brigade2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars: Bristol - Attached to 22nd

Heavy Armoured Brigade

44th Royal Tank Regiment: Bristol - Attached to 21st Army

Tank Brigade

50th Royal Tank Regiment: Bristol - Attached to 23rd Army

Tank Brigade

214th (2nd West Riding) Medium Battery, 63rd Medium

Regiment, RA: Huddersfield

3rd Survey Regiment, RA

HQ, A, B Btrys: Bristol

5th Survey Regiment, RA

HQ, A, B Btrys: Bristol


269th Field Park Company, RE: Olton212th (North Midland) Field Company, RE: Smethwick

215th (North Midland) Field Park Company, RE: Smethwick

SOUTH-WESTERN AREA : HQ Devonport

Counties of Somerset, Dorsetshire, Devonshire and Cornwall, those

portions of Wiltshire not included in South Midland and Salisbury

Plain Areas, and that part of Hampshire lying west of the South-

ern Railway between the county boundary of Downton and the county

boundary at Fordingbridge station.


1st Heavy Regiment, RA: Plymouth3rd, 5th, 16th, 28th Batteries




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The Devonshire Regiment: Exeter

The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's): Taunton

The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry: Bodmin

The Doresetshire Regiment: Dorchester

Militia in the Area

8th Anti-Aircraft Depot, RA: Yeovil

20th Searchlight Depot, RA: Yeovil

22nd Searchlight Depot, RA: Taunton

3rd Infantry Training Group: Newton Abbott

Portland Defences: HQ Weymouth

Portland Fire Command: Weymouth

Dorsetshire Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 179th Btry: Weymouth

180th Btry: Portland

186th Btry: Poole

Dorsetshire (Fortress) RE, (T.A.): Weymouth

No. 1 (EL & W), No. AA Coy: Weymouth

Plymouth and Falmouth Defences: HQ Plymouth

HQ Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, South-Western Ports: HQ

The Royal Citadel, Plymouth

Rame Fire Command: Plymouth

Drake's Fire Command: Plymouth

Wembury Fire Command: Plymouth

Devonshire Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 157th (Devon) Btry: Lambhay Hill, Plymouth

158th (Devon) Btry: Plympton

164th (Cornwall) Btry: Devonport

193rd Btry: Falmouth

Devon and Cornwall (Fortress) RE, (T.A.): Plymouth

No. 1 (EL & W), No. 2 (EL), No. 3 (EL) Coys: Plymouth


43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division: HQ Salisbury

HQ Royal Artillery: Langton House, Churchfields,

Salisbury

94th (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.)

HQ, 224th (Dorset) Btry: Dorchester

218th (Bournemouth) Btry: Bournemouth


HQ, 217th, 220th (Wiltshire) Btrys: Swindon


HQ, 376th (Dorset Yeomanry) Btry: Sherborne

375th (Dorset Yeomanry) Btry: Shaftsbury59th (Duke of Connaught's Hampshire) Anti-Tank


HQ, 233rd-236th Btrys: Portsmouth

HQ Royal Engineers: Bath



204th (Wessex) Field Company, RE: Bath

260th Field Company, RE: Chippenham

207th (Wessex) Field Park Company, RE: Bath

43rd Divisional Signals: Exeter

128th Infantry Brigade: HQ Southampton

1st/4th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment: Winchester

2nd/4th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment: Southampton

5th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment: Southampton

129th Infantry Brigade: HQ Bath

4th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince

Albert's): Bath4th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of

Edinburgh's): Trowbridge

5th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of

Edinburgh's): Trowbridge

130th Infantry Brigade: HQ Exeter

7th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment: Bournemouth

4th Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment: Dorchester

5th Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment: Poole

45th Infantry Division

HQ Royal Artillery

55th (Wessex) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 373rd (West Somerset Yeomanry) Btry: Taunton

374th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Btry: Shepton Mallet96th (Royal Devonshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.)

HQ, 381st (Torverton) Btry: Exeter

382nd (Totnes) Btry: Totnes

142nd Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ: Dartmouth

384th (South Molton) Btry: Banstaple

383rd (Torrington) Btry: Torrington


HQ, 273rd-276th Btrys: Gosport

HQ Royal Engineers

205th (Wessex) Field Company, RE: Weston-super-Mare

259th Field Company, RE

261st Field Park Company, RE45th Divisional Signals


4th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment: Exeter

6th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment: Barnstaple

8th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment: Exmouth


5th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry

(Prince Albert's): Taunton


(Prince Albert's): Wells


(Prince Albert's): Bridgewater

136th Infantry Brigade9th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment: Barnstaple

4th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry:

Truro

5th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry:



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The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own):

Trowbridge

The North Somerset Yeomanry: Bath

5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment

Machine Gun: Plymouth

7th (Haytor) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment M-G: Torquay

51st (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 151st (Devon) Btry: Exeter

152nd (Devon) Btry: Paignton

153rd (Devon) Btry: Crelake, Tavistock

55th (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 163rd-165th Btrys: Exeter

Southern Area: HQ Salisbury

Hampshire (excluding those portions of the county Included in

Aldershot Command and Salisbury Plain and South-Western Areas.


1st Medium Regiment, RA: Portsmouth

1st/3rd, 5th/22nd Batteries

4th Medium Regiment, RA: Fort Brockhurst


4th Fortress Company, RE: Gosport

19th Field Survey Company, RE: Fort Southwich, Fareham

The Experimental Bridging Establishment, RE: Christchurch

The Survey Battalion, RE (Less 4 detachments): Southampton

Depot, The Hampshire Regiment: Winchester

The Rifle Depot: Winchester

Militia in the Area

7th Anti-Aircraft Depot, RA: Devizes9th Anti-Aircraft Depot, RA: Blandford

19th Searchlight Depot, RA: Devizes

21st Searchlight Depot, RA: Blandford

Portsmouth Defences: HQ Portsmouth

Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, Southern Ports: HQ Cambridge

Barracks, Portsmouth

Needles Fire Command: Isle of Wight

Culver Fire Command: Isle of Wight

Horse Sand Fire Command: Portsmouth

Square Tower Fire Command: Portsmouth

Hampshire Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 153rd Btry: Southampton

154th Btry: East Leigh

155th Btry: Portsmouth



The Princess Beatrice's (Isle of Wight Rifles) Heavy


HQ: Newport, Isle of Wight

189th Btry: Cowes

190th Btry: Ryde

Hampshire (Fortress) RE, (T.A.): Portsmouth

No. 1, No. 2 (206th)(EL & W) Coys: Portsmouth


No. 4 (South Midland) Company, Air Formation Signals, RCS:Birmingham

Nos. 31, 32 Wireless Sections, GHQ Signals: Coventry

WESTERN COMMAND

Western Command: HQ Chester

Wales and the Counties of Cumberland, Westmoreland, Lan-

cashire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Cheshire, and

Beachley, Gloucestershire. The Isle of Man and the coast defence

garrisons of Berehaven, Queenstown and (for the purpose of tech-

nical training only) Lough Switly.


2nd Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment):

Pembroke Dock, South Wales

2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade: HQ Lichfield

1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA: Lichfield

1st, 2nd, 17th Anti-Aircraft Batteries

4th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery

2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA: Lichfield

4th, 5th, 6th Anti-Aircraft Batteries

2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery


Western Command Signals: Chester

Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, North-Western Ports: HQ

Liverpool

Mersey Fire Command: Liverpool

Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, Welsh Ports: HQ Defensible

Barracks, Pembroke Dock

Milford Haven Fire Command: Pembroke

Severn Fire Command: Barry Island

Welsh Area: HQ Shrewsbury

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The Royal Welch Fusiliers: Wrexham

The South Wales Borderers: Brecon

The Welch Regiment: Cardiff

The King's Shropshire Light Infantry: Shrewsbury

Militia in the Area

3rd Field Depot, RA: Oswesting

4th Field Depot, RA: Kinmel10th Anti-Aircraft Depot, RA: Oswesting

11th Anti-Aircraft Depot, RA: Oswesting

15th Searchlight Depot, RA: Oswesting

16th Searchlight Depot, RA: Kinmel

17th Searchlight Depot, RA: Hereford


53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division: HQ Shrewbury

HQ Royal Artillery: Morfe House Belle Vue Road, Shrewsbury

81st (Welsh) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 323rd (Glamorgan) Btry: Port Talbot

324th (Glamorgan) Btry: Bridgend83rd (Welsh) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 329th (Monmouth) Btry: Newport

330th (Monmouth) Btry: Cross Keys

133rd Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 331st (Momouth) Btry: Griffithstown

332nd (Radnor) Btry: Knighton, Radnor

60th (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.)

HQ, 237th-240th Btrys: Flint

HQ Royal Engineers: Swansea

244th (Welsh) Field Company, RE: Swansea

245th (Welsh) Field Company, RE: Neath

282nd Field Company, RE: Port Talbot

285th Field Park Company, RE: Goreinon53rd Divisional Signals: Cardiff

158th Infantry Brigade: HQ Wrexham

4th (Denbigh) Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers:

Wrexham

6th (Carnarvon and Angesley) Battalion, The Royal Welch

Fusiliers: Caernarvon

7th (Merioneth and Montgomery) Battalion, The Royal

Welch Fusiliers: Newtown

159th Infantry Brigade: HQ Newport

4th Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry:

Shrewsbury

3rd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment, The South

Wales Borderers: Abergavenny1st Battalion, The Herefordshire Regiment, The King's

Shropshire Light Infantry: Hereford

160th Infantry Brigade: HQ Cardiff



4th (Llanelly) Battalion, The Welch Regiment: Llanelly

1st/5th (Glamorgan) Battalion, The Welch Regiment:

Pontypridd

2nd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment, The South

Wales Borderers: Pontypool

38th (Welsh) Infantry Division

HQ Royal Artillery

102nd (Pembroke and Cardiganshire) Army Field


HQ, 405th (Pembroke Yeomanry) Btry: Pembroke Dock

406th (Pembroke Yeomanry) Btry: Haversford West132nd Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 322nd (Glamorgan) Btry: Neath

321st (Glamorgan) Btry: Swansea


HQ, 408th (Cardigan) Btry: Aberystwyth

407th (Cardigan) Btry: Cardigan

HQ Royal Engineers: Cardiff

283rd Field Company, RE: Barry

284th Field Company, RE: Cardiff

247th (Welsh) Field Park Company, RE: Goreinon



15th (Carmarthanshire) Battalion, The Welch Regiment:Llanelly

2nd/5th Battalion, The Welch Regiment: Swansea

4th Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment, The South

Wales Borderers: Newport


5th Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry:

Ross-on-Wye

The Brecknockshire Battalion, The South Wales

Borderers: Brecon

2nd Battalion, The Herefordshire Regiment, The King's

Shropshire Light Infantry: Hereford


8th Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers: Wrexham

9th Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers: Conway10th Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers: Newtown


The Shropshire Yeomanry: Shrewsbury


HQ, 277th-280th Btrys: Mold

61st (Carnarvon and Denbighshire (Yeomanry)) Medium


HQ, 243rd (Denbigh) Btry: Colyn Bay

242nd (Carnarvon) Btry: Llandudno


HQ, 241st (Carnarvon) Btry: Bangor244th (Denbigh) Btry: Wrexham

246th (Welsh) Field Company, RE: Cardiff



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Glamorgan Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 181st Btry: Drill Hall, Cardiff

East Riding Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 182nd, 183rd Btrys: Hull

Pembrokeshire Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 184th Btry: Milford Haven

185th Btry: Saundershaven

Glamorgan (Fortress) RE: Burry

No. 1 (EL & W) Coy: BurryCarmarthanshire (Fortress) RE: Llanelly

No. 2 AA Coy: Llanelly

No. 1 (Electrical Lights and Work) Coy: Carmarthan

West Lancashire Area: HQ Liverpool

Lancaster South and west of a line all inclusive, Bispham,

Poulton-le-Fylde, Catterall, Chipping, Mellon, Chorley, Turton,

Kearsley, Irlam (less Fulwood Barracks, Preston); Cheshire and

Staffordshire.


The King's Regiment (Liverpool): Seaforth

The Cheshire Regiment: Chester

The South Staffordshire Regiment: Lichfield

The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's

Volunteers): Warrington

The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's):

Lichfield

Militia in the Area

12th Anti-Aircraft Depot, RA: Saighton

18th Searchlight Depot, RA: Saighton


6th Cavalry Brigade: HQ 19 Magazine Square, Leicester

The Cheshire Yeomanry (The Earl of Chester's): Chester

The Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal

Regiment): Stafford

23rd Army Tank Brigade: HQ Drill Hall, Score Lane, Liverpool

40th Royal Tank Regiment: Liverpool and Bootle

46th Royal Tank Regiment: Liverpool



55th (West Lancashire) Division: HQ Liverpool1

HQ Royal Artillery: St. George Building, Lime Street,

Liverpool

61st (North Midland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 241st, 242nd (North Staffordshire) Btrys:

Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent

87th (1st West Lancashire) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 345th (1st West Lancashire) 346th (2nd West

Lancashire) Btrys: Edge Hill, Liverpool


HQ: Hanley243rd (Leek) Btry: Leek

244th (Stafford) Btry: Stafford


HQ, 347th (3rd West Lancashire), 348th (25th West

Lancashire) Btrys: Edge Hill, Liverpool


HQ, 261st-264th Btrys: Crosby

HQ Royal Engineers: Aigburth

509th, 510th Field Companies, RE: Liverpool

511th Field Park Company, RE: Liverpool

5th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) Machine

Gun: Bolton

6th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) MachineGun: Bolton

55th Divisional Signals: Liverpool

164th Infantry Brigade: HQ Warrington

9th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool)

1st/4th, 2nd/4th Battalions, The South Lancashire

Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers):

Warrington

165th Infantry Brigade: HQ Liverpool

5th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool)

1st, 2nd Battalions, The Liverpool Scottish, The

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: Liverpool

166th Infantry Brigade: HQ Ashford House, Burton-on-Trent

7th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment:

Brownhills6th, 7th Battalions, The North Staffordshire Regiment

(The Prince of Wales's): Burton-on-Trent

177th Infantry Brigade: HQ Burton Manor, Stafford

5th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment:

Walsall

1st/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment:

Wolverhampton

2nd/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment:

1 On 4 September 1939, the 55th Division split to form 55th and 59th (Staffordshire)Division with HQ at The Dale, Chester. 59th Division included 176th (ex-166th) and 177thInfantry Brigades; 61st and 116th Field Regiments, RA and 6th Battalion, The LoyalRegiment. All other units remained with 55th (West Lancashire) Division.



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Lancashire and Cheshire Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 177th Btry: Liverpool

178th Btry: Seacombe, Wallasey

Lancashire (Fortress) RE: Liverpool

No. 1 (EL & W) Coy: Liverpool


4th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment M-G: Chester

5th (Earl of Chester's) Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment

Machine Gun: Knutsford

6th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment M-G: Stockport

7th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment M-G: Macclesfield

106th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Lancashire Yeomanry)

(T.A.)

HQ, 423rd, 424th (Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry) Btrys: 76

Shaw Street, Liverpool

149th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Lancashire Yeomanry)

(T.A.)

HQ, 432nd, 433rd Btrys: Hoylake

88th (2nd West Lancashire) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 352nd (26th West Lancashire) Btry: Preston

351st (11th West Lancashire) Btry: Blackpool


HQ: Blackpool

349th (9th West Lancashire) Btry: Preston

350th (10th West Lancashire) Btry: Lancaster

51st (Midland) Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 215th (Staffordshire) Btry: Stoke-on-Trent

240th (Shropshire Horse Artillery) Btry: Shrewsbury

59th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 235th, 236th (West Lancashire) Btrys: Liverpool

63rd Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 216th (Staffordshire) Btry: Stoke-on-Trent

214th (2nd West Riding) Btry: Hudersfield - Detached68th Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 233rd, 234th (West Lancashire) Btry: Liverpool

HQ Mobile Divisional RE: Liverpool

2nd (Cheshire) Field Squadron, RE: Birkenhead

3rd (Cheshire) Field Squadron, RE: Wallasey

141st Field Park Troop, RE: Liverpool

142nd Field Park Troop, RE

252nd (West Lancashire) Field Company, RE: St. Helens

253rd (West Lancashire) Field Company, RE: St. Helens

254th (West Lancashire) Field Park Company, RE: Liverpool

213th (North Midland) Field Company, RE: Cannock

214th (North Midland) Field Company, RE: Tunstall

290th Field Company, RE: Rowley Regis291st Field Company, RE: Walsall

292nd Field Company, RE: The Potteries

293rd Field Park Company, RE: Stafford



EAST LANCASHIRE AREA : HQ Manchester

Cumberland, Westmoreland, Fulwood Barracks, Preston and that

part of Lancaster not in the West Lancashire Area.


The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster): Lancaster

The Lancashire Fusiliers: Bury

The East Lancashire Regiment: Preston

The Border Regiment: CarlisleThe Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire): Preston

The Manchester Regiment: Ashton-under-Lyme

Militia in the Area

13th Anti-Aircraft Depot, RA: Carlisle

23rd Searchlight Depot, RA: Carlisle


24th Army Tank Brigade

41st Royal Tank Regiment: Oldham, Manchester

42nd Royal Tank Regiment: Manchester

42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division: HQ Manchester

HQ Royal Artillery: 145, Withington Road, Whalley Range,

Manchester, 16

51st (Westmoreland and Cumberland) Field Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.)

HQ, 370th (Cumberland Yeomanry) Btry: Carlisle

203rd (Cumberland) Btry: Whitehaven

52nd (Manchester) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 205th, 206th Btrys: Manchester

53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 209th, 210th (East Lancashire) Btrys: Bolton

56th (King's Own) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 221st-224th Btrys: UlverstonHQ Royal Engineers: Manchester

200th (East Lancashire) Field Company, RE: Manchester

201st (East Lancashire) Field Company, RE: Manchester

202nd (East Lancashire) Field Company, RE: Manchester

203rd (East Lancashire) Field Park Company, RE: Smethwick

42nd Divisional Signals: Manchester

125th Infantry Brigade: HQ Bury

1st/5th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers: Bury

1st/6th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers: Rochdale

1st/8th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers: Salford

126th Infantry Brigade: HQ Carlisle

5th Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment

(Lancaster): Leonardgate, Lancaster4th (Westmoreland) Battalion, The Border Regiment:

Kendal

5th (Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment:

Workington



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127th Infantry Brigade: HQ Ashton-under-Lyme

4th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment: Blackburn

5th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment: Wigan

8th (Ardwick) Battalion, The Manchester Regiment:

Ardwick, Manchester

66th Infantry Division

HQ Royal Artillery


HQ, 204th (Cumberland Yeomanry) Btry: Workington

369th (Westmoreland Yeomanry) Btry: Carlisle110th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

HQ, 207th, 208th (East Lancashire) Btrys:

Manchester


HQ, 211th, 212th (East Lancashire) Btrys: Bolton

HQ Royal Engineers: Manchester

255th, 256th Field Companies, RE: Manchester

258th Field Park Company, RE: Manchester



2nd/5th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers: Bury

2nd/6th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers:

Middleton5th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment: Burnley


8th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool):

Liverpool

6th (East Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment:

Carlisle

7th (Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment:

Whitehaven

199th Infantry Brigade: HQ Ashton-under-Lyme

2nd/8th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers: Kersal

6th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment: Leigh

7th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment: Didsbury


The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry: Manchester

1st/9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment

Machine Gun: Ashton-under-Lyme

2nd/9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment

Machine Gun: Andenshaw

52nd (East Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.)

HQ, 155th (East Lancashire) Btry: Burnley

154th (East Lancashire) Btry: Church

156th (East Lancashire) Btry: Clitheroe

56th (East Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.)HQ, 166th-168th Btrys: Oswaldtwistle

257th Field Company, RE: Manchester




100th, 101st (Monmouth) Army Troops Companies, RE: Monmouth

104th (East Lancashire) Army Troops Company, RE: Manchester

105th (West Lancashire) Army Troops Company, RE: Liverpool

154th (Great Western) Railway Operating Company, RE: Newport

No. 2 Company, LOC Signals, RCS: Manchester

No. 3 (West Lancashire) Company, LOC Signals: Liverpool

No. 1 (East Lancashire) Corps Medium Artillery Section, RCS:

Manchester

THE BRITISH ARMY OVERSEAS AND THE COLONIES

I. The Atlantic

A. The Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands Defence Force: Port Stanley

B. Newfoundland

The Newfoundland Militia: St. John's

C. St. Helena

The St. Helena Rifles

D. Bermuda

One Company, 2nd Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light

Infantry

Detachment, The Royal Engineers

The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps: Hamilton

The Bermuda Militia

The Bermuda Militia Artillery: Hamilton

The Bermuda Volunteer Engineers - attached to Bermuda

Volunteer Rifle Corps

II. The Caribbean

A. Barbados

The Barbados Volunteer Force

B. Jamaica

Jamaica Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals

44th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers

2nd Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery (Cadre): Kingston

and Port Royal

2nd Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry

(Less one company)

The Kingston Infantry Volunteers: KingstonThe Jamaica Militia Artillery: Defended Port of

Kingston and Port Royal

The Jamaica Engineer Corps



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C. The Leeward Islands

The Antigua Defence Force: Antigua

The Dominica Defence Force: Dominica

The Montserrat Defence Force: Montserrat

The St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force: Basseterre

D. Trinidad

The Trinidad Volunteers

The Trinidad Light Horse

The Trinidad Light Infantry

The Trinidad Volunteer Reserve of EuropeansThe Trinidad Volunteer Artillery: Port O'Prince

E. The Windward Islands

The Grenada Volunteer Corps: Grenada

The St. Lucia Volunteer Corps: St. Lucia

The St. Vincent Volunteer Corps: St. Vincent

III. British Guiana

The British Guiana Militia

The British Guiana Militia Artillery: Georgetown

IV. British Honduras

The British Honduras Defence Force

V. China

A. Shanghai Area

The Shanghai Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals

Detachment, Royal Engineers

2nd Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment

1st Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders

The Shanghai Volunteer Corps

Shanghai Light Horse 'A' Company (British),

Mih-Ho-Loong RiflesAmerican Troop Jewish Company

Armoured Car Company Light Automatic (Air Defence)

Company

'C' Machine-Gun Company American Company

Shanghai Field Company Portuguese Company

Signal Company American Machine-Gun Company

Japanese Company Phillipine Company

Interpreter Company (Chinese) Shanghai Russian Regiment

- 'C' Battalion

'B' Company (British) Transport Company

Shanghai Scottish Company 'H' Company - Reserve

B. Tientsin AreaThe Tientsin Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals

1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry

'A' Company plus one platoon, 1st Battalion, The Durham

Light Infantry - Pekin



Detachment, Royal Engineers

C. Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals

8th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery

12th, 20th, 24th, 30th Heavy Batteries, RA;

X Heavy Battery, HKSRA

5th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

7th, 9th Anti-Aircraft Batteries, RA

22nd, 40th Fortress Companies, Royal Engineers

1st Hong Kong Medium Regiment, Hong Kong-SingaporeRoyal Artillery

1st, 2nd Mountain Batteries, HKSRA; 3rd, 4th

Medium Batteries, HKSRA

The Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps

1st Battery - Cape D'Aguilan

2nd Battery - Bluff Head, Stanley

3rd Battery - Aberdeen Island

4th Battery - Pak Sha Wan

5th (Anti-Aircraft) Battery - Sai Wan Hill

Field Company Engineers - Fanling and Forward Area

Signals - Hong Kong Island

Armoured Car Platoon - Forward Area

No. 1 Company - Kai Tak AirfieldNo. 2 (Scottish) Company - Sheko Peninsula

No. 3 (Eurasian) Company - Stonecutter's Island

No. 4 (Chinese) Company - HighWest and Mt. Kellett

No. 5 Company - Mount Davis

No. 6 (Portuguese) Company - North Shin, Naval

Yard to Causeway

No. 7 Company - Magasin Gap and Wanchui Gap

The Stanley Platoon - Stanley

Army Service Corps Company - HQ Deepwater Bay

The Hughe's Group (Hughesiliers) - Northern Point

The Hong Kong Brigade

2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots

1st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment M-G:Nagking Barracks, Sam Shui Pu, Mainland

1st Kumaon Rifles, 19th Hyderabad Regiment:

Whitfield Barracks, Hong Kong

VI. Ceylon

HQ Ceylon Defence Force: Colombo, Ceylon

The Ceylon Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals

6th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery: Colombo and

Trincomalee

15th Heavy Battery, RA; 14th Anti-Aircraft

Battery, RA

18th Heavy Battery, RA: Diyatalawa31st Fortress Company, Royal Engineers

The Ceylon Garrison Artillery (Volunteer): Galle, Buck

Fort Road, Colombo

1st Heavy, 2nd Heavy, 3rd AA, 4th Heavy Batteries



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located at Galle Face, Battenburg, Rockhouse

The Ceylon Mounted Rifles: Kandy

The Ceylon Planter's Rifles Corps: Kandy

The Ceylon Light Infantry: Colombo

The Ceylon Cadet Battalion: Colombo

The Ceylon Engineers: Ceylon

VII. Burma

The Rangoon Brigade Area: HQ Rangoon

1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment: Mingladon1 Company, 1st Battalion, The Goucestershire Regiment:

Sale Barracks, Rangoon

Detachments, 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire

Regiment: Syriam and Dry Tree Point

1st Battalion, The Burma Rifles: Mingaladon

12th Battalion, The Burma Rifles, Burma Territorial Force: Mingaladon

The Rangoon University Training Corps, Burma

Territorial Force: Rangoon

The Rangoon Field Brigade, Royal Artillery, Burma

Auxiliary Force: Dry Tree Point

The Tenasserim Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force:

Moulmein (One Company at Tavoy)

The Rangoon Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force: RangoonThe Burma Railways Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force:

Rangoon

1st, 2nd Rangoon Battalions, Burma Military Police:

Rangoon

The Maymyo Infantry Brigade Area: HQ Maymyo

2nd Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry:

Maymyo

2nd Battalion, The Burma Rifles: Maymyo

3rd Battalion, The Burma Rifles: Maymyo

4th Battalion, The Burma Rifles: Fort Dufferin,

Mandalay

1st Field Company, Burma Sappers and Miners (Forming):

Mandalay2nd Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery: Maymyo

13th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Miners: Mandalay

11th Battalion, The Burma Rifles, Burma Territorial

Force: Mandalay

The Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force:

Maymyo

The Mandalay Battalion, Burma Military Police: Mandalay

The Southern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier

Force: Taunggyi

The Northern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier

Force: Lashio

The Bhamo Battalion, Burma Frontier Force: Bhamo

The Chin Hills Battalion, Burma Frontier Force: FalamThe Myitkyina Battalion, Burma Frontier Force:

Myitkyina

The Reserve Battalion, Burma Frontier Force: Pyawbwe



VIII. Malaya Command: HQ Singapore

A. Penang

The Penang Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals

8th Heavy Battery, HKSRA


5/14th Punjab Regiment

3rd Battalion, The Straits Settlement Volunteer Force

(Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Force)

B. Port Dickinson1st Battalion, The Malay Regiment

C. Taiping

2/17th Dogra Regiment

D. Singapore Fortress

The Malaya Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals

7th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery: Blakang Mati

11th, 31st Heavy Batteries, RA; 5th, 7th Heavy

Batteries, HKSRA

9th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery: Changi

7th, 22nd, 32nd Heavy Batteries, RA

30th, 34th, 35th, 41st Fortress Companies, RoyalEngineers

Malaya Anti-Aircraft Brigade

1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Hong Kong-Singapore

Royal Artillery

6th, 9th, 10th Anti-Aircraft Batteries, HKSRA

2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Hong Kong-Singapore

Royal Artillery

11th Anti-Aircraft Battery, HKSRA

3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

11th, 21st, 22nd Anti-Aircraft Batteries, RA

The Malaya Infantry Brigade

2nd Battalion, The Loyal Regiment

1st Battalion, The Manchester Regiment M-G

2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders: Changi12th Indian Infantry Brigade

2nd Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland

Highlanders

4/19th Hyderabad Regiment

5/2nd Punjab Regiment

22nd Mountain Regiment, Indian Artillery

(4th, 7th, 10th, 21st Mountain Batteries, IA)

15th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Miners

The Straits Settlement Volunteer Force

1st Battalion (Singapore Volunteer Corps)

2nd Battalion (Singapore Volunteer Force)

The Singapore Armoured Car Company

The Singapore Royal Artillery (Volunteers):Pulo Blakan Mati

The Singapore Royal Engineers (Volunteers)

The Singapore Fortress Company, Royal Engineers



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(Volunteers)

E. Malacca

4th Battalion, The Straits Settlement Volunteer Force

(Malacca Volunteers Corps)

F. The Federated Malay States Volunteer Force: HQ Kuala Lumpur

1st Battalion: Ipoh, Perak

2nd Battalion: Kuala Lumpur, Selangor

3rd Battalion: Seremban, Negri Sembilan

4th Battalion: Kuantan, PahangThe Armoured Car Company: Ipoh

The Light Artillery Battery: Kuala Lumpur

Signal Company: Port Dickinson?

Engineer Section: Port Dickinson?

G. Unfederated States

The Johore Military Forces: Johore Bharu

The Johore Volunteer Infantry

The Johore Volunteer Engineers: Johore Bharu

The Kedah Volunteer Force: Alor Star

The Kelantan Volunteer Force: Kota Bharu

The Perak Rivers Platoon

The Sultan Idris Company

IX. Mauritius

The Mauritius Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals

HQ and 25th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery: Port Louis

43rd Fortress Company, Royal Engineers

The Mauritius Territorial Force: Rodriques

X. The Pacific

A. Fiji

HQ Fiji Defence Force: Suva

1st Battalion, The Fiji Infantry Regiment: Suva

(Battalion HQ, 3 Rifle Companies, and 1 MMGCompany)

The Fiji Defence Force Signals: Suva

B. Sarawak

The Sarawak Armed Police

The Sarawak Rangers

C. Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony

The Ocean Island Defence Force: Ocean Island

XI. The Middle East

A. Aden

HQ British Troops Aden

HQ Royal Artillery Aden

The Aden Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals



Detachment, 8th Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery

9th (Minden) Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery


2/5th Mahratta Light Infantry: Khormaksar

The Aden Protectorate Levies: Khormaksar

Western Aden Protectorate

Government Guards

Tribal Guards

Lahej Trained Forces

Eastern Aden Protectorate

Kathiri Armed Constabulary

Mukalla Regular Army

B. Gibraltar

The Gibraltar Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals

3rd Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery: Gibraltar South

4th, 27th Heavy Batteries, RA; 19th Anti-Aircraft

Battery, RA

HQ Royal Engineers

1st, 32nd Fortress Companies, Royal Engineers

2nd Battalion, The King's Regiment

2nd Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry1st Battalion, The Welsh Guards

The Gibraltar Defence Force

C. Malta

The Malta Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals

26th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery

15th, 40th, 48th, 71st Anti-Tank Batteries, RA

(N.B. 40th/71st linked for a while in August 1939)

4th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery: Tigne

6th, 10th, 23rd Heavy Batteries, RA

7th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

10th, 13th Anti-Aircraft Batteries, RA

5th Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Malta Artillery:

Delimara6th Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Malta Artillery:

Mtarfu

7th Searchlight Battery, Royal Malta Artillery:

Mtarfu (Formed 5 September 1939)


24th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers: Tigne (Included

a Regular Maltese Section)

1st Battalion, The King's Own Malta Regiment: Lower

St. Elmo

The Royal Malta Artillery: HQ Upper St. Elmo

1st Heavy Battery, RMA: Fort Rocco

2nd Heavy Battery, RMA: Fort Tigne

3rd Heavy Battery, RMA: Fort St. Elmo4th Heavy Battery, Royal Malta Artillery - Independent



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The Malta Brigade

2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment

1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment

2nd Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent

Regiment: Tarxien

2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Fusiliers

D. Iraq

The Iraq Levies: Habbaniya

One Company, The Iraq Levies: Basra

One Company, The Iraq Levies: ShuaibaNo. 1 Armoured Car Company, Royal Air Force: Habbaniya

E. Cyprus

The Cyprus Detachment, Royal Corps of Signals

'C' Company, 1st Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Nicosia

'D' Company, 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters

F. The Sudan

1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment: Wadi Halfa

(Arrived there 3/9/39 by boat from Egypt)

1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment M-G: Khartoum

North

2nd Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment:Khartoum South

The Sudan Detachment, Royal Artillery: Port Sudan

The Sudan Defence Force: HQ Khartoum

Northern Area: HQ Khartoum

The Shendi Horse: HQ Shendi, Northern

Province

Southern Area: HQ Torit

The Equatorial Corps: HQ Torit, Equatorial

Province

Central Area: HQ El Obeid

The Camel Corps: HQ El Obeid, Kardofan

Province

Eastern Area: HQ Gederaf

The Eastern Arab Corps: HQ Gederaf, KassalaProvince (Detachment at Kassala)

Western Area: HQ El Fasher

The Western Arab Corps: HQ El Fasher,

Darfur Province

XII. British Troops in Egypt

A. Alexandria

3rd Battalion, The Coldstream Guards

1st Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Marines

B. Moascar

The Canal Brigade

1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment

1st Battalion, The Essex Regiment (One Company at

Port Said and 'C' Company at Cyprus)



C. Cairo

The Egyptian Command Signals, Royal Corps of Signals

HQ 7th Infantry Division (Enroute to Mersa Matruh)

18th Brigade and Cairo Area: HQ Abassia Barracks, Cairo

1st Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

Machine Gun (Leaving for Mersa Matruh)

1st Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

Regiment

Detachment: El Nil Barracks, Cairo

D. The Delta

The Delta Area Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals

42nd, 54th Fortress Companies, Royal Engineers

45th Fortress Company, Regiment - ex Haifa, Palestine

19th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery: Port Said and Suez

7th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery

25th/26th, 27th/28th Medium Batteries

4th Royal Horse Artillery (Reformed on 3 September

1939)

C, G, F Batteries, RHA (Less one Battery with

Armoured Division (Egypt))

11th Indian Infantry Brigade: HQ Fayid2nd Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

1/6th Rajputana Rifles

4/7th Rajput Regiment

4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery: HQ Mena

4th, 7th, 14th, 66th Field Batteries, RA

18th Field Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners

E. Mersa Matruh

2nd Field Company, Royal Engineers

31st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery


1st Battalion, The Buffs

2nd Battalion, The Scots Guards

1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment: El Daba(Egyptian LOC)

The Armoured Division (Egypt) - Gerwala

1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps: Near

Wadi el Nagamish

The Armoured Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of

Signals

3rd Royal Horse Artillery

D/J, M/P Batteries, RHA

Battery, 4th Royal Horse Artillery

Light Armoured Brigade (Egypt) - Gerwala

7th Hussars8th Hussars

11th Hussars



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Heavy Armoured Brigade (Egypt) - Gerwala

1st Royal Tank Regiment

6th Royal Tank Regiment

XIII. British Troops Palestine and Transjordan

A. Jerusalem

The Palestine Command Signals, Royal Corps of Signals

2nd Battalion, The Black Watch: Jerusalem (Detachments

at Ramallah and Enab)

2nd Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry2nd Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment: Hebron

One Company: Dier Shalar

One Company: Allar

No. 2 Wireless Company, Royal Corps of Signals

No. 2 Armoured Car Company, Royal Air Force: Jenin

B. Lydda Area

56th Field Company, Royal Engineers

Detachment, 8th Railway Company, Royal Engineers

1st Royal Dragoons: Gedera (Including 1 Squadron of 5th

Dragoon Guards)

The Royal Scots Greys: Rehovath

Squadron, 4th/7th Dragoon Guards: Sarafand2nd Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment: Sarafand

'D' Company: Tel Aviv

One Company each at Lydda, Bir Salim and Jaffa

C. The Defended Port of Haifa

17th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery

D. 8th Infantry Division

12th Field Company, Royal Engineers

Detachment, 'A'/'E' Battery, 1st Royal Horse Artillery

Detachment, 'B'/'O' Battery, 1st Royal Horse Artillery

14th Infantry Brigade: HQ Nablus, Central Palestine

2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade: Nablus Fort1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland

Highlanders: Jenin

2nd Battalion, The Queen's Regiment: Tulkarm

16th Infantry Brigade: HQ North Palestine

1st Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment:

Nazareth-Tiberias

1st Battalion, The Welch Regiment: Safad

2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment: Acre

1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters: Haifa

E. Transjordan

The Transjordan Frontier Force: HQ ZargaThe Arab Legion: HQ Amman

The Desert Mechanized Force

The Desert Patrol: Syria-Palestine Border



XIV. The Royal West Africa Frontier Force

A. Nigeria

RHQ, The Nigeria Regiment: Kaduna

1st Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment: Kaduna

2nd Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment: Kano

3rd Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment (Less One

Company): Enugu

4th Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment: Ibadan

One Company: Lagos

5th Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment: ZariaDetachments: Maiguguri and Sokolo

1st Nigeria Light Artillery Battery: Zaria

Signals Company: Zaria

The Lagos Defence Force (European Reserve Force): Lagos

The Engineer Cadre (European Reserve Force): Lagos

B. The Cameroons

'B' Company, 3rd Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment:

Victoria

C. The Gold Coast

RHQ, The Gold Coast Regiment: HQ Kumasi

1st Battalion, The Gold Coast Regiment: Kumasi2nd Battalion, The Gold Coast Regiment: Tamale

1 Section, Light Artillery: Accra

Signal Section: Kumasi

3rd Battalion, The Gold Coast Regiment (Gold Coast

Territorial Force): Winneba

The Gold Coast Regiment (Supplementary Reserve)

The Gold Coast Defence Force (European Reserve Force)

D. Sierra Leone

The Sierra Leone Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals


The Sierra Leone Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery:

Freetown

The Sierra Leone Battalion: Wilberforce, Freetown

E. The Gambia

The Gambia Company: Cape St. Mary

XV. East Africa Force

A. British Somaliland

HQ and HQ Company, The Somaliland Camel Corps: Laferug

'A' (Camel) Company: Hargeisa

'B' (Nyasa Infantry) Company: Tug Argen

'C' Company: Burao

'D' Company: Tug Argen (Less 2 Platoons at Sheik)



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B. Kenya

The Northern Brigade: HQ Nairobi

The Coast Defence Rifle Company, King's African

Rifles: Mombasa (Defended Port of Kilindini)

3rd Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Nairobi

4th Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Mombasa

'A' Company: Turkana

5th Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Nanyuki

1st Battalion, The Kenya Regiment (European

Territorial Force): NairobiNo. 1 Company: Nairobi

No. 2 Company: Nakura

No. 3 Company: Eldoret

The Coast Defence Battery, The Kenya Regiment

(ETF): Mombasa

22nd Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery: Left

Quetta, India on 1 September 1939 and

arrived in East Africa on 11 September 1939

The Kenya Defence Force

C. Tanganyika Territory

The Southern Brigade: HQ Dar es Salaam1st Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Moshi

HQ, 'A' Company, 2nd Battalion, The King's African

Rifles: Iringa

'B' Company, 2nd Battalion, The King's African Rifles:

Mbeya

6th Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Dar el

Salaam

'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The King's African Rifles:

Tanga Province

'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The King's African Rifles:

Iringa

D. Uganda

7th Battalion, The King's African Rifles (UgandaTerritorial Force): Bombas

E. Nyasaland

'C' Company, 2nd Battalion, The King's African Rifles:

Zomba

The Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve (European)

F. Northern Rhodesia

1st Battalion, The Northern Rhodesia Regiment: Bwana

Mkubwa

G. Southern Rhodesia

No.1 Group, The Rhodesia Regiment: HQ Salisbury

One Company Recruits

One Company Leader Training

One Company Specialists (HQ Company)



One Light Artillery Battery (3.7cm Howitzers)

One Detached Company: Umtali

No.2 Group, The Rhodesia Regiment: HQ Salisbury

One Company Recruits

One Company Leader Training

One Company Specialists (HQ Company)

One Reconnaissance Company

One Detached Company: Gwelo

ANTI-AIRCRAFT COMMAND

HQ AA Command: Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex

(Brigade Sub-Titles dropped in September 1939)

1st Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ Hillington House, Uxbridge

(Raised 15 December 1935) - London District

26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Brompton Road - London

District (Raised 16 December 1935 in Chelsea)

53rd (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.) - London District

HQ, 157th, 159th (Lloyd's), 158th (City of London)

Btrys: War Office Dept, White City Road W 12

86th (Honourable Artillery Company) Anti-AircraftRegiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London District

HQ, 273rd-275th Btrys: Armoury House, Finsbury

88th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London

District

HQ, 281st-283rd Btrys: White City

38th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Duke of York's HQ,

Chelsea - London District (Raised 28 September

1938 at Chelsea)

26th (London Electrical Engineers) Anti-Aircraft

Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - London District

HQ, 303rd, 321st, 339th Coys: Duke of York's

Headquarters, Chelsea, S.W. 3

301st Coy: Shepards Bush W. 12

27th (London Electrical Engineers) Anti-AircraftBattalion, R.E. (T.A.) - London District

HQ: Mitcham Lane

304th-306th, 390th Coys: Rochester Row,

75th Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (Middlesex)(T.A.) -

East Anglia Area, Eastern Command

HQ and 3 Btrys: Cowley

48th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Lewisham - London District

(Raised 28 August 1939 at Lee Green - Later at

Lewisham)

54th (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.


HQ, 160th-162nd (City of London), 312th Btrys:

Putney S.W. 1560th (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.


HQ, 168th, 169th, 194th Btrys: Catford S.E. 6




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District

HQ, 298th, 299th Btrys: Westminster, London


District

HQ, 302nd, 303rd Btrys: London

49th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Lower Belgrave Street -

London District (Raised 28 August 1939 at London)

51st (London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -

London District

HQ, 151st-153rd (London) Btrys: Duke of York's HQ,

Chelsea, S.W. 352nd (London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -

London District

HQ, 154th, 155th (London) Btrys: Acton

271st (Brentford), 313th Btrys: Brentford

84th (Middlesex, London Transport) Anti-Aircraft

Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia Area, East.

Cmd.

HQ, 260th-261st (London Transport) Btrys:

Willesdon

262nd-263rd Btrys: Arnos Grove

2nd Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ RAF Station, Hucknall,

Nottinghamshire (Raised 1 September 1936) -Northern Command

32nd (Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Normanton House, Derby

- West Riding Area, Northern Command (Raised 1

November 1936 at Derby)

42nd (The Robin Hood's, Sherwood Foresters)

Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West

Riding Area, Northern Command

HQ: Nottingham

366th Coy: Carlton

367th Coy: Beeston

368th Coy: Bulwell

369th Coy: Sutton-in-Coldfield

44th (The Leicestershire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft

Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West Riding Area,Northern Command

HQ, 374th-377th Coys: Leicester

50th (The Northamptonshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft

Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - South Midland Area,

Southern Command

HQ, 400th-401st Coys: Northampton

402nd Coy: Peterborough

403rd Coy: Kettering

68th (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command

HQ, 200th, 222nd (Derby) Btrys: Derby

276th, 277th Btrys: Nottingham

40th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Duxford, Cambridge - East AngliaArea, Eastern Command (Raised 29 September

1938 at South Ealing)

33rd (St. Pancras) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.)

- London District



HQ, 332nd, 333rd Coys: Albany St., London N.W. 1

334th Coy: Barnet

36th (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) -


HQ, 317th, 345th Coys: Edgware

346th Coy: Southall

424th Coy:

58th (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) -


HQ, 344th, 426th Coys: Harrow

425th Coy: Roxeth, South Harrow9th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of

Cambridge's Own)(60th Searchlight Regiment)

(T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command

HQ, 429th-431st Coys: Willesdon N.W. 10

10th (3rd City of London) Battalion, The Royal

Fusiliers (69th Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) -

London District

HQ, 456th-458th Coys: Harrow Road, London W. 2

41st (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Elbury Street, London,

- London District (Raised 29 September 1938

at London SW1)

32nd (7th City of London) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E.

(T.A.) - London DistrictHQ, 328th Coy: Finsbury Square, E.C. 2

329th, 330th Coys: Grove Park S.E. 12

1st/6th Battalion, The Essex Regiment (64th Searchlight

Regiment)(T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern

Command

HQ, 441st-442nd Coys: The Cedars, West Ham E. 15

443rd Coy: Chingford

2nd/6th Battalion, The Essex Regiment (65th Searchlight

Regiment)(T.A.) - Chatham Area, Eastern

Command

HQ, 444th Coy: Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea

445th Coy: East Ham

446th Coy: Grays

78th (1st East Anglian) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.(T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command

HQ, 243rd (2nd Norfolk), 244th (3rd Norfolk) Btrys:

Norwich

245th (1st Norfolk) Btry: Greater Yarmouth

409th (Suffolk) Btry: Lowestoft

50th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Nottingham - West Riding

Area, Northern Command (Raised 24 August 1939

at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire)

26th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West


HQ, 114th-116th Btrys: Derby (Mobile Reserve)

3rd Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ Edinburgh (Raised 1 September1938) - Scottish Command

36th (Scottish) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Edinburgh - Lowland

Area, Scottish Command (Raised 1 May 1938 at

Edinburgh)



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71st (Forth) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -

Highland Area, Scottish Command

HQ, 227th, 229th (Fife) Btrys: Dunfermline

94th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Highland

Area, Scottish Command

HQ, 291st Btry: Turnhouse, Edinburgh

228th (Edinburgh) Btry: Edinburgh

292nd Btry: Musselburgh

101st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Highland


HQ, 297th Btry: Inverness226th Btry: Kirkwall

42nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Glasgow - Lowland Area Scottish

Command

(Raised 1 October 1938 at Glasgow)

74th (City of Glasgow) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.) - Highland Area, Scottish Command

HQ, 230th-232nd Btrys: Glasgow

83rd (Blythswood) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -


HQ, 257th-259th Btrys: Bridgeton, Glasgow S.E.

100th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Highland


HQ, 304th, 305th Btrys: Motherwell, Lanarkshire51st Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Edinburgh - Lowland Area,

Scottish Command (Raised 25 August 1939 at

Edinburgh)

14th (West Lothian Royal Scots) Light Anti-Aircraft

Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Highland Area,

Scottish Command

HQ, 39th (Linlithgow), 40th (Bathgate), 58th Btrys:

Edinburgh

57th Btry: South Queensferry

18th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -


HQ, 54th, 99th, 139th Btrys: Glasgow

56th Btry: Ardeer

19th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -Highland Area, Scottish Command

HQ, 59th Btry: Edinburgh

60th Btry: Falkirk

31st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -


HQ: Perth

61st Btry: Grangemouth

101st Btry (271st Troop: Leuchars; 272nd Troop:

Donibristle)

32nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -


HQ, 98th Btry: Falkirk

55th Btry: Rosyth103rd Btry (277th, 278th Troops: Bishopton R.O.F.;

279th, 280th Troops: Kilmarnock)

52nd Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Stirling - Highland Area,

Scottish Command (Raised 26 September 1939 at



Acton)

51st (Highland) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) -


HQ, 320th (City of Dundee) Coy: Dundee

319th (City of Aberdeen) Coy: Aberdeen

404th Coy: Cowdenbeath

4th/5th (Queen's Edinburgh) Battalion, The Royal Scots

(The Royal Regiment)(52nd Searchlight

Regiment (T.A.) - Lowland Area, Scottish

Command

HQ, 405th-407th Coys: Edinburgh 156th Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (Cameronians)(T.A.) -


HQ, 417th-419th Btrys: Glasgow

57th (Glasgow) Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -


HQ, 420th-423rd Btrys: South Glasgow

3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Supplementary Reserve: Belfast,

Northern Ireland District - Attached (Raised

7 December 1938 at Belfast)

3rd (Ulster) Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (S.R.)

HQ, 10th, 11th Btrys: Belfast

9th Btry: Clonaver, Strandtown

12th Btry: Lurgan8th (Belfast) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (S.R.)

HQ, 21st-23rd AA Btrys: Belfast

5th Light AA Btry: Newtownards

9th (Londonderry) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (S.R.)

HQ, 24th-25th AA Btrys: Londonderry

26th AA Btry: Ballymena

6th Light AA Btry: Coleraine

102nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Northern

Ireland District

HQ, 314th, 315th, 316th Btrys: Antrim

175th, 176th Light AA Btrys: Antrim (added 10

September 1939)

4th Anti-Aircraft Division>: HQ Chester (Raised 1 September 1938)- Western Command

33rd (Western) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Woolton, Liverpool -

West Lancashire Area, Western Command (Raised 1

November 1936 at Liverpool)

70th (3rd West Lancashire) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.) - West Lancashire Area, Western

Command

HQ, 211th (13th West Lancashire), 212th (27th West

Lancashire), 216th (14th West Lancashire)

Btrys: Igburth, Liverpool

309th Btry: Bootle, Liverpool

81st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West

Lancashire Area, Western CommandHQ, 253rd, 254th (Cheshire) Btrys: Stockport

255th (Cheshire) Btry: Stalybridge

(Was to have been formed by The Loyals with RHQ

and 287th Btry at Pontefract and



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270th Btry at Rotherham (ex 68th AA Brigade)

93rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West

Lancashire Area, Western Command

HQ, 288th, 289th Btrys: Oxton, Birkenhead

267th (Wirral) Btry: West Birkenhead

290th Btry: Chester

38th (The King's Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion,

R.E. (T.A.) - West Lancashire Area, Western

Command

HQ, 350th-353rd Coys: Liverpool

62nd (The Loyal) Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -West Lancashire Area, Western Command

HQ, 435th-437th Btrys: Preston

34th (South Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Coventry - South

Midland Area, Southern Command (Raised 1

April 1938 at Coventry)

69th (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft

Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South Midland Area,

Southern Command

HQ, 190th-191st Btrys: Edgbaston, Birmingham 15

192nd, 199th Btrys: King's Norton Birmingham

73rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West


HQ, 209th (Wolverhampton) Btry: Wolverhampton210th (West Bromwich) Btry: West Bromwich

311th Btry: Brierley Hall

95th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South

Midland Area, Southern Command

HQ, 293rd Btry: Washwood Heath, nr. Birmingham

204th (Warwickshire) Btry: Saltley, Birmingham

44th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Manchester - East Lancashire

Area, Western Command (Raised 29 September

1938 at Manchester)

65th (The Manchester Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Regiment,

R.A. (T.A.) - East Lancashire Area, Western

Command

HQ, 181st-183rd, 196th Btrys: Hulme, Manchester 15

39th (The Lancashire Fusiliers) Anti-AircraftBattalion, R.E. (T.A.) - East Lancashire

Area, Western Command

HQ, 354th-357th Coys: Salford

71st (East Lancashire) Searchlight Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.) - East Lancashire Area, Western

Command

HQ, 462nd-464th Btrys: Manchester

53rd Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Chester - West Lancashire

Area, Western Command (Raised 24 August 1939

at Chester)

15th (Isle of Man) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.) - West Lancashire Area, Western

CommandHQ, 41st, 42nd Btrys: Douglas, Isle of Man

129th Btry:

21st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West




HQ: Liverpool

67th Btry: Bromborough

68th Btry: Ellesmore Port

69th Btry: Northwich

80th Btry: Kearsley, Manchester

136th Btry (393rd Troopp: Tern Hill; 394th Troop:

Shawbury; 395th-396th Troops: Crew Jct.)



HQ, 225th (27th West Lancashire), 81st, 82nd Btrys:

Liverpool33rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West


HQ: Liverpool

132nd Btry: (377th, 378th Troops: Lostock; 379th

Troop: Prescot; 380th Troop: Speke)

54th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: South Birmingham - South Midland

Area, Southern Command (Raised 1 September

1939 at Sutton Coldfield. Later at Chester)

41st (5th North Staffordshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft

Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West Lancashire

Area, Western Command

HQ, 362nd-365th Coys: Stoke-on-Trent

45th (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-AircraftBattalion, R.E. (T.A.) - South Midland Area,

Southern Command

HQ, 378th-381st Coys: Birmingham 5

59th (Warwickshire) Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -

South Midland Area, Southern Command

HQ, 399th, 427th, 428th Btrys: Birmingham

61st (South Lancashire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment,

R.A. (T.A.) - West Lancashire Area, Western

Command

HQ, 432nd-434th Btrys: St. Helen

5th Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ Reading (Raised 1 September 1938)

- Eastern Command

35th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Fareham, Hampshire - SouthernArea, Southern Command (Raised 1 April 1938

at Fareham)

56th (Cornwall) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -

South-Western Area, Southern Command

HQ: Falmouth

165th (Cornwall) Btry: Redruth

201st (Cornwall) Btry: Padstow

202nd (Cornwall) Btry: Par

203rd (Cornwall) Btry: Penzance

57th (Wessex) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -

Area, Southern Command

HQ, 213th (Portsmouth) Btry: Portsmouth

214th (Southsea) Btry: Southsea215th (Gosport and Fareham) Btry: Gosport

219th (Isle of Wight and Cosham) Btry: Newport,

Isle of Wight

72nd (Hampshire) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -



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Southern Area, Southern Command

HQ, 218th (Hampshire Royal Horse Artillery) Btry:

Southampton

217th (Hampshire Carabineers) Btry: Winchester

310th Btry: Parkstone, Dorset

48th (Hampshire) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) -


HQ, 391st Coy: Portsmouth

392nd Coy: East Cowes

393rd Coy: Gosport

394th Coy: Southampton45th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Cardiff - Welsh Area, Western

Command (Raised 29 September 1938 at Newport,

Monmouthshire - Later Cardiff)

77th (Welsh) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -

Welsh Area, Western Command

HQ, 239th, 240th (Glamorgan) Btrys: Cardiff

241st, 242nd (Glamorgan) Btrys: Rhondda

6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, The Welch Regiment (67th

Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - Welsh Area,

Western Command

HQ, 450th-452nd Coys: Cardiff

1st (Rifle) Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (68th

Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - Welsh Area,Western Command

HQ, 453rd-455th Coys: Newport, Monmouthshire

46th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Bristol - South Midland Area,

Southern Command (Raised 27 September 1938 at

Bristol)

76th (Gloucestershire) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.

(T.A.) - South Midland Area, Southern Command

HQ, 236th-238th (Bristol) Btrys: Clifton, Bristol

98th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South


HQ, 300th Btry: Cheltenham

301st Btry: Moreton-in-the-Marsh

4th (City of Bristol) Battalion, The Gloucestershire

Regiment (66th Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) -South Midland Area, Southern Command

HQ, 447th-449th Coys: Bristol

47th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Grosvenor Gardens, SW1 - London

District (Raised 29 September 1938 at Kenley,

Whyteleafe, Surrey)

80th (Berkshire) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -

South Midland Area, Southern Command

HQ, 249th (Berkshire Royal Horse Artillery), 250th

(Reading) Btrys: Reading

251st (Buckinghamshire) Btry: Slough

252nd (City of Oxford) Btry: Oxford

30th (Surrey) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) -

Home Counties Area, Eastern CommandHQ, 316th, 323rd (Surrey) Coys: Kingston

315th (Surrey) Coy: Croyden

318th (Surrey) Coy: Guildford

35th (First Surrey Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion,



R.E. (T.A.) - Home Counties Area, Eastern

Command

HQ, 340th-343rd Coys: Camberwell S.E. 5

4th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West

Surrey)(63rd Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) -

Home Counties Area, Eastern Command

HQ, 438th-440th Coys: Croyden

72nd (Middlesex) Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -


HQ, 465th-467th Btrys: Twickenham

55th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Plymouth - South-WesternArea, Southern Command

(Raised September 1939 at Exeter. Later at Plymouth)

23rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South


HQ, 73rd, 74th Btrys: Bristol

75th Btry: Poole

130th Btry: Corsham

24th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South-

Western Area, Southern Command

HQ, 78th, 86th, 87th, 88th Btrys: Southampton

76th Btry: Fawley

77th Btry: Channel Islands

34th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - WelshArea, Western Command

HQ: Swansea

92nd Btry (245th Troop: St. Athan A.S.U.; 246th,

247th Troops: Bridgend R.O.F.; 248th Troop:

Llandow A.S.U.)

35th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South


HQ: Oxford

144th Btry (From 23.9.39): Brize Norton, Abington,

Benson

36th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South


HQ: Chertsey

79th Btry (124th Troop: Slough; 125th-127th Troops:Walton)

145th Btry (Joined soon): Luton, Hatfield, Radlett

6th Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ Uxbridge - London District

27th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Lingfield - Home Counties Area,

Eastern Command (Raised 15 December 1935 at

Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey)

31st (City of London Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion,

R.E. (T.A.) - Home Counties Area, Eastern

Command

HQ, 324th, 325th Coys: Sutton, Surrey

326th Coy: Merton S.W. 19

327th Coy: Hackbridge, Carshalton34th (The Queen's Own Royal West Kent) Anti-Aircraft

Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - London District

HQ, 336th, 337th Coys: Blackheath S.E. 10

302nd Coy: Greenwich S.E. 10



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338th Coy: Eltham S.E. 9

70th (Sussex) Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Home

Counties Area, Eastern Command

HQ, 459th-461st Btrys: Brighton

28th (Thames and Medway) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Kitchener

Barracks, Chatham - Chatham Area, Eastern

Command (Raised 15 December 1935 at Chatham)

55th (Kent) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -

Chatham Area, Eastern Command

HQ, 166th (City of Rochester), 308th Btrys:

Rochester163rd (Kent) Btry: Chatham

307th Btry: Tunbridge Wells

58th (Kent) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -


HQ, 206th, 207th (Erith) Btrys: Erith

208th (Bromley) Btry: Penge

264th (Dartford) Btry: Dartford

75th (Home Counties)(Cinque Ports) Anti-Aircraft

Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Home Counties Area,

Eastern Command

HQ, 233rd (Kent) Btry: Dover

223rd (Cinque Ports) Btry: Folkstone

306th Btry: Ashford, Kent89th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Home


HQ, 205th (Kent) Btry: Sittingbourne

234th (Kent) Btry: Deal

235th (Kent) Btry: Margate

29th (East Anglian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: South Kensington

- London District (Raised 8 January 1936 at

Chelsea)

28th (Essex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) -


HQ, 311th (Essex) Coy: Brentwood

309th (Essex) Coy: Harlow

312th (Essex) Coy: Upminster

29th (Kent) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) -Chatham Area, Eastern Command

HQ, 313th (Kent) Coy: Chatham

314th (Kent) Coy: Tonbridge

468th Coy: Dover

73rd (Kent Fortress) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E.

(T.A.) - Home Counties Area, Eastern Command

HQ, 331st Coy: Bexleyheath

322nd Coy: Horns Cross, Greenhithe

347th (Kent) Coy: Sidcup

74th (Essex Fortress) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E.


HQ, 335th Coy: Tottenham

310th (Essex) Coy: Epping469th Coy: Chelmsford

37th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Hendon NW9 - London District

(Raised 1 May 1938 at Edmonton)

59th (The Essex Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.




HQ, 164th, 167th Btrys: Walthamstow

265th Btry: Whipp's Cross

61st (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -

London District

HQ, 171st Btry: Pentonville N 1

170th, 195th Btrys: Finchley N.W. 11

79th (Hertfordshire Yeomany) Anti-Aircraft Regiment,

R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern

Command

HQ, 246th (1st Watford), 247th (2nd Watford) Btrys:Watford

248th (Welwyn) Btry: Welwyn Gdn C.

82nd (Essex) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -


HQ, 156th, 256th (Barking) Btrys: Barking

193rd Btry: Leight-on-Sea

90th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia

Area, Eastern Command

HQ, 272nd, 284th, 285th Btrys: Southgate

56th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Uxbridge - London District

(Raised 30 September 1939 at Chelmsford and Rochester)

11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft

Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London DistrictHQ, 31st-33rd, 43rd Btrys: Bunhill Road, London

12th (Finsbury Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,

R.A. (T.A.) - London District

HQ, 34th-36th, 44th Btrys: Pentonville N. 1

16th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Home


HQ, 46th Btry: Sittingbourne

45th Btry: Tovil, Maidstone

47th Btry: Crayford

83rd Btry: Sevenoaks

17th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London

District

HQ, 48th Btry: Chelsea

49th Btry: Purfleet50th Btry: Shellhaven

7th Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ Newcastle-on-Tyne -

Northern Command

30th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Humbledown View,

Tunstall Road, Sunderland - Northumbrian

Area, Northern Command

(Raised 1 November 1936 at Sunderland)

63rd (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)

- Northumbrian Area, Northern Command

HQ, 176th, 178th (County of Durham) Btrys:

Sunderland

269th, 177th (County of Durham) Btrys: SeahamHarbour

64th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)


HQ, 179th (Tynemouth) Btry: North Shields



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180th (Tynemouth) Btry: Seaton, Delaval

268th (Durham) Btry: Consett

87th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Northumbrian


HQ, 278th-280th Btrys: Hebburn

37th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Anti-Aircraft

Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - Northumbrian Area,

Northern Command

HQ, 307th, 308th Coys: Tynemouth

348th, 349th Coys: Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne

5th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (53rdSearchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - Northumbrian


HQ, 408th-410th Coys: Walker-on-Tyne

31st (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: York - West


(Raised 1 November 1936 at Retford)

66th (Leed's Rifles, The West Yorkshire Regiment) Anti-

Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding


HQ, 184th, 185th, 197th Btrys: Leeds

96th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding


HQ, 294th Btry: Castleford295th, 296th Btrys: Halifax

287th Btry: Pontefract

186th Btry: Oulton

43rd (5th Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Anti-Aircraft

Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West Riding Area,

Northern Command

HQ, 370th-373rd Coys: Huddersfield

49th (The West Yorkshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft


Northern Command

HQ, 395th-398th Coys: Bradford

39th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Digby, Lincolnshire - West

Riding Area, Northern Command (Raised 29

September 1938 at Retford - Later Digby)62nd (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)


HQ, 172nd (1st East Riding), 173rd (2nd East

Riding), 266th (3rd East Riding) Btrys: Hull

67th (The York and Lancaster Regiment) Anti-Aircraft

Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding Area,

Northern Command

HQ, 187th-189th, 198th Btrys: Rotherham

91st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding


HQ, 286th Btry: Goole

221st (1st West Riding) Btry: York

270th (Wentworth) Btry: Wentworth40th (The Sherwood Foresters) Anti-Aircraft Battalion,

R.E. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern

Command

HQ, 358th-361st Coys: Chesterfield



46th (The Lincolnshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft


Northern Command

HQ, 382nd-385th Coys: Grimsby

43rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade: West Hartlepool - Northumbrian

Area, Northern Command (Raised 1 October 1938

at West Hartlepool)

85th (Tees) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -

Northumbrian Area, Northern Command

HQ, 174th (1st North Riding), 175th (2nd North

Riding) Btrys: Middlesbrough220th (County of Durham) Btry: West Hartlepool

47th (The Durham Light Infantry) Anti-Aircraft

Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - Northumbrian Area,

Northern Command

HQ, 386th-388th Coys: Sunderland

389th Coy: South Shields

1st/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (54th

Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - Northumbrian


HQ, 411th-413th Coys: Stockton-on-Tees

2nd/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (55th

Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - Northumbrian

Area, Northern CommandHQ, 414th-416th Coys: West Hartlepool

57th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Newcastle - Northumbrian

Area, Northern Command (Raised 25 August 1939

at Newcastle-on-Tyne)



HQ, 37th, 38th Btrys: Hillsborough, Sheffield 6

122nd Btry: Raised 3 September 1939 as a mobile

battery



HQ, 112th Btry: Nottingham

113th Btry: Warwick

53rd Btry: Derby29th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West


HQ: Grimsby

108th Btry (293rd Troop: Mareham; 294th Troop: W.

Raynham; 295th Troop: Bircham Newton)

121st Btry (338th Troop: Walton; 339th Troop: Swanton

Morley; 340th Troop: Coltishall;

341st Troopp: Horsham St. Faith)

30th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - East

Anglia Area, Eastern Command

HQ: Ipswich

117th Btry (326th Troop: Debden; 327th Troop:

Duxford; 328th Troop: Bassingbourn)118th Btry (329th Troop: Cranfield; 330th Troop:

Henlow; 331st Troop: Upwood; 332nd Troop:

Wyton)

120th Btry (335th Troop: Mildenhall; 336th Troop:



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Honington; 337th Troop: Feltwell)

Notes: Searchlight Regiments: (Searchlight Regiments formed part

of three corps: Royal Engineers, Infantry and Royal Artillery. By

1 August 1940 all were incorporated into the Royal Artillery.

Note: 26th-51st, 58th, 73rd-74th were Royal Engineer units, 52nd-

57th, 60th, 63rd-69th were still part of their original infantry

regiment, and 59th, 61st-62nd, 70th-72nd, 75th were part of the

Royal Artillery.)

Notes: Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiments

92nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Not Formed

Notes: Light Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiments

20th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Welsh Area,

Western Command (Raised 1 December 1938 -

Probably attached to 45th AA Brigade)

HQ: Cardiff

66th Btry: Hereford

65th Btry: Llandarcy

94th Btry: Gascoed R.O.F.62nd Btry (161st, 162nd Troops: Newport Harbour and Dock;

400th-402nd Troops: Newport Jct.)

63rd Btry (163rd, 164th Troops: Cardiff Docks; 165th Troop:

Barry Docks; 403rd Troop: Cardiff Jct.)

64th Btry (167th Troop: Talbot Dock; 168th, 169th Troops:

Swansea Docks; 404th Troop: Clydach)

22nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South


(Raised 1 December 1938 - Probably attached to 34th AA

Brigade)

HQ: Birmingham and/or Coventry

70th Btry: Dudley Port

72nd Btry: Hams Hall

27th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West RidingArea, Northern Command (Raised 28 August 1939 -

Still forming - Probably attached to 32nd AA

Brigade)

HQ: Newark

95th Btry: Cantler's Yard, Clacton (Harwich and Bawdsey)

96th Btry: Sutton Lodge, Hornchurch

107th Btry (290th Troop: Grantham; 291st Troop:

Cottesmere; 292nd Troop: Wittering)

37th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Light Anti-Aircraft

Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Northumbrian Area,

Northern Command (Converted 28 August 1939 - Still

forming)

HQ: Tynemouth (No batteries listed until 10 March 1941)38th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding


(Raised 28 August 1939 - Still forming)

HQ: Bradford



51st Btry: Huddersfield

124th Btry (350th Troop: Leconfield; 351st Troop:

Catfoss; 352nd Troop: Driffield

125th Btry (353rd Troop: Linton on Ouse; 354th Troop:

Church Fenton; 355th, 356th Troops: Ferrybridge)

39th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding


(Raised 28 August 1939 - Still forming)

HQ: Lincoln

110th Btry: Scunthorpe

111th Btry (307th Troop: Cleethorpes; 308th Troop:Binbrook; 309th Troop: Scampton)

Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Batteries

52nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding


HQ, 135th Troop: Thorncliffe

71st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Southern


HQ: Fareham

84th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Southern


HQ: Salisbury218th Troop: Parton

219th Troop: Boscombe Down

220th Troop: Worthy Down

221st Troop: Boscombe Down

22nd Troop: Middle Wallop

85th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) -


223rd Troop: Kemble Park

224th Troop: Hullavington

225th Troop: Colerne

89th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - South


236th Troop: Bicester

237th Troop: Lyneham238th Troop: Upper Heyford

239th Troop: Little Rissington



240th Troop: Swindon

241st Troop: Wroughton

242nd Troop: Harwell

91st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) -


243rd Troop: Mount Batten

244th Troop: Plymouth Balloon Barrage

93rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Welsh Area,

Western Command249th, 250th Troops: Pembrey R.O.F.

97th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia


261st Troop: Feltham



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262nd, 263rd Troops: Stanmore

264th Troop: Northolt

100th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Highland


269th Troop: Montrose

270th Troop: Aberdeen

102nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Highland


273rd, 274th Troops: Rosyth

275th, 276th Troops: Turnhouse

104th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - HighlandArea, Scottish Command

281st Troop: Wig Bay

282nd Troop: Dumfries

105th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Highland


283rd, 284th Troops: Lyness

285th, 286th Troops: Hatston

106th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding


287th Troop: Waddington

288th Troop: Digby

289th Troop: Manby

109th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - West RidingArea, Northern Command

296th Troop: Hemswell

297th Troop: Kirton-in-Lindsey

298th Troop: Hatfield Woodhouse

119th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia


333rd Troop: Stradishall

334th Troop: Wattisham

123rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) -


HQ: Durham

345th, 346th Troops: Birtley

347th Troop: Ouston

348th Troop: Thornaby349th Troop: Darlington Jct.

126th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding


357th Troop: Orgreaves Coke Ovens

358th Troop: Finningley (Doncaster Aerodrome)

359th, 360th Troops: Doncaster Jct.



HQ: North Riding

361st Troop: Catterick

362nd Troop: Dishforth

363rd Troop: Leeming

364th Troop: Topcliffe128th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - South


365th Troop: Brize Norton

366th Troop: Abingdon



367th Troop: Benson

131st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - South


374th Troop: Ashton Down

375th Troop: Hucklecote

376th Troop: Cheltenham

134th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - East


386th Troop: Kirkbride

387th Troop: Silloth

388th, 389th Troops: Carlisle Jct.135th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - West


390th Troop: Weaver Jct.

391st Troop: Eastham Locks

392nd Troop: Lobstock

137th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Aldershot

Command

397th Troop: Farnborough

398th Troop: Walters Ash

399th Troop: Woodley

138th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Unknown

HQ: ???

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