28th (Essex) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 28th (Essex) Searchlight Regiment was a volunteer air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) from 1935 until 1961, at first as part of the Royal Engineers, later in the Royal Artillery. During the Second World War it defended the approaches to London in The Blitz and Operation Diver before becoming a garrison unit in the liberation of Norway.
114th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery1939 Birthday Honours1st Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)1st Anti-Aircraft Group (United Kingdom)28th (Essex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers28th Regiment29th (East Anglian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade29th (Kent) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery304th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)37th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)38th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)4th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)563rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery563rd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (28th Essex)630th (Essex) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery6th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)90th Searchlight Regiment, Royal ArtilleryDorsetshire and Wiltshire Fortress Royal EngineersEssex Fortress Royal EngineersList of regiments of the Royal Artillery 1938–47Structure of the British Army in 1939
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28th (Essex) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 28th (Essex) Searchlight Regiment was a volunteer air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) from 1935 until 1961, at first as part of the Royal Engineers, later in the Royal Artillery. During the Second World War it defended the approaches to London in The Blitz and Operation Diver before becoming a garrison unit in the liberation of Norway.
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