The history of the Regiment in WW2
3 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Hong Kong Singapore RA was formed in Malaya from batteries from the two Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiments in September 1941. The Regiment was captured in February 1942 in Malaya.
| Sep 41 | Formed with batteries from 1 & 2 Anti-Aircraft Regiments HKS RA | Malaya |
| Sep 41 | Malaya Command | Malaya |
| Feb 42 | Captured | Malaya |
| Sep 41 | 14, 16 |
2 Anti-Aircraft Regiment Hong Kong Singapore Artillery RA was formed in January 1939 with a Battery from 1 Anti-Aircraft Regiment HKSRA. The Regiment was captured at Singapore in February 1942 and disbanded in August 1946.
| Jan 39 | Formed from a battery from 1 Anti-Aircraft Regiment HKS RA | Singapore |
| Sep 39 | Malaya Command | Singapore |
| Aug 40 | Became 2 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment HKS RA | Singapore |
| Feb 42 | Captured | Singapore |
| Jan 39 | 11 |
| Jun 40 | 11, 12, 13 |
| Dec 40 | 11, 12, 13, 14 (LAA) |
| Sep 41 | 11, 12, 13 |
1 Anti-Aircraft Regiment Hong Kong Singapore RA was formed with a battery from 3 Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA and two new batteries. The Regiment was captured at Singapore in February 1942. In March 1944 the Regiment was re-formed in Aden by the re-designation of 5 Coast Regiment RA. It was disbanded at Visapur, India in October 1946.
| Oct 38 | Formed from a battery from 3 Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA | Singapore |
| Sep 39 | Malaya Command | Singapore |
| Aug 40 | Became 1 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment HKS RA | Singapore |
| Feb 42 | Captured at Singapore | Singapore |
| Mar 44 | Re-formed by re-designation of 5 Coast Regiment RA | Aden |
| Oct 38 | 6, 9, 11 |
| Jan 39 | 6, 9, 10 |
| Jan 40 | 6, 9, 10, 16, 23 |
| Feb 40 | 6, 9, 10, 16 |
| Aug 40 | 6, 9, 10, 16 (LAA) |
| Sep 41 | 6, 9, 10 |
| Feb 42 | Captured |
| Mar 44 – re-formed in Aden | 15, 23, 24 |
1 Hong Kong Regiment Hong Kong Singapore RA was first formed as Hong Kong Brigade with one Mountain and Three Heavy Batteries. In August 1935, one Heavy Battery was converted to a Mountain Battery and the other two Heavy Batteries to Medium Batteries. It became the Hong Kong Regiment in May 1938 and then 1 Hong Kong Regiment in November 1939. The Regiment was captured in Hong Kong in December 1941 and disbanded in August 1946.
| Dec 34 | Formed as Hong Kong Brigade HKS RA | Hong Kong |
| Nov 39 | Re-designated 1 Hong Kong Regiment HKS RA | Hong Kong |
| Dec 41 | Captured | Hong Kong |
| Dec 34 | 1 Mountain, 2 Heavy, 3 Heavy, 4 Heavy |
| Aug 35 | 1 Mountain, 2 Mountain, 3 Medium, 4 Medium |
| Nov 41 | 1 Mountain, 2 Mountain, 3 Medium, 4 Medium, 25 Medium |
The Regiment was formed to provide defence for Hong Kong and Singapore by recruiting Punjabi and Sikh volunteers. Only the best were taken although by the time of World War 2, a shortage of manpower meant standards had to be lowered a little and membership extended to other Hindu classes. The regiment had a mixture of Indian and European NCO’s and Officers.
| 1 Hong Kong Regiment Hong Kong Singapore RA |
| 1 Anti-Aircraft Regiment Hong Kong Singapore RA |
| 2 Anti-Aircraft Regiment Hong Kong Singapore RA |
| 3 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Hong Kong Singapore RA |