Filebird Folder: R Marine Arty

Jan 41	Formed from cadre from 11 Royal Marine Searchlight Regiment	Hayling Island, Hampshire, UK
Jun 41	Providing guide lights for airfields	Truro, Cornwall, UK
Nov 41	Air Defence Great Britain	South coast, UK
Mar 43	Preparing for embarkation	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK
May 43	Air defence in Mediterranean	Egypt & Malta
Jul 43	Air defences	Augusta, Sicily
Apr 44	Disbanded	Burbank, Lanarkshire, UK

 

Batteries

Jan 41

N, O

 

Feb 40	Formed – Batteries with RA training regiment	Yeovil, Somerset, UK
Jun 40	HQ & S Battery as infantry, no searchlights available	Exton, Hampshire, UK
Sep 40	As a searchlight unit	Deal, Kent, UK
Jan 41	R Battery to 1 Royal Marine Anti-Aircraft Regiment	Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Mar 41	Canal Zone	Egypt
May 41	HQ & S Battery as infantry	Crete
Jun 41	R Battery Suez Canal	Egypt
Jul 41	As independent batteries under local command	Indian Ocean islands
Feb 43	As a regiment under various commands	Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Mar 44	1 Royal Marine Anti-Aircraft Brigade	Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
May 44	Disbanded	Scotland, UK

 

Batteries

Feb 40	S, R
Jun 40	S
Sep 40	S, R
Jan 41	S
Jun 41	S, R

 

Aug 42	Re-designated as light anti-aircraft preparing for embarkation	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK
Jun 43	Various Army Commands	Egypt
Jul 43		Augusta, Sicily
Jan 44	Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation 2	Sicily
Mar 44	24 Battery disbanded at Motherwell	Scotland, UK
Apr 44	5 Royal Marine Anti-Aircraft Brigade	Scotland, UK
Jun 44	Air Defence Brigade	Kent, UK
Aug 44	5 Royal Marine Anti-Aircraft Brigade	Cherbourg
Oct 44	Dock area defence	Antwerp, Belgium
Mar 45	Coast defence	Ostend, Belgium
May 45	Disbanded 30 September	Ivy Bridge, Devonshire, UK

 

Batteries

Aug 42	24, 25, 26
Mar 44	25, 26
Apr 44	22, 25, 26

 

Jan 41	Formed – Mobile Naval Base Defense Organisation 2	Hayling Island, Hampshire, UK
Nov 41	Air Defence Great Britain	South coast, UK
Aug 42	Re-designated 4 Royal Marine Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK

 

Batteries

Jan 41	G, H & 25 Light Anti-Aircraft batteries
Aug 42	24, 25, 26 – G & H Batteries to 3 Royal Marine Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment

 

Aug 43	Formed from personnel from 1 Royal Marine Coast Regiment	Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Aug 43	Ceylon Command	Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
May 44	Home Forces	UK
Jun 44	Disbanded

 

3 Aug 42	Re-organised as a heavy regiment from 3 Royal Marine Anti-Aircraft Regiment	UK
Mar 43	Batteries concentrated for embarkation	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK
Jun 43	Corps Army Troops	Egypt
Jul 43	HQ Egypt – Batteries in defence of Malta	Egypt
Jul 43	Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation 2	Augusta, Sicily
Feb 44	Preparing for disbandment but retained	Scotland, UK
Mar 44	5 Royal Marine Anti-Aircraft Brigade	Scotland, UK
May 44	At Training Camps	Clacton, Essex, UK
Jun 44	Air Defence Great Britain	UK
Aug 44	5 Royal Marine Anti-Aircraft Defence Brigade	Cherbourg, France
Oct 44	Scheldt Air Defences	Antwerp, Belgium
Mar 45	Coast defence	Ostend, Belgium
May 45	Disbanded November 1945	Southern England, UK

 

Batteries

Aug 42

E, F, G, H

 

Jan 41	Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation 2	Hayling Island, Hampshire, UK
Nov 41	Air Defence Great Britain	South coast, UK
Aug 42	Re-designated 3 Royal Marine Heavy  Anti-Aircraft Regiment

 

Batteries

Jan 41	E, F & 24 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
Aug 42	E, F, G, H – 24 LAA Battery to 4 Royal Marine Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

 

Jan 41	Formed as 2 Royal Marine Coast Brigade
Jan 41	Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation 2	Hayling Island, Hampshire, UK
Apr 41	Army Coast Defences	Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
6 Sep 41	Re-designated 2 Royal Marine Coast Regiment	Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Jun 43	Batteries deployed in training areas	Egypt
Jul 43	Batteries in coast defences	Augusta, Sicily
Sep 43	Army Coast Defence Commands	Italy
Feb 44	Disbanded	Largs, Ayrshire, UK

 

Batteries

Jan 41	Sussex, T, 2 Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat Battery
Apr 41	Dorset, Sussex, T, U, W, 2 Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat Battery

 

Dec 41	Formed with 23 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery	Egypt
Feb 44		Scotland, UK
May 44	Disbanded

 

Batteries

Dec 41	23 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
Dec 42	A Battery & 23 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
Mar 44	A Battery to 1 Royal Marine Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment

 

Apr 40	Formed	Aborfield, Berkshire, UK
Aug 40	Air Defence Great Britain	Matlock, Derbyshire, UK
Jan 41	Air Defence Brigade, Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation	Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Mar 41		Egypt
May 41	C Battery, part of 23 LAA Battery & advance party from D Battery	Crete
Jun 41	Remnants returned from Crete	Moascar, Egypt
Dec 41	Disbanded	Cairo, Egypt

 

Batteries

Apr 40	C, D & 23 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
Dec 41	C & D Batteries to 1 Royal Marine Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment 23 Battery to 2 Royal Marine Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment