106 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA)

106 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) was formed with three batteries in August 1940. The Regimen served with Anti-Aircraft Command until June 1943 when it moved to Tunisia. By September 1943 it was in Italy, returning to the UK in May 1944. It went to France in the August. 106 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) was disbanded in September 1944.

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Aug 40   Formed  
Aug 40 4 AA Div 106 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) 4 Anti-Aircraft Division, 33 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
Jan 42 2 AA Div 106 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) 2 Anti-Aircraft Division, 66 Anti-Aircraft Brigade UK
May 42 2 AA Div 106 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) 2 Anti-Aircraft Division, 41 Anti-Aircraft Brigade East Anglia, UK
Jul 42 5 AA Div 5 Anti-Aircraft Division, 5 Anti-Aircraft Brigade UK
Jun 43 Allied Forces HQ Allied Forces HQ Tunisia
Sep 43 8 Army 8 Army Italy
Apr 44 Allied Forces HQ Allied Forces HQ, 52 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Spinazzola, Italy
May 44   Home Forces, 101 Anti-Aircraft Brigade UK
Aug 44 21 Army Group 21 Army Group, 101 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Cherbourg, France
Sep 44   Disbanded  

 

Batteries

Aug 40 327, 331, 332
Apr 41 327, 331, 332, 408
Dec 41 270, 327, 331, 332
Oct 42 270, 327, 332

Gun Sites Occupied

331 Battery

Dates Gun Site Gun Defended Area
22 Jun 42 YH3 Goreleston Yarmouth

 

The Royal Artillery 1939-45