165 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA)

165 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) was formed at Clifton, Bristol in July 1942. The Regiment served in Anti-Aircraft Command until March 1944 when it transferred to 2 Army. It went to Normandy in June 1944 and fought through France, Holland and Germany ending at Hamburg. 165 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) was disbanded in January 1946 in NW Europe.

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Jul 42   Formed Bristol, UK
Jul 42 8 AA Div 165 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) 8 Anti-Aircraft Division, 46 Anti-Aircraft Brigade UK
Mar 44 2army 165 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) 2 Army UK
Jun 44 2army 165 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) 2 Army, 106 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Normandy, France
Aug 44 2army 2 Army, 100 Anti-Aircraft Brigade River Seine, France
Sep 44 2army 2 Army, 100 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Nijmegen, Holland
Feb 45 2army 2 Army, 106 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Reichswald, Germany
Mar 45 2army 2 Army, 4 Army Group RA The Rhine, Germany
Apr 45 2army 2 Army, 100 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Hamburg, Germany

 

Batteries

Jul 42 198, 275, 317
Jun 45 198, 317

 

The Royal Artillery 1939-45