7th Battalion of 7/8th Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s)(Leeds Rifles) (TA) was converted in December 1936 as 66 (Leeds Rifles)(West Yorkshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA (TA). It was re-designated as 66 (Leeds Rifles)(West Yorkshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) in January 1939. It became 66 (Leeds Rifles)(West Yorkshire Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) in June 1940. The Regiment served in Anti-Aircraft Command until June 1942 when it moved to India. 66 (Leeds Rifles)(West Yorkshire Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) was placed in suspended animation in March 1945 and was reconstituted as 466 (Leeds Rifles) (M) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) in January 1947.
Illustrations of the formation badges under which a unit served or supported are given. This is no guarantee that the unit used this formations badge.
Sep 39 | 7 Anti-Aircraft Division, 31 Anti-Aircraft Brigade | Leeds, Yorkshire, UK | |
Sep 40 | Orkney & Shetland Defence Force (OSDEF) | Scapa Flow Orkney, UK | |
Jun 41 | 10 Anti-Aircraft Division, 62 Anti-Aircraft Brigade | Yorkshire, UK | |
Jan 42 | 11 Anti-Aircraft Division, 34 Anti-Aircraft Brigade | Birmingham, UK | |
Jun 42 | Eastern Command, 1 Indian Anti-Aircraft Brigade | India | |
Sep 42 | Eastern Command, 2 Indian Anti-Aircraft Brigade | India | |
Dec 42 | 9 Anti-Aircraft Brigade | Burma (Myanmar) | |
Apr 44 | Eastern Command, 3 Indian Anti-Aircraft Brigade | Assam, India | |
Apr 45 | Suspended animation |
Batteries
Sep 39 | 184, 185, 197 |
Sep 40 | 184, 185, 296 |
Jul 41 | 184, 185, 296, 421 |
May 42 | 184, 185, 296 |