79 (Herts Yeomanry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)

Sep 3937 Anti-Aircraft Brigade, 6 Anti-Aircraft DivisionSouth East airfields, UK
Nov 39Anti-Aircraft CommandFelixstowe, Suffolk, UK
Mar 403 Anti-Aircraft BrigadeLe Havre, France
Jun 4037 Anti-Aircraft BrigadeCherbourg, France
Jul 4045 Anti-Aircraft Brigade, 5 Anti-Aircraft DivisionSouth Wales, UK
Nov 4061 Anti-Aircraft Brigade, 9 Anti-Aircraft DivisionSwansea, Glamorgan, UK
Apr 4211 Anti-Aircraft BrigadeEastleigh, Hampshire, UK
Jun 4255 Anti-Aircraft BrigadeCornwall, UK
Oct 42War Office ReserveUttoxeter, Staffordshire, UK
Feb 431 ArmyAlgeria
Feb 4366 Anti-Aircraft BrigadePhilippeville, Algeria
Mar 4452 Anti-Aircraft BrigadeFoggia, Italy
Jun 44Regiment diluted with Basuto’s from the
African Pioneer Corps		Foggia, Italy
Aug 44Allied Force HQ – US 5 CorpsLeghorn, Italy
Oct 4412 Anti-Aircraft Brigade, 8 ArmyRimini, Italy
Mar 45Suspended animation

Batteries

Sep 39246 (1st Watford), 247 (2nd Watford), 248 (Welwyn)
Mar 41246, 247, 248, 398
Aug 41246, 247, 398, 437
Jun 42246, 247, 398

Gun Sites Occupied

246 Battery

DateGun SiteGun Defended Area
Feb 41N2 Neath (4 guns)
S Mumbles (2 guns)		Swansea

247 Battery

DateGun SiteGun Defended Area
Feb 41U Morriston (4 guns)
N3 Jersey Marine (4 guns)		Swansea

248 Battery

DateGun SiteGun Defended Area
Feb 41T SkettySwansea

 

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