82 Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA(TA) was raised in November 1938 at Barking, London. It was re-designated as 82 Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA) in January 1939. It became 82 (Essex) Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA) in July 1939 and in June 1940 it was re-designated as Heavy Anti-Aircraft. The Regiment was placed in suspended animation in January 1947. Personnel formed a new War Formed Regiment and it was re-designated 63 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA in April 1947. The TA unit was reconstituted as 482 (Essex) (M) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA) in January 1947.
| Jan 39 | 37 Anti-Aircraft Brigade, 6 Anti-Aircraft Division | South East England |
| May 40 | 6 Anti-Aircraft Brigade | Norway |
| Jun 40 | Home Forces | UK |
| Jul 40 | Gibraltar Command | Gibraltar |
| Sep 41 | 15 Anti-Aircraft Brigade | Gibraltar |
| May 43 | 35 Anti-Aircraft Brigade, 2 Anti-Aircraft Group | South East England |
| Mar 44 | 44 Anti-Aircraft Brigade, 6 Anti-Aircraft Group | Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK |
| May 44 | 60 Anti-Aircraft Brigade, 3 Anti-Aircraft Group | South West coast, England |
| Aug 44 | 26 Anti-Aircraft Brigade, 3 Anti-Aircraft Group | London, UK |
| Dec 44 | 37 Anti-Aircraft Brigade, 9 Anti-Aircraft Group | East Anglia, UK |
| Sep 45 | 37 Anti-Aircraft Brigade, 1 Anti-Aircraft Group | East Anglia, UK |
Batteries
| Jan 39 | 156 (Barking), 193, 256 (Barking) |
| Nov 42 | 156, 193, 228, 256 |
| May 43 | 156, 193, 256 |
| Oct 43 | 156, 193, 228, 256 |
| Sep 45 | 156, 193, 256 |
