114 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA)

114 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) was converted in January 1942 from 91 Searchlight Regiment. The Regiment served in AA Command for 11 months before becoming a mobile unit in Home Forces. It went to France with 80 AA Brigade moving from Normandy to Antwerp. 114 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) was disbanded in May 1945.

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.

Jan 42   Formed from 91 Searchlight Regiment  
Jan 42 4 AA Div 114 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) 4 Anti-Aircraft Division, 70 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Milinthorpe, Cumbria, UK
May 42 10 AA Division 114 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) 10 Anti-Aircraft Division, 31 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Yorkshire, UK
Nov 42 War Office 114 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) War Office Control, 11 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Leigh on Sea, Essex, UK
Jan 43   Home Forces, 75 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
Feb 43   Home Forces, 80 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Blandford, Dorset, UK
Jul 43   80 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Barrhead, Renfrewshire, UK
Dec 43   80 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Oxted, Surrey, UK
Feb 44 2army 2 Army, 80 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Southampton, Hampshire, UK
Apr 44 2army 2 Army, 80 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Broadbridge Heath, Sussex, UK
6 Jun 44 2army 2 Army, 80 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Normandy, France
Aug 44 2army 2 Army, 74 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Rouen, France
Sep 44 2army 2 Army, 80 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Dieppe, France
Oct 44 21 Army Group 21 Army Group, 5 Royal Marine Anti-Aircraft Brigade Antwerp, Belgium
Apr 45 2army 2 Army, 76 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Antwerp, Belgium
May 45   Disbanded  

 

Batteries

Jan 42 372, 373, 374, 375
Oct 42 372, 373, 375

 

Equipment

Feb 44 Crusader Self Propelled Bofors

 

The Royal Artillery 1939-45