126 (Middlesex) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA)

126 (Middlesex) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) was converted in February 1942 from 60 Searchlight Regiment. The Regiment went to Normandy in October 1944 with 74 Anti-Aircraft Brigade and served with them to the end of the war. 126 (Middlesex) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) was placed in suspended animation in February 1946 and re-constituted as 595 (9th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight 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.

Feb 42   Formed from 60 Searchlight Regiment  
May 42 2 AA Div 126 (Middlesex) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) 2 Anti-Aircraft Division, 41 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Norwich, Norfolk, UK
Sep 42 2 AA Div 2 Anti-Aircraft Division, 41 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK
Jul 43   Home Forces, 74 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Leicestershire, UK
Jan 44   Home Forces, 74 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
Mar 44 2army 126 (Middlesex) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) 2 Army Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK
Aug 44 2army 126 (Middlesex) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) 2 Army Sussex Coast, UK
Oct 44 21 Army Group 21 Army Group, 74 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Gheel, Belgium
Nov 44 21 Army Group 21 Army Group, 74 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Nijmegen, Holland
May 45   1 Canadian Army Rotterdam, Holland

 

Batteries

Feb 42 415, 429, 430, 431
Oct 42 415, 429, 430

 

Equipment

Feb 42 Bofors 40 mm Guns

 

The Royal Artillery 1939-45