92 (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA was formed in November 1941 by conversion of 7th Battalion The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), with three batteries . The Regiment served with 3 Infantry division for most of the war. They went to Normandy with them in June 1944. 92 (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA was disbanded in January 1946 in NW Europe .
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.
Nov 41 | Formed from 7th Battalion Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) |
Redcar, Yorkshire, UK | |
Nov 41 |
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Home Forces 318 Battery at Walton on Thames, Surrey |
Watton-at-Stone, Herfordshire, UK |
Mar 42 | 3 Infantry Division | Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK | |
Feb 43 | 3 Infantry Division | Castle Douglas, Galloway, UK | |
Apr 44 | 3 Infantry Division | Horndean, Hampshire, UK | |
Jun 44 | 3 Infantry Division | Normandy, France | |
Sep 44 | 3 Infantry Division | Belgium | |
Mar 45 | 3 Infantry Division | The Rhine, Germany | |
May 45 | 3 Infantry Division | Bremen, Germany |
Batteries
Nov 41 | 317, 318, 319 |
Equipment
Nov 41 | Bofors 40 mm |
Jun 43 | 1 troop per battery – 6 x Bofors 40 mm Self Propelled |
Mar 44 | 1 extra troop per battery – 8 x 20 mm guns |