41 (5th North Staffordshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA (TA)

41 (5th North Staffordshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA (TA) formed in August 1940 by the transfer of 41 (5th North Staffordshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion Royal Engineers (TA) to the RA. The Regiment served with Anti-Aircraft Command until transferring to 21 Army Group in August 1944. It moved to France in August 1944 and fought through Belgium and into Germany. 41 (5th North Staffordshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA (TA) was placed in suspended animation in March 1946 and was re-constituted as 576 (5th Battalion The North Staffordshire Regiment) (Mixed) 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.

Aug 40   Formed from 41 Anti-Aircraft Battalion Royal Engineers  
Aug 40 2 AA Div 41 (5th North Staffordshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA (TA) 2 Anti-Aircraft Division, 32 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Oakham, East Midlands, UK
May 41 2 AA Div 41 (5th North Staffordshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA (TA) 2 Anti-Aircraft Division, 32 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, UK
Jan 42 2 AA Div 41 (5th North Staffordshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA (TA) 2 Anti-Aircraft Division, 32 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Oakham, East Midlands, UK
Oct 42 5 AA Div 41 (5th North Staffordshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA (TA) 5 Anti-Aircraft Group, 32 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Oakham, East Midlands, UK
Jan 43 5 AA Div 5 Anti-Aircraft Group, 32 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Thorne, Yorkshire, UK
May 43 5 AA Div 5 Anti-Aircraft Group, 31 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Selby, Yorkshire, UK
Aug 44 21 Army Group 21 Army Group, 31 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Cherbourg, France
Sep 44   50 US AAA Brigade River Seine, France
Oct 44 21 Army Group 21 Army Group, 101 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Brussels, Belgium
Nov 44 21 Army Group 21 Army Group, 105 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Antwerp, Belgium
Apr 45 21 Army Group 21 Army Group River Rhine, Germany

 

Batteries

Aug 40 362, 363, 364, 365
Jan 42 362, 363, 364

 

 

The Royal Artillery 1939-45