60 (Middlesex) Searchlight Regiment RA (TA)

60 (Middlesex) Searchlight Regiment RA (TA) formed in August 1940 by the transfer of 9th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) (60 Searchlight Regiment) (TA) to the RA. The Regiment served in Anti-Aircraft Command until converting to Light Anti-Aircraft. It was converted to 126 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment in February 1942. It was re-constituted as 595 (9th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment RA (TA) in January 1947.

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Nov 38 2 AA Div 60 (Middlesex) Searchlight Regiment RA (TA) 9th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
(60 Searchlight Regiment)
2 Anti-Aircraft Division, 40 Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Willesdon, London, UK
Aug 40   Became RA  
Aug 40 2 AA Div 2 Anti-Aircraft Division, 41 Anti-Aircraft Brigade Croxton, Cambridgeshire, UK
Feb 42   Became 126 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment  

 

Batteries

Nov 38 429, 430, 431
Jan 42 371, 429, 430, 431

 

Equipment

Nov 38 32 x Anti-Aircraft Light Machine Guns

 

The Royal Artillery 1939-45