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 | 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 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 |