List of regiments of the Royal Artillery 1938–47

This list of regiments of the Royal Artillery covers the period from 1938 ,when the RA adopted the term 'regiment' rather than 'brigade' for a lieutenant-colonel's command comprising two or more batteries, to 1947 when all RA regiments were renumbered in a single sequence.[1][2][3][4]

In this list 'Reg' denotes a prewar unit of the Regular Army, 'SR' denotes Supplementary Reserve, 'TA' denotes Territorial Army, including duplicate units; all others were 'war-formed' (even if some were apparently designated TA). TA duplicate units were granted their subsidiary titles in February 1942. 'Mixed' indicates a unit in which a large proportion of the personnel were women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. 'S/A' indicates an established Regular or TA unit placed in 'suspended animation' (as opposed to disbandment)

Royal Horse Artillery

Traditionally the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) provided highly mobile light field guns to support cavalry formations. By 1939 the RHA was – like the rest of the RA – completely mechanised, but its role remained essentially the same: provision of mobile artillery to armoured formations. As World War II progressed, this was increasingly achieved using Self-Propelled (SP) guns. The following regiments were designated RHA for all or part of the period:[1][5]

Field

Anti-Tank

Specialist Anti-Tank (A/T) regiments began to be formed by conversion from other roles in 1938.[1][15]

(No 104th formed)

  • 105th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1942, disbanded April 1945
  • 106th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed June 1943, disbanded April 1945
  • 107th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed June 1943, disbanded April 1945

(No 108th–110th formed)

(No 112th–121st formed)

Medium

Medium regiments:[1][54]

Heavy (Field Army)

Regiments of mobile heavy guns for employment in the field.[1][85]

  • 1st Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (Reg) – S/A June 1940, reformed December 1942
  • 32nd Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery– converted from 32nd Field Regiment (Reg) September 1943, reverted May 1945
  • 51st (Lowland) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 57th (Lowland) Medium Regiment September 1939[58][59]
  • 52nd (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 105th (BY) Field Regiment November 1939, disbanded June 1940, reformed March 1943[86][87]
  • 53rd Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1939
  • 54th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1939, converted to 54th Super Heavy Regiment February 1945
  • 55th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 184th Field Regiment March 1943
  • 56th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1940
  • 57th (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed April 1940, converted to 166th (Newfoundland) Field Regiment November 1941[88]
  • 58th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed April 1940, disbanded March 1943
  • 59th (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed June 1940, disbanded August 1945[89]
  • 60th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed July 1943, disbanded November 1943
  • 61st Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 183rd Field Regiment November 1943[90]
  • 75th (Highland) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 75th (Highland) Field Regiment September 1943[91]
  • 171st Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 171st Field Regiment February 1945, reverted May 1945

Super Heavy

Regiments of super heavy guns (8-inch and 240 mm) for employment in the field.[1][92]

  • 1st Super Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed November 1940, disbanded December 1941
  • 2nd Super Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed November 1940, disbanded February 1945
  • 3rd Super Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed November 1940
  • 54th Super Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 54th Heavy Regiment February 1945
  • 61st (North Midland) Super Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 61st (North Midland) Field Regiment December 1944

Pack, Mountain and Light

Pack/Mountain Regiments
  • 1st Mountain Regiment Royal Artillery - Formed December 1940 as 1st Pack Regiment, redesignated 1 Mountain Regiment January 1941[93]
  • 2nd Mountain Regiment Royal Artillery - Formed March 1941[94]
  • 3rd Mountain Regiment Royal Artillery - Formed December 1942, disbanded January 1946[95]
  • 7th Mountain Regiment Royal Artillery - Formed October 1943 as X Mountain Regiment but soon numbered. Disbanded November 1945[96]
  • 85th (East Anglian) Mountain Regiment Royal Artillery(TA) - Converted from 85th Field Regiment September 1943. Suspended animation September 1945[97]

Light Regiments
  • 1st Light Regiment Royal Artillery - Converted from 1st Mountain Regiment October 1944, reverted to 1st Mountain Regiment March 1945[98]
  • 5th Light Regiment Royal Artillery - Converted from 5th Field Regiment June 1945, disbanded October 1945[99]
  • 168th Light Regiment Royal Artillery - Converted from 168th Medium Regiment June 1945, disbanded February 1946[100]

Air Landing and Parachute
  • 1st Air Landing Light Regiment Royal Artillery[101]
  • 53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Air Landing Light Regiment Royal Artillery[102]
  • 1st Air Landing Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery[103]
  • 2nd Air Landing Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery[104]
  • 123 Parachute Field Regiment Royal Artillery - Converted to parachute role from November 1944 to September 1945[105]
  • 159 Parachute Light Regiment Royal Artillery[106]
  • 23 Parachute Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery[107]

Survey

Survey regiments were initially organised into Survey, Sound Ranging and Flash Spotting batteries. Later this was changed to a troop of each in each battery.[108]

  • 1st Survey Regiment RA
  • 2nd Survey Regiment RA
  • 3rd Survey Regiment RA(TA)
  • 4th (Durham) Survey Regiment RA(TA)
  • 5th Survey Regiment RA(TA)
  • 6th Survey Regiment RA(TA)
  • 7th Survey Regiment RA(TA)
  • 8th Survey Regiment RA
  • 9th Survey Regiment RA
  • 10th Survey Regiment RA
  • 11th Survey Regiment RA

Heavy (Coast Defence) and Coast

Heavy Regiments converted to Coast
  • 2nd Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 3rd Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 4th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 5th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 6th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 7th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 8th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 9th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 11th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 12th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery

Coast Regiments
  • 3rd Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 4th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 5th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 6th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 7th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 8th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 9th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 10th Mobile Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 11th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 12th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 13th Mobile Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 14th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 15th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 16th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 17th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 18th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 19th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 501st (Forth) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 502nd (Forth) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 503rd (Forth) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 504th (Fife) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 505th (Forth) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 506th (Forth) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 507th (Fife) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 508th (Tynemouth) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 509th (Tynemouth) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 510th (Tynemouth) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 511th (Durham) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 512th (East Riding) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 513th (East Riding) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 514th (Suffolk) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 515th (Suffolk) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 516th (Thames & Medway) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 517th (Thames & Medway) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 518th (Thames & Medway) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 519th (Kent & Sussex) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 520th (Kent & Sussex) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 521st (Kent & Sussex) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 522nd (Dorsetshire) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 523rd (Cornwall) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 524th (Lancashire & Cheshire) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 525th (Antrim) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 526th (Durham) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 527th (Hampshire) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 528th (Hampshire) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 529th (Hampshire) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 530th (The Princess Beatrice’s (Isle of Wight Rifles)) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 531st (Glamorgan) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 532nd (Pembroke) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 533rd (Orkney) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 534th (Orkney) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 535th (Orkney) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 536th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 537th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 538th (Clyde) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 539th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 540th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 541st Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 542nd Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 543rd Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 544th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 545th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 546th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 547th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 548th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 549th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 550th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 551st Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 552nd Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 553rd Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 554th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 556th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 557th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 558th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 559th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 560th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 561st Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 562nd Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 563rd Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 564th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 565th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 566th (Devon) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 567th (Devon) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 568th (Devon) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery(TA)
  • 569th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 570th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 571st Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 572nd Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 573rd Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 574th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
  • 575th Coast Regiment Royal Artillery

Anti-Aircraft

Heavy Anti-Aircraft

Originally, these units were simply entitled 'Anti-Aircraft' (AA), but in 1940 they were redesignated 'Heavy Anti-Aircraft' (HAA) to distinguish them from the Light AA units being formed. The great majority were disbanded or passed into S/A between August 1945 and January 1947[1][109]

(No 92nd HAA Regiment formed)

  • 93rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed April 1939, S/A August 1944[14]
  • 94th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed April 1939, S/A July 1944[161]
  • 95th (Birmingham) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed April 1939, S/A March 1944[162]
  • 96th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed April 1939, S/A June 1944[163]
  • 97th (London Scottish) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed April 1939, converted to 97th (London Scottish) Garrison Regiment November 1944[164]
  • 98th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed April 1939, S/A April 1944[165]
  • 99th (London Welsh) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed April 1939[166]
  • 100th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed April 1939, S/A August 1944[167]
  • 101st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed August 1939, S/A August 1944[168]
  • 102nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed August 1939, S/A January 1944[169]
  • 103rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed May 1940
  • 104th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1940
  • 105th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed September 1940
  • 106th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1940, disbanded September 1944
  • 107th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed September 1940
  • 108th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1940
  • 109th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1940
  • 110th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940
  • 111th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940
  • 112th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940
  • 113th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed November 1940, disbanded May 1945
  • 114th (Composite) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed November 1940; converted to 151st LAA Regiment May 1943
  • 115th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery– formed November 1940
  • 116th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed November 1940
  • 117th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1940; became 622nd Infantry Regiment January 1945, disbanded June 1945
  • 118th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1940
  • 119th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1940
  • 120th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1941, disbanded June 1944
  • 121st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1941
  • 122nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed February 1941
  • 123rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed February 1941; converted to 16th (East Africa) HAA, East African Artillery, June 1943
  • 124th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed March 1941
  • 125th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed March 1941, disbanded December 941
  • 126th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed July 1941
  • 127th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1941
  • 128th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1941
  • 129th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1941
  • 130th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1941
  • 131st (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1941, disbanded August 1943
  • 132nd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed September 1941, disbanded May 1945
  • 133rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed September 1941
  • 134th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed September 1941
  • 135th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1941
  • 136th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1941
  • 137th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed November 1941
  • 138th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed November 1941
  • 139th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1941
  • 140th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1941
  • 141st (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1941
  • 142nd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1941
  • 143rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1942
  • 144th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1942
  • 145th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1942
  • 146th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1942
  • 147th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed February 1942, disbanded October 1943
  • 148th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed February 1942, disbanded May 1945
  • 149th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed February 1942
  • 150th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed February 1942
  • 151st (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed February 1942
  • 152nd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed March 1942
  • 153rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed March 1942
  • 154th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed March 1942
  • 155th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed March 1942
  • 156th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed April 1942
  • 157th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed May 1942
  • 158th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed May 1942
  • 159th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed May 1942, disbanded May 1945
  • 160th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed June 1942
  • 161st (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed June 1942
  • 162nd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed June 1942
  • 163rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed June 1942
  • 164th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed July 1942, disbanded April 1945
  • 165th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed July 1942
  • 166th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1942, disbanded May 1945
  • 167th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1942, disbanded April 1945
  • 168th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1942, disbanded March 1945
  • 169th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1942, disbanded April 1945
  • 170th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1942, disbanded March 1945
  • 171st (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1942
  • 172nd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1942, disbanded April 1945
  • 173rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1942
  • 174th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1942
  • 175th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1942
  • 176th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1942
  • 177th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – renumbered from 12th HAA Regiment November 1942, disbanded June 1944
  • 178th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed September 1942, disbanded May 1944
  • 179th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1942, disbanded May 1945
  • 180th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1942, disbanded April 1945
  • 181st (Mixed Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1942, disbanded March 1945
  • 182nd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1942, disbanded May 1945
  • 183rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1942, disbanded June 1945
  • 184th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed November 1942
  • 185th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1942, disbanded June 1945
  • 186th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1942, disbanded March 1945
  • 187th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1943, disbanded May 1945
  • 188th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1943
  • 189th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed March 1943
  • 190th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1943, disbanded July 1944
  • 191st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed March 1943, disbanded May 1944
  • 192nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed June 1943, disbanded August 1944
  • 193rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed July 1943, disbanded May 1944
  • 194th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1943, disbanded April 1944

(No 195th HAA Regiment formed)

  • 196th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1942, disbanded July 1944
  • 197th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1942, disbanded April 1945
  • 198th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1943, disbanded April 1944
  • B Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1941, converted to 2nd HAA Regiment, West African Artillery, October 1941
  • C Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1941, converted to 3rd HAA Regiment, West African Artillery, October 1941
  • D Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1941, converted to 4th HAA Regiment, West African Artillery, October 1941
  • E Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed September 1941, converted to 5th HAA Regiment, West African Artillery, December 1941
  • F Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed April 1942, converted to 15th (East Africa) HAA Regiment, East African Artillery, November 1942
  • X Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1940, converted to 1st HAA Regiment, West African Artillery, May 1941
  • 1st Anti-Aircraft Fort Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed July 1943

Light Anti-Aircraft

Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) units began to be formed from 1938, initially in the TA, many being converted from other roles.[1][170]

Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-tank

Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank regiments were usually created by merging batteries from two separate units under a single regimental headquarters; some of these were shortlived.[1][221]

Searchlight

The following anti-aircraft searchlight (S/L) regiments served with the Royal Artillery during the period. Many of these units were transferred in August 1940 from the Royal Engineers (RE), in which they had been designated 'Anti-Aircraft Battalions'; most of these were converted infantry battalions, while other converted infantry battalions transferred directly to the RA.[1][222][223]

Anti-Aircraft 'Z' Rocket

Anti-Aircraft Z Regiments were armed with rockets fired from a simple launcher. Later in the war they could include some ATS personnel and many batteries were manned by the Home Guard with regular army command post staff. Some independent batteries served abroad. All Anti-Aircraft Z Regiments were redesignated Anti-Aircraft Area Mixed Regiments in April 1944 and all were disbanded by April 1945.[250]

  • 1st Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed January 1941, disbanded May 1945
  • 2nd Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed September 1940, disbanded April 1945
  • 3rd Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed September 1940, disbanded April 1945
  • 4th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed September 1940, disbanded March 1945
  • 5th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed September 1940, batteries disbanded January 1945
  • 6th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed September 1940, disbanded March 1945
  • 7th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed September 1940, disbanded April 1945
  • 8th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed September 1940, batteries disbanded March 1945
  • 9th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed January 1941, disbanded April 1945
  • 10th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed January 1941, disbanded April 1945
  • 11th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed January 1941, batteries disbanded March 1945
  • 12th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed March 1941, disbanded October 1943. Batteries became independent
  • 13th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed August 1941, disbanded March 1945
  • 14th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed September 1941, disbanded April 1945
  • 15th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed September 1941, disbanded April 1945
  • 16th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed October 1942, disbanded March 1945
  • 17th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed October 1942, disbanded March 1945
  • 18th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed October 1942, disbanded April 1945
  • 19th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed October 1942, batteries disbanded March 1945
  • 20th Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed October 1942, disbanded March 1945
  • 21st Anti-Aircraft Z Regiment RA - Formed December 1942, disbanded March 1945
  • 22nd Anti-Aircraft Area Mixed Regiment RA - Formed April 1944, batteries disbanded April 1945
  • 23rd Anti-Aircraft Area Mixed Regiment RA - Formed April 1944, batteries disbanded March 1945
  • 24th Anti-Aircraft Area Mixed Regiment RA - Formed April 1944, disbanded April 1945
  • 25th Anti-Aircraft Area Mixed Regiment RA - Formed April 1944, disbanded March 1945

Maritime

The Maritime Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery initially had 3 Light Machine Gun Regiments each with 2 Batteries and 1 Regiment of a battery of Bofors 40mm. Port detachments were formed to find pools of trained Light Machine Gun gunners who could be embarked as required. Eventually the machine guns were mostly replaced by Oerlikon’s and Bofors. There was no higher formation, each Commanding Officer reporting direct to RA6 at the War Office.[251] In September 1942 a gunner Brigadier was appointed as commander and in January 1943 the regiment was re-titled Maritime Royal Artillery. In March 1943 numbers were increased and the regiment organised into 6 regiments and 24 port detachments in the UK. There were also 4 overseas batteries at New York, Port Said, Bombay and South Africa and 4 independent troops at Freetown, Sydney, Algiers and Haifa. A fifth troop was added later at Naples. In August 1945 the regiment was re-organised into 1st, 4th & 5th Regiments each with an RHQ, Training Battery and Holding Battery. There was also 2nd Regiment in India but this was not fully formed.[252]

Defence

[253]

  • 1st Defence Regiment RA
  • 2nd Defence Regiment RA
  • 3rd Defence Regiment RA
  • 4th Defence Regiment RA
  • 5th Defence Regiment RA
  • 6th Defence Regiment RA
  • 7th Defence Regiment RA
  • 8th Defence Regiment RA
  • 9th Defence Regiment RA
  • 10th Defence Regiment RA
  • 11th Defence Regiment RA
  • 12th Defence Regiment RA
  • 13th Defence Regiment RA
  • 14th Defence Regiment RA
  • 15th Defence Regiment RA
  • 16th Defence Regiment RA
  • 17th Defence Regiment RA
  • 18th Defence Regiment RA
  • 26th Defence Regiment RA
  • 805th Defence Regiment RA

Infantry Regiments RA

[254]

Garrison Regiments

[281]

  • 43rd (5th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Garrison Regiment RA
  • 45th Garrison Regiment RA
  • 46th (The Lincolnshire Regiment) Garrison Regiment RA
  • 47th Garrison Regiment RA
  • 49th (The West Yorkshire Regiment) Garrison Regiment RA
  • 58th (Middlesex) Garrison Regiment RA
  • 61st (South Lancashire Regiment) Garrison Regiment RA
  • 63rd Garrison Regiment RA
  • 65th (Essex Regiment) Garrison Regiment RA
  • 67th (Welsh Regiment) Garrison Regiment RA
  • 68th (Monmouthshire Regiment) Garrison Regiment RA
  • 70th Garrison Regiment RA
  • 74th (Essex Fortress) Garrison Regiment RA
  • 97th (London Scottish) Garrison Regiment RA
  • 200th Garrison Regiment RA
  • 516th (Thames & Medway) Garrison Regiment RA


Overseas

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  4. Numeric list of TA RA regiments at Regiments.org.
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  61. 358th Medium Rgt at Regiments.org.
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  64. Flint & Denbigh Yeomanry at Regiments.org.
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  72. DLO Yeomanry at Regiments.org.
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  74. Scottish Horse at Regiments.org.
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  110. 52nd HAA at Regiments.org.
  111. 53rd HAA at Regiments.org.
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  113. 54th HAA at Regiments.org.
  114. Litchfield, pp. 112–3.
  115. Litchfield, pp. 89–91.
  116. 1st Wessex at Regiments.org.
  117. Litchfield, p. 107.
  118. 58th HAA at Regiments.org.
  119. Litchfield, p. 70.
  120. 7th Essex at Regiments.org.
  121. 4th Londons at Regiments.org.
  122. Litchfield, p. 177.
  123. Finsbury Rifles at Regiments.org.
  124. Litchfield, p. 250.
  125. 62nd HAA at Regiments.org.
  126. Litchfield, p. 55.
  127. Litchfield, p. 193.
  128. Litchfield, p. 131.
  129. Litchfield, p. 266.
  130. Leeds Rifles at Regiments.org.
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  133. Litchfield, p. 125.
  134. 3rd West Lancs at Regiments.org.
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  136. Litchfield, p. 95.
  137. Litchfield, p. 211.
  138. Litchfield, p. 290.
  139. 74th HAA at Regiments.org.
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  141. 75th HAA at Regiments.org.
  142. Litchfield, p. 84.
  143. 76th HAA at Regiments.org.
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  145. 77th HAA at Regiments.org.
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  147. 78th HAA at Regiments.org.
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  149. Litchfield, p. 21.
  150. 80th HAA at Regiments.org.
  151. Litchfield, p. 31.
  152. Litchfield, p. 71.
  153. 82nd HAA at Regiments.org.
  154. Litchfield, p. 291.
  155. 83rd HAA at Regiments.org.
  156. Litchfield, p. 235.
  157. Litchfield, p. 149.
  158. Litchfield, p. 54.
  159. Litchfield, p. 166.
  160. 89th HAA at Regiments.org.
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  162. Litchfield, p. 241.
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  164. Litchfield, p. 167.
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  169. Litchfield, p. 313.
  170. Frederick, pp. 820–44.
  171. Litchfield, p. 310.
  172. City of London Yeomanry at Regiments.org.
  173. Finsbury Rifles LAA at Regiments.org.
  174. Litchfield, p. 269.
  175. Litchfield, p. 299.
  176. 14th LAA at Regiments.org.
  177. Litchfield, p. 105.
  178. Litchfield, p. 116.
  179. Litchfield, p. 292.
  180. Litchfield, p. 82.
  181. Litchfield, p. 88.
  182. Litchfield, p. 97.
  183. Litchfield, p. 40.
  184. Litchfield, p. 201.
  185. Litchfield, p. 199.
  186. Notts RHA at Regiments.org.
  187. Litchfield, p. 143.
  188. Litchfield, p. 221.
  189. Litchfield, p. 309.
  190. 32nd LAA at Regiments.org.
  191. Litchfield, p. 83.
  192. Litchfield, p. 100.
  193. Litchfield, p. 227.
  194. Litchfield, p. 144.
  195. Litchfield, p. 285.
  196. 40th LAA at Regiments.org.
  197. 1st Devon Artillery at Regiments.org.
  198. Litchfield, pp. 115–6.
  199. 1st East Lancs Artillery at Regiments.org.
  200. Litchfield, p. 264.
  201. Litchfield, p. 180.
  202. Litchfield, p. 235.
  203. Litchfield, p. 56.
  204. Litchfield, p. 139.
  205. City of London Rifles at Regiments.org.
  206. Litchfield, p. 274.
  207. 51st S/L at Regiments.org.
  208. 5th Cameronians at Regiments.org.
  209. Litchfield, p. 179.
  210. 9th Middlesex at Regiments.org.
  211. Litchfield, p. 226.
  212. 4th Queen's at Regiments.org.
  213. Litchfield, p. 173.
  214. 1st Surrey Rifles at Regiments.org.
  215. Litchfield, pp. 298–9.
  216. Queen's Edinburgh at Regiments.org.
  217. 8th Cameronians at Regiments.org.
  218. Litchfield, p. 243.
  219. Litchfield, p. 41.
  220. Litchfield, p. 134.
  221. Frederick, pp. 845–6.
  222. Frederick, pp. 863–75.
  223. Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 107–11.
  224. Litchfield, p. 169.
  225. Litchfield, p. 69.
  226. Litchfield, p. 108.
  227. Litchfield, p. 170.
  228. 7th City of London at Regiments.org.
  229. 19th Londons at Regiments.org.
  230. Litchfield, p. 171.
  231. 20th Londons at Regiments.org.
  232. Litchfield, p. 178.
  233. Litchfield, p. 196.
  234. Litchfield, p. 133.
  235. 5th North Staffords at Regiments.org.
  236. Robin Hood Rifles at Regiments.org.
  237. 5th Duke of Wellington's at Regiments.org.
  238. Litchfield, p. 259.
  239. 5th West Yorkshires at Regiments.org.
  240. Litchfield, p. 198.
  241. Litchfield, p. 195.
  242. Litchfield, p. 72.
  243. Litchfield, p. 73.
  244. 6th Welch at Regiments.org.
  245. Litchfield, p. 182.
  246. 1st Monmouths at Regiments.org.
  247. Litchfield, p. 174.
  248. 3rd Londons at Regiments.org.
  249. Litchfield, p. 234.
  250. Frederick, p.847-857
  251. Farndale, The Years of Defeat, p.111
  252. Frederick, p.1038
  253. Frederick, p. 933-935.
  254. Frederick, p. 879-883.
  255. "616 Inf Rgt".
  256. "RA 1939-45 508 Coast Rgt".
  257. "617 Inf Rgt".
  258. 512 Coast Rgt
  259. "619 Inf Rgt".
  260. "524 Coast Rgt".
  261. "630 Inf Rgt".
  262. "28 SL Rgt".
  264. "632 Inf Rgt".
  265. "RA 1939-45 33 SL Rgt".
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  268. "634 Inf Rgt".
  269. "36 SL Rgt".
  270. "635 Inf Rgt".
  271. "38 SL Rgt".
  273. "RA 1939-45 637 Infantry Rgt".
  274. "RA 1939-45 50 SL Rgt".
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  278. "RA 1939-45 53 SL Rgt".
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