List of regiments of the Royal Artillery 1938–47

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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 1938 the RA was organised in two main branches: Field, and Coast Defence and Anti-Aircraft (CD&AA) (including anti-tank). The two branches had separate depots and administrative staffs, but the main difference was in equipment and tactical employment. However, these differences broke down as World War II progressed, when units took on multiple roles, good examples being the employment of heavy anti-aircraft guns in the medium artillery and anti-tank roles.[5][6]

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)

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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][7]

  • 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (Reg)
  • 2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Reg)
  • 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (Reg) – 3rd Ant-Tank Regiment, RHA, 1941–2
  • 4th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Reg)
  • 5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery – formed November 1939
  • 6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery – formed November 1940
  • 11th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company) (TA)[8][9]
  • 12th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company) (TA)[8]
  • 13th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company) (TA)[8]
  • 14th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery – formed November 1942, partly from an Essex Yeomanry Battery
  • 104th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (TA)[10][11]
  • 106th (Lancashire Hussars) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (TA) – converted to LAA March 1941[12][13]
  • 107th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (TA) – captured June 1942, surviving battery transferred to 16th Medium Regiment[14][15]
  • 147th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (TA) – converted to field artillery June 1940[10][11]
  • 149th (Lancashire Hussars) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (TA) – converted to field artillery June 1940[13][16]
  • 150th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (TA) – converted to field artillery June 1940[14][15]

Field[]

The field regiments were the backbone of the Royal Artillery, mostly operating as integral components of the infantry and armoured divisions, with a few held at corps or army level (later in the Army Groups Royal Artillery).[1][17]

  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • 4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (Reg)
  • (Reg) – captured February 1942;[18] reformed from 187th Field Regiment June 1943
  • (Reg) – disbanded July 1940; reformed from 189th Field Regiment January 1943
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg) – organised as a Jungle Field Regiment between March 1943 and July 1944[19]
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg) – converted to 17th Medium Regiment November 1943
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg) – captured June 1942; reformed from 177th Field Regiment March 1944
  • (Reg) – organised as a Jungle Field Regiment between January 1943 and April 1944[19]
  • (Reg) – organised as a Jungle Field Regiment between July 1943 and July 1944[19]
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg) – converted to 32nd Heavy Regiment September 1943; reverted May 1945
  • (Reg)
  • 51st (Westmorland and Cumberland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – amalgamated with 69th Anti-Tank Regiment as 51st/69th Infantry Regiment[19][20][21]
  • (TA)[22]
  • (TA)[23]
  • 55th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[24][25]
  • 57th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[26]
  • 58th (Sussex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted to 84th (Sussex) Medium Regiment December 1943[27][28]
  • 60th (North Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted to 60th (North Midland) Infantry Regiment in Chindits March 1944; S/A October 1944[19][29]
  • 61st (North Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted to 61st (North Midland) Super Heavy Regiment December 1944[30]
  • 64th (7th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[31][32]
  • 65th (8th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – S/A June 1945[33][34]
  • (TA)[35][36]
  • (TA)[37]
  • 69th (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[38][39]
  • 70th (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[40][41]
  • (TA)[42][43]
  • (TA)[44]
  • 74th (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[45][46]
  • 75th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted to 75th (Highland) Heavy Regiment September 1943[47]
  • 76th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[48]
  • 77th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[49]
  • 78th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted to 178th (Lowland) Medium Regiment May 1944[50]
  • 79th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[51]
  • 80th (Lowland - City of Glasgow) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[52]
  • 81st (Welsh) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[53][54]
  • 83rd (Welsh) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[55][56]
  • 85th (East Anglian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted to 85th (East Anglian) Mountain Regiment September 1943[57][58]
  • 86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[59]
  • (TA)[60]
  • (TA) – captured December 1941[18][61]
  • 90th (City of London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[62][63]
  • 91st (4th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[64][65]
  • 92nd (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[66][67]
  • 94th (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[68][69]
  • 96th (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[70][71]
  • 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[72][73]
  • 98th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary's) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[74][75]
  • 99th (Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[76][77]
  • 102nd (Pembroke & Cardiganshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[78][79]
  • 105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted to 52nd (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Regiment November 1939[80][81]
  • 109th (Westmorland and Cumberland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[20]
  • (TA)[22]
  • (TA)[23]
  • 112th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[82]
  • 113th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[26]
  • 114th (Sussex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – organised as a Jungle Field Regiment between October 1943 and July 1944[27]
  • 115th (North Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[83]
  • 116th (North Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – S/A January 1945[30]
  • 117th (7th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[31]
  • 118th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – captured February 1942[18][84]
  • (TA)[35]
  • (TA)[85]
  • 121st (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted to 121st (West Riding) Medium Regiment January 1944[38]
  • 122nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – captured February 1942[18][40][86]
  • (TA) – organised as a Parachute Field Regiment between November 1944 and September 1945[19][42]
  • (TA)[44]
  • (TA) – converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment July 1940[87]
  • 126th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[47]
  • 127th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[88]
  • 128th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[49]
  • 129th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[50]
  • 130th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[51]
  • 131st (Lowland – City of Glasgow) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[52]
  • 132nd (Welsh) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[53]
  • 133rd (Welsh) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[55]
  • 134th (East Anglian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – organised as a Jungle Field Regiment between October 1943 and July 1944; converted to 134th (East Anglian) Medium Regiment October 1944[19][57]
  • 135th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – captured February 1942[18][59]
  • (TA)[60]
  • (TA)– captured February 1942[18][61]
  • 138th (City of London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[62]
  • 139th (4th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – organised as a Jungle Field Regiment between October 1943 and July 1944[19][64]
  • 140th (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted to 140th (5th London) Medium Regiment September 1943[89]
  • 141st (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[68]
  • 142nd (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[70]
  • 143rd (Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[90]
  • 144th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary's) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[91][92]
  • 145th (Berkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[93]
  • 146th (Pembroke & Cardiganshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted to 146th (Pembroke & Cardiganshire) Medium Regiment September 1943[94]
  • 147th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from RHA June 1940[10]
  • 148th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – captured February 1942[18][95]
  • 149th (Lancashire Hussars) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from RHA January 1941[16]
  • 150th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from RHA 1940[14]
  • 151st (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from cavalry February 1940[96]
  • 152nd (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed April 1940[96]
  • 153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from cavalry February 1940[97]
  • 154th (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed April 1940[97]
  • 155th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from cavalry February 1940; captured February 1942[18][98][99]
  • 156th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed April 1940[100]
  • – formed December 1940; disbanded June 1942
  • – formed January 1941; organised as a Jungle Field Regiment between September 1943 and July 1944[19]
  • – formed April 1941; converted to 159th Parachute Light Regiment November 1944[19]
  • – formed July 1941; organised as a Jungle Field Regiment between September 1943 and July 1944[19]
  • – formed September 1941; absorbed into 160th Field Regiment April 1942
  • – formed April 1942; redesignated 303rd (East Africa) Field Regiment April 1943
  • – formed June 1942; disbanded March 1944
  • – converted from 79th Anti-Tank Regiment June 1942; disbanded August 1942
  • – converted from 83rd Anti-Tank Regiment May 1942; disbanded December 1944
  • – converted from 57th (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment November 1941[101]
  • – formed March 1942; disbanded February 1943
  • – formed December 1941; converted to 168th Medium Regiment December 1943
  • – formed after December 1941; disbanded February 1943
  • – formed December 1941; disbanded March 1944
  • 171st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 2nd Defence Regiment January 1942; converted to 171st Heavy Regiment February 1945, reverted May 1945
  • 172nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 3rd Defence Regiment January 1942
  • 173rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 7th Defence Regiment January 1942; disbanded March 1943; reformed from 180th Field Regiment July 1943; disbanded January 1945
  • 174th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 8th Defence Regiment January 1942; disbanded March 1943
  • 175th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 10th Defence Regiment January 1942; disbanded February 1943 to form 15th Medium Regiment; reformed July 1943
  • 176th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 11th Defence Regiment January 1942
  • 177th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 14th Defence Regiment January 1942; disbanded March 1943 to reform 25th Field Regiment
  • 178th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1942, redesignated 178th Assault Field Regiment, Royal Artillery August 1943[19]
  • – converted from 12th Bn Worcestershire Regiment March 1942
  • – converted from 8th Bn North Staffordshire Regiment March 1942, disbanded August 1944
  • 181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 6th Bn King's Shropshire Light Infantry March 1942
  • – converted from 12th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment February 1942, disbanded December 1944
  • – converted from 10th N South Staffordshire Regiment March 1942, converted to 61st Heavy Regiment November 1944
  • – converted from 14th Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool)

March 1942, converted to 55th Heavy Regiment March 1943

  • – formed December 1942, personnel from 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, disbanded January 1945
  • – formed December 1942
  • – formed December 1942, personnel from 3rd Infantry Division, disbanded June 1943 to reform 5th Field Regiment
  • – formed December 1942, personnel from 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division, disbanded January 1944
  • – formed December 1942, disbanded January 1943 to reform 6th Field Regiment
  • – formed December 1942, personnel from 9th Armoured Division
  • 191st (Hertfordshire and Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1942, personnel from 42nd Armoured Division, disbanded January 1945
  • – formed December 1942, disbanded March 1944
  • – formed December 1942, personnel from 79th Armoured Division, disbanded January 1944
  • – formed December 1942, disbanded January 1944
  • – formed January 1943
  • – formed July 1943, disbanded November 1943
  • – initially 'A' Jewish Field Regiment, formed December 1944
  • – formed May 1945, disbanded September 1945
  • – formed May 1945, disbanded September 1945
  • – formed May 1945, disbanded September 1945
  • – converted from 88th Medium Regiment April 1945

Anti-Tank[]

Specialist Anti-Tank (A/T) regiments began to be formed by conversion from other roles in 1938.[1][102]

(No 104th formed)

  • – formed December 1942, disbanded April 1945
  • – formed June 1943, disbanded April 1945
  • – formed June 1943, disbanded April 1945

(No 108th–110th formed)

  • 111th (Devon) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 55th (Devon) LAA/AT Regiment September 1944[137]

(No 112th–121st formed)

  • 122nd (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 122nd (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) LAA/AT Regiment September 1944[138]
  • (TA) – converted from 125th (Northumbrian) Field Regiment July 1940, captured February 1942[87]
  • 149th (Lancashire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 149th (Lancashire Yeomanry) Field Regiment July 1941[16]

Medium[]

Medium regiments:[1][139]

  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • (Reg)
  • – formed September 1941
  • – converted from 8th Bn Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), December 1942
  • 10th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 16th Bn Royal Fusiliers, December 1942
  • – converted from 9th Bn Essex Regiment, December 1942
  • – formed January 1943
  • – formed January 1943
  • – converted from 8th Bn Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, December 1942
  • – converted from 175th Field Regiment February 1943, disbanded January 1945
  • – formed January 1943 including remnant of 107th (SNH) Regiment RHA; redesignated 107th (SNH) Medium Regiment (TA) March 1944[14][15]
  • – converted from 12th Field Regiment (Reg) November 1943
  • – converted from 18th Defence Regiment November 1943, disbanded February 1945
  • – converted from 26th Defence Regiment September 1943
  • 51st (Midland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[140]
  • 53rd (London) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[141]
  • 56th (Highland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[142]
  • 57th (Lowland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted to 51st Heavy Regiment September 1939[143][144]
  • (TA)[145][146]
  • 59th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[147]
  • 61st (Caernarvon & Denbigh Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)[148][149]
  • (TA) – converted to Fife Heavy Regiment 1939[150]
  • 63rd (Midland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed 1939[151]
  • 64th (London) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed 1939[152]
  • 65th (Highland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed 1939[142]
  • 66th (Lowland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed 1939[153]
  • (TA) – formed 1939[154]
  • 68th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed 1939[147]
  • 69th (Caernarvon & Denbigh Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed 1939[148]
  • – formed January 1940
  • – formed January 1940, disbanded February 1943
  • – formed January 1940
  • 73rd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1940, converted to 95th A/T Regiment October 1941, reverted April 1944
  • 74th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1940
  • 75th (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from cavalry February 1940[155][156]
  • 76th (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed April 1940[155]
  • 77th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from cavalry February 1940[133][157]
  • 78th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed April 1940[133]
  • 79th (Scottish Horse Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from cavalry February 1940[158][159]
  • 80th (Scottish Horse Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed April 1940[158]
  • 84th (Sussex) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 58th (Sussex) Field Regiment December 1943[28][160]
  • 85th (City of London) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 53rd (City of London) HAA Regiment August 1944[161]
  • 86th (Cornwall) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 56th (Cornwall) HAA Regiment August 1944[162]
  • 87th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1944, disbanded 1945
  • – formed November 1944, converted to 208th Field Regiment April 1945
  • 102nd (Pembroke Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 102nd Field Regiment September 1943[78][163]
  • 107th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – redesignated from 16th Medium Regiment March 1944[14][15]
  • 121st (West Riding) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 121st (West Riding) Field Regiment January 1944[40]
  • (TA) – converted from 134th (East Anglian) Jungle Field Regiment October 1944[164]
  • 140th (5th London) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 140th (5th London) Field Regiment September 1943, S/A February 1945[89]
  • 146th (Pembroke and Cardiganshire) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 146th (Pembroke and Cardiganshire) Field Regiment December 1943[94]
  • – converted from 168th Field Regiment November 1943; converted to 168th Light Regiment June 1945
  • 178th (Lowland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 178th (Lowland) Field Regiment May 1944[50]

Heavy (Field Army)[]

Regiments of mobile heavy guns for employment in the field.[1][165]

  • (Reg) – S/A June 1940, reformed December 1942
  • – 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[143][144]
  • 52nd (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 105th (BY) Field Regiment November 1939, disbanded June 1940, reformed March 1943[80][81]
  • – formed December 1939
  • – formed December 1939, converted to 54th Super Heavy Regiment February 1945
  • – converted from 184th Field Regiment March 1943
  • 56th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1940
  • – formed April 1940, converted to 166th (Newfoundland) Field Regiment November 1941[101]
  • – formed April 1940, disbanded March 1943
  • – formed June 1940, disbanded August 1945[166]
  • – formed July 1943, disbanded November 1943
  • – converted from 183rd Field Regiment November 1943[42]
  • 75th (Highland) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 75th (Highland) Field Regiment September 1943[47]
  • 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][167]

  • – formed November 1940, disbanded December 1941
  • – formed November 1940, disbanded February 1945
  • – formed November 1940
  • – 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[168]
  • 2nd Mountain Regiment Royal Artillery - Formed March 1941[168]
  • 3rd Mountain Regiment Royal Artillery - Formed December 1942, disbanded January 1946[169]
  • 7th Mountain Regiment Royal Artillery - Formed October 1943 as X Mountain Regiment but soon numbered. Disbanded November 1945[169]
  • 85th (East Anglian) Mountain Regiment Royal Artillery (TA) - Converted from 85th Field Regiment September 1943. Suspended animation September 1945[170]

Light Regiments[]

  • 1st Light Regiment Royal Artillery - Converted from 1st Mountain Regiment October 1944, reverted to 1st Mountain Regiment March 1945[168]
  • 5th Light Regiment Royal Artillery - Converted from 5th Field Regiment June 1945, disbanded October 1945[171]
  • 168th Light Regiment Royal Artillery - Converted from 168th Medium Regiment June 1945, disbanded February 1946[171]

Air Landing and Parachute[]

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.[175][176]

  • 1st Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery (Reg) – formed May 1939
  • 2nd Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery (Reg) – formed September 1939
  • 3rd Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – expanded from single company November 1938[177]
  • 4th (Durham) Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – expanded from single company November 1938[178]
  • 5th Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed 1939[177]
  • 6th Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed 1939, disbanded July 1940[178]
  • 7th Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1941
  • 8th Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed February 1941
  • 9th Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed March 1941
  • 10th Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1942
  • 11th Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1942

Coast Defence[]

Heavy Regiments (Coast)[]

Regiments of static heavy guns for coast defence, converted to numbered coast regiments in 1940–41:[1][179]

  • (Reg) – converted to 70th Coast Training Regiment November 1940
  • (Reg) – redesignated as 3rd Coast Regiment January 1941
  • (Reg) – redesignated as 4th Coast Regiment December 1940
  • (Reg) – formed September 1939, redesignated as 5th Coast Regiment December 1940
  • (Reg) – redesignated as 6th Coast Regiment December 1940
  • (Reg) – redesignated as 7th Coast Regiment December 1940
  • (Reg) – redesignated as 8th Coast Regiment December 1940
  • (Reg) – redesignated as 9th Coast Regiment December 1940
  • – formed October 1939, redesignated as 11th Coast Regiment December 1940
  • – formed November 1939, redesignated as 12th Coast Regiment December 1940
  • (Reg) – formed July 1939, redesignated as Sierra Leone Coast Regiment December 1940
  • Clyde Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – reorganised as 538th (Clyde) Coast Regiment January 1941[180]
  • Cornwall Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1940, reorganised as 523rd (Cornwall) Coast Regiment July 1940[162][181]
  • Devonshire Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – reorganised as 566th, 567th and 568th (Devon) Coast Regiments April 1941[182][183]
  • Dorsetshire Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – reorganised as 522nd (Dorsetshire) Coast Regiment July 1940[184]
  • Durham Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – reorganised as 511th and 526th (Durham) Coast Regiments July 1940[185]
  • East Riding Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – reorganised as 512th and 513th (East Riding) Coast Regiments July 1940[186][187]
  • Fife Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA ) – reorganised as 504th and 507th (Fife) Coast Regiments July 1940[188]
  • Forth Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – reorganised as 501st, 502nd, 503rd, 505th and 506th (Forth) Coast Regiments July 1940[189][190]
  • Glamorgan Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – reorganised as 531st (Glamorgan) Coast Regiment September 1940[191]
  • Hampshire Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – reorganised as 527th, 528th and 529th (Hampshire) Coast Regiments September 1940[192]
  • Kent and Sussex Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – reorganised as 519th, 520th and 521st (Kent and Sussex) Coast Regiments July 1940[193][194]
  • Lancashire and Cheshire Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – reorganised as 524th (Lancashire and Cheshire) Coast Regiment July 1940[195]
  • Orkney Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – formed November 1938; reorganised as 533rd, 534th and 535th (Orkney) Coast Regiments September 1940[196][197]
  • Pembrokeshire Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – reorganised as 532nd (Pembroke) Coast Regiment September 1940[198]
  • Princess Beatrice's (Isle of Wight) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – reorganised as 530th Princess Beatrice's (Isle of Wight) Coast Regiment September 1940[199][200]
  • Suffolk Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – reorganised as 514th and 515th (Suffolk) Coast Regiments July 1940[154][201]
  • Thames and Medway Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – reorganised as 516th, 517th and 518th (Thames and Medway) Coast Regiments July 1940[72][202]
  • Tynemouth Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – reorganised as 508th, 509th and 510th (Tynemouth) Coast Regiments July 1940[203]
  • Antrim Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – expanded from single battery March 1940; reorganised as 525th (Antrim) Coast Regiment July 1940[204]

Coast Regiments[]

Regiments of static heavy guns for coast defence.[1][205]

  • (Reg) – redesignated from 3rd Heavy Regiment January 1941
  • (Reg) – redesignated from 4th Heavy Regiment December 1940; converted to 4th Coast Training Regiment June 1945
  • (Reg) – redesignated from 5th Heavy Regiment December 1940; converted to 1st HAA Reginent, HKSA, March 1944
  • (Reg) – redesignated from 6th Heavy Regiment December 1940
  • (Reg) – redesignated from 7th Heavy Regiment December 1940; captured February 1942[18]
  • (Reg) – redesignated from 8th Heavy Regiment December 1940; captured December 1941[18]
  • (Reg) – redesignated from 9th Heavy Regiment December 1940; captured February 1942[18]
  • – formed October 1939, 'Defence' dropped from title December 1940, converted to 16th Defence Regiment February 1941
  • – redesignated from 11th Heavy Regiment December 1940; captured February 1942[18]
  • – redesignated from 12th Heavy Regiment December 1940; captured February 1942[18]
  • (Reg) – converted from 26th A/T Regiment September 1940, 'Defence' dropped from title December 1940, converted to 17th Defence Regiment February 1941
  • – formed March 1941, disbanded July 1945
  • – formed December 1940, disbanded March 1945
  • (Reg) – redesignated as 16th Coast Regiment June 1941
  • – formed September 1941, converted to 17 Fire Command Post July 1943, disbanded July 1944
  • X Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed January 1943, redesignated as March 1943, disbanded February 1944
  • – converted from Close Defence Regiment March 1943, disbanded March 1944
  • 501st (Forth) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Forth Heavy Regiment July 1940, S/A June 1945[189][190][206]
  • 502nd (Forth) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Forth Heavy Regiment July 1940, S/A March 1941[189][190]
  • 503rd (Forth) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Forth Heavy Regiment July 1940, S/A March 1941[150][190]
  • 504th (Fife) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Fife Heavy Regiment July 1940, S/A April 1944[188]
  • 505th (Forth) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Forth Heavy Regiment July 1940[189][190]
  • 506th (Forth) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Forth Heavy Regiment July 1940, S/A April 1944[188][190]
  • 507th (Fife) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Forth Heavy Regiment July 1940, S/A May 1942[188]
  • 508th (Tynemouth) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Tynemouth Heavy Regiment July 1940, converted to 616th (Tynemouth) Infantry Regiment January 1945[203]
  • 509th (Tynemouth) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Tynemouth Heavy Regiment July 1940, S/A April 1944[203]
  • 510th (Tynemouth) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Tynemouth Heavy Regiment July 1940, S/A October 1944[207]
  • 511th (Durham) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Durham Heavy Regiment July 1940, S/A March 1943[185]
  • 512th (East Riding) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of East Riding Heavy Regiment July 1940, converted to 617th (East Riding) Infantry Regiment January 1945[186][187]
  • 513th (East Riding) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of East Riding Heavy Regiment July 1940, S/A April 1944[186][187]
  • 514th (Suffolk) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Suffolk Heavy Regiment July 1940, S/A June 1945[154][201][208]
  • 515th (Suffolk) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Suffolk Heavy Regiment July 1940[154][201]
  • 516th (Thames and Medway) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Thames & Medway Heavy Regiment July 1940, converted to 516 Garrison Regiment December 1944[72][202]
  • 517th (Thames and Medway) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Thames & Medway Heavy Regiment July 1940, S/A June 1945[72]
  • 518th (Thames and Medway) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Thames & Medway Heavy Regiment July 1940, disbanded October 1941[72]
  • 519th (Kent and Sussex) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Kent & Sussex Heavy Regiment July 1940[193][194]
  • 520th (Kent and Sussex) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Kent & Sussex Heavy Regiment July 1940[193][194]
  • 521st (Kent and Sussex) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Kent & Sussex Heavy Regiment July 1940, S/A June 1945[194][209]
  • 522nd (Dorsetshire) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from Dorsetshire Heavy Regiment July 1940, converted to 618th (Dorsetshire) Infantry Regiment January 1945[184]
  • 523rd (Cornwall) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from Cornwall Heavy Regiment July 1940[162][181]
  • 524th (Lancashire and Cheshire) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from Lancashire & Cheshire Heavy Regiment July 1940, converted to 619th (Lancashire & Cheshire) Infantry Regiment January 1945[195]
  • 525th (Antrim) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from Antrim Heavy Regiment July 1940, S/A June 1945[204]
  • 526th (Durham) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Durham Heavy Regiment July 1940, S/A June 1945[185]
  • 527th (Hampshire) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Hampshire Heavy Regiment September 1940[192]
  • 528th (Hampshire) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Hampshire Heavy Regiment September 1940, disbanded December 1942[192]
  • 529th (Hampshire) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Hampshire Heavy Regiment September 1940, S/A April 1944[192]
  • 530th The Princess Beatrice's (Isle of Wight Rifles) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Princess Beatrice's (IoW Rifles) Heavy Regiment September 1940[199][200]
  • 531st (Glamorgan) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from Glamorgan Heavy Regiment September 1940, disbanded December 1942[191]
  • 532nd (Pembroke) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from Pembrokeshire Heavy Regiment September 1940, converted to 620th (Pembroke) Infantry Regiment January 1945[198]
  • 533rd (Orkney) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Orkney Heavy Regiment September 1940[196][197]
  • 534th (Orkney) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Orkney Heavy Regiment September 1940, S/A June 1945[196][197]
  • 535th (Orkney) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Orkney Heavy Regiment September 1940, S/A June 1945[196][197]
  • – formed November 1940, disbanded June 1942
  • – formed December 1940, disbanded April 1944
  • 538th (Clyde) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from Clyde Heavy Regiment January 1941[180]
  • – formed January 1941, disbanded March 1943
  • – formed February 1941, disbanded June 1945
  • 541st Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 1st Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded June 1945
  • – converted from 2nd Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded April 1944
  • – converted from 3rd Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded April 1944
  • – converted from 5th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded June 1945
  • 545th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 7th Coast Artillery Group June 1941 disbanded April 1944
  • – converted from 8th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded April 1944
  • – converted from 9th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded April 1944
  • – converted from 10th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded April 1944
  • – converted from 11th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded June 1945
  • – converted from 12th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded April 1944
  • – converted from 13th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded April 1944
  • – converted from 14th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded April 1944
  • – converted from 15th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded April 1944
  • – converted from 16th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded April 1944
  • – converted from 17th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded April 1944
  • – converted from 18th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded June1945
  • – converted from 19th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded April 1944
  • – converted from 20th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded November 1942
  • 559th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 21st Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded April 1944
  • – converted from 22nd Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded July 1942
  • – converted from 23rd Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded May 1943
  • – converted from 24th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded June 1945
  • – converted from 25th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded April 1944
  • – converted from 26th Coast Artillery Group June 1941, disbanded September 1942
  • – formed May 1941, disbanded February 1942
  • 566th (Devon and Cornwall) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Devon Heavy Regiment April 1941[182][183]
  • 567th (Devon) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Devon Heavy Regiment April 1941, S/A April 1944[182][183]
  • 568th (Devon) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from part of Devon Heavy Regiment April 1941S/A May 1943[182][183]
  • 569th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed December 1941, disbanded February 1943
  • 570th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from Flat Holme Fire Defence December 1941, disbanded June 1945
  • 571st Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from Brean Down Fire Defence December 1941, disbanded April 1944
  • 572nd Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed from part of 515th (Suffolk) Coast Regiment March 1942, disbanded April 1944
  • – formed May 1943
  • – formed May 1943
  • – converted from Y Coast Regiment, formed April 1943, disbanded November 1944

Defence Regiments[]

During the invasion crisis of 1940 a number of temporary 'Defence' batteries and regiments were formed to deploy around the UK coast for general defence, though not forming part of coast artillery proper; others were formed at overseas ports.[1][210][211]

  • 1st Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940, disbanded March 1941
  • 2nd Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940, converted to 171st Field Regiment January 1942
  • 3rd Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940, converted to 172nd Field Regiment January 1942
  • 4th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940, disbanded April 1941
  • 5th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940, disbanded January 1942
  • 6th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940, disbanded April 1941
  • 7th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940, converted to 173rd Field Regiment January 1942
  • 8th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940, converted to 174th Field Regiment January 1942
  • 9th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940, disbanded January 1942
  • 10th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940, converted to 175th Field Regiment January 1942
  • 11th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940, converted to 176th Field Regiment January 1942
  • 12th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940, disbanded January 1942
  • 13th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940, disbanded April 1941
  • 14th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940, converted to 177th Field Regiment January 1942
  • 15th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1940, disbanded April 1941
  • 16th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – redesignated from 10th Mobile Coast Defence Regiment February 1941, captured February 1942[18]
  • 17th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – redesignated from 13th Mobile Coast Defence Regiment February 1941, redesignated 26th Defence Regiment June 1941; converted to 26th Medium Regiment October 1943
  • 18th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – redesignated from Mobile Coast Defence Regiment April 1941; converted to 18th Medium Regiment January 1944
  • 805th Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed October 1943, disbanded November 1943

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][212]

(No 92nd HAA Regiment formed)

(No 195th HAA Regiment formed)

  • – formed December 1942, disbanded July 1944
  • – formed December 1942, disbanded April 1945
  • – 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
  • – 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][268]

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][315]

  • (TA) – converted from 23rd LAA Regiment February 1945[278]
  • (TA) – converted from 24th LAA Regiment November 1942; converted to 24th A/T Regiment September 1944[279]
  • (TA) – converted from 33rd LAA Regiment August 1943; converted to 33rd A/T Regiment September 1944[12]
  • 55th (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 55th (Devon) LAA Regiment August 1943; converted to 111st (Devon) A/T Regiment September 1944[137]
  • 56th (King's Own) Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 56th (Kings Own) A/T Regiment August 1943; reverted September 1944[113]
  • 69th (Duke of Connaught's Hampshire) Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 69th (Duke of Connaught's Hampshire) A/T Regiment August 1943; converted into 69 Chindit Column September 1943[117]
  • – converted from 82nd A/T Regiment November 1942; reverted September 1944
  • 100th (Gordon Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 100th (Gordon Highlanders) A/T Regiment January 1944; reverted September 1944[134]
  • 101st Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 60th (Royal Welch Fusiliers) A/T Regiment January 1940; converted to 76th (Royal Welch Fusiliers) A/T Regiment November 1940[119][120]
  • 102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from Northumberland Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, February 1940; converted to 102nd (Northumberland Hussars) A/T Regiment March 1941[135][136]
  • 122nd (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted from 122nd (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) A/T Regiment January 1944; reverted September 1944[138]

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][316][317]

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.[342]

  • 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 Oerlikons and Bofors. There was no higher formation, each Commanding Officer reporting direct to RA6 at the War Office.[343] 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.[344]

Infantry and Garrison Regiments[]

Garrison Regiments[]

Towards the end of 1944 Britain's field armies were suffering a manpower crisis, so the Royal Artillery began converting surplus air and coast defence regiments into Garrison regiments for service in rear areas.[345]

  • 43rd (5th Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 43rd Searchlight Regiment October 1944, reorganised as 600th Infantry Regiment November 1944[127][330]
  • 45th Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 45th LAA Regiment November 1944, reorganised as 603rd Infantry Regiment February 1945
  • 46th (Lincolnshire Regiment) Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 46th Searchlight Regiment November 1944, reorganised as 606th Infantry Regiment February 1945[284]
  • – converted from 47th LAA Regiment December 1944, reorganised as 615th Infantry Regiment February 1945
  • 49th (The West Yorkshire Regiment) Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 49th Searchlight Regiment October 1944, reorganised as 601st Infantry Regiment[331][332]
  • 58th (Middlesex) Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 58th Searchlight Regiment November 1944, reorganised as 611th Infantry Regiment February 1945[326]
  • 61st (South Lancashire Regiment) Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 61st Searchlight Regiment November 1944, reorganised as 612th Infantry Regiment February 1945[327]
  • – converted from 63rd LAA Regiment November 1944, reorganised as 604th Infantry Regiment February 1945
  • 65th (Essex Regiment) Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 65th Searchlight Regiment November 1944, reorganised as 607th Infantry Regiment February 1945[336]
  • 67th (Welch Regiment) Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 67th Searchlight Regiment November 1944, reorganised as 608th Infantry Regiment February 1945[277][337]
  • 68th (Monmouthshire Regiment) Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 68th Searchlight Regiment November 1944, reorganised as 609th Infantry Regiment February 1945[338][339]
  • – converted from 70th LAA Regiment November 1944, reorganised as 605th Infantry Regiment February 1945
  • 74th (Essex Fortress) Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 74th Searchlight Regiment November 1944, reorganised as 613th Infantry Regiment February 1945[340]
  • 97th (London Scottish) Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 97th HAA Regiment November 1944, reorganised as 610th Infantry Regiment February 1945[263]
  • 200th Garrison Rgt – formed as 'X' British Garrison Regiment, RA, October 1944, redesignated November 1944, reorganised as 602nd Infantry Regiment February 1945
  • 516th (Thames and Medway) Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 516th Coast Regiment December 1944, reorganised as 614th Infantry Regiment January 1945[72][202]

Infantry Regiments, RA[]

By the beginning of 1945 the manpower crisis had deepened, and the garrison regiments were converted into infantry regiments for service on the lines of communication and occupation duties, together with other surplus regiments. Although formally these units were entitled 'Regiments, RA', the word 'Infantry' is often added (then and subsequently) for clarity.[346][347]

  • 51st/69th Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by amalgamation of 51st (Westmorland and Cumberland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery with 69th (Duke of Connaught's Hampshire) Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, operated as 51 and 69 Chindit Columns from October 1943, S/A October 1944[19][20][348]
  • 60th (North Midland) Infantry Regiment – converted from 60th (North Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery October 1943, operated as 60 and 88 Chindit Columns; S/A October 1944[19][29][349]
  • 600th (5th Bn Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 43rd Garrison Regiment November 1944, S/A February 1945[127][330]
  • 601st (The West Yorkshire Regiment) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 49th Garrison Regiment[331][332]
  • 602nd Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 200th Garrison Regiment February 1945
  • 603rd Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 45th Garrison Regiment February 1945
  • – converted from 63rd Garrison Regiment February 1945
  • – converted from 70th Garrison Regiment February 1945
  • 606th (Lincolnshire Regiment) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 46th Garrison Regiment February 1945[284]
  • 607th (Essex Regiment) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 65th Garrison Regiment February 1945[336]
  • 608th (Welch) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 67th Garrison Regiment February 1945[277][337]
  • 609th (Monmouthshire Regiment) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 68th Garrison Regiment February 1945[338][339]
  • 610th (London Scottish) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 97th Garrison Regiment February 1945[263]
  • 611th (Middlesex) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 58th Garrison Regiment February 1945[326]
  • 612th (South Lancashire Regiment) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 61st Garrison Regiment February 1945[327]
  • 613th (Essex Fortress) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 74th Garrison Regiment February 1945[340]
  • 614th (Thames and Medway) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 516th Garrison Regiment January 1945[72][202]
  • – converted from 47th Garrison Regiment February 1945
  • 616th (Tynemouth) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 508th Coast Regiment January 1945[203]
  • 617th (East Riding) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 512th Coast Regiment January 1945[186][187]
  • 618th (Dorsetshire) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 522nd Coast Regiment January 1945[184]
  • 619th (Lancashire and Cheshire) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 524th Coast Regiment January 1945[195]
  • 620th (Pembroke) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 532nd Coast Regiment January 1945[198]
  • 621st Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – was to have been converted from 64th LAA Regiment but never actually formed
  • 622nd Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 117th HAA Regiment January 1945
  • – converted from 67th LAA Regiment January 1945
  • – converted from 82nd LAA Regiment January 1945
  • – converted from 95th LAA Regiment January 1945
  • – converted from 97th LAA Regiment January 1945
  • – converted from 98th LAA Regiment January 1945
  • 628th Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 128th LAA Regiment January 1945
  • – converted from 135th LAA Regiment January 1945
  • 630th (Essex) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 28th Searchlight Regiment January 1945[319]
  • 631st (Kent) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 29th Searchlight Regiment January 1945[320]
  • 632nd (St Pancras) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 33rd Searchlight Regiment January 1945[321][323]
  • 633rd (Queen's Own Royal West Kent) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 34th Searchlight Regiment January 1945[324][325]
  • 634th (Middlesex) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 36th Searchlight Regiment January 1945[326]
  • 635th (King's Regiment) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 38th Searchlight Regiment January 1945[132]
  • 636th (Hampshire) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 48th Searchlight Regiment January 1945[279]
  • 637th (The Northamptonshire Regiment) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 50th Searchlight Regiment January 1945[333]
  • 638th (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 53rd Searchlight Regiment January 1945[334][350]
  • 639th (Essex Regiment) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 64th Searchlight Regiment January 1945[335]

Training[]

Training regiments changed designation frequently as new roles and requirements appeared. [1][351]

  • 1st (Mixed) Royal Artillery Training Regiment (Radar) – converted from 236th Mixed Anti-Aircraft (Operators Fire Control) Training Regiment February 1944; disbanded September 1945
  • 2nd Field Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed September 1939; disbanded February 1941
  • 2nd Royal Artillery Training Regiment (Light Anti-Aircraft) – formed September 1940; disbanded October 1944
  • 2nd Mountain Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed April 1945; disbanded December 1945
  • 2nd Coast Trining Regiment, Royal Artillery – redesignated from 70th Coast Training Regiment July 1945
  • 3rd Field Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1942; disbanded July 1943
  • 4th Field Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1942; disbanded April 1947
  • 5th Field Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1942; disbanded September 1943
  • 6th Field Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1942; disbanded March 1944
  • 7th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; Mixed in May 1941; converted to infantry training regiment February 1945; disbanded December 1945
  • 9th Field Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1942; disbanded November 1943
  • 10th Light Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; converted to Field October 1944; converted to Specialist September 1945
  • 11th Anti-Aircraft Driver Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; disbanded November 1943
  • 12th Field Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1941; disbanded May 1943
  • 16th Field Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1942; disbanded October 1942
  • 21st Medium and Heavy Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1942; disbanded October 1942
  • 21st Royal Artillery Training Regiment – formed September 1944
  • 22nd Medium and Heavy Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1941; converted to Field August 1941; converted to Anti-Tank February 1942; disbanded November 1945
  • 23rd Medium and Heavy Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1941; converted to Field August 1941; reverted to Medium and Heavy May 1945; disbanded October 1946
  • 24th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; became Mixed March 1942; converted to mobile LAA May 1943
  • 25th Medium and Heavy Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by August 1942; disbanded March 1944
  • 34th Signal Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1941; disbanded November 1945
  • 35th Signal Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1941; disbanded January 1946
  • 36th Signal Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1941; disbanded August 1941
  • 37th Signal Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1941; disbanded December 1943
  • 38th Signal Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1941; disbanded July 1944
  • 39th Signal Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1941; disbanded January 1947
  • 41st Survey Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1941; disbanded August 1941
  • 50th Anti-Tank Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1941; disbanded July 1943
  • 51st Anti-Tank Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1942; converted to Self-Propelled March 1944
  • 52nd Anti-Aircraft Driver Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; converted to AA Signals December 1942; reverted to AA Driver March 1944; disbanded December 1945
  • 53rd Anti-Aircraft Driver Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; disbanded August 1942
  • 69th Coast Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed November 1940; disbanded December 1945
  • 70th Coast Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 2nd Heavy Regiment November 1940; redesignated 2nd Coast Training Regiment July 1945
  • 71st Coast Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed November 1940; disbanded April 1945
  • 72nd Coast Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed November 1940; disbanded January 1942
  • 73rd Coast Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed March 1941; disbanded January 1942
  • 88th Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 88th (Manchester Regiment) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, June 1945; disbanded May 1946
  • 205th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; became Mixed July 1941; converted to infantry training April 1945
  • 206th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; became Mixed July 1941; converted to Mobile LAA May 1943; disbanded October 1945
  • 207th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – redesignated from 7th AA Militia Depot September 1939; became Mixed December 1941; disbanded October 1942
  • 208th Light Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; disbanded September 1942
  • 209th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; became Mixed August 1941; disbanded September 1942
  • 210th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; became Mixed July 1941; disbanded November 1943
  • 211th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; became Mixed June 1941; converted to infantry training April 1945
  • 212th Light Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; converted to Mobile LAA May 1943; disbanded October 1944
  • 213th Light Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; disbanded June 1942
  • 216th Searchlight Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; became Mixed April 1942
  • 217th Searchlight Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; converted to AA (ATS) Driver Training May 1941
  • 220th Searchlight Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; converted to LAA May 1941; disbanded October 1944
  • 222nd Searchlight Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; became Mixed April 1942; disbanded October 1944
  • 223rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; disbanded June 1943
  • 224th Light Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; disbanded June 1942
  • 225th Light Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; disbanded September 1942
  • 226th Light Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; disbanded March 1942
  • 227th Anti-Aircraft Driver and Driver/OperatorTraining Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; dropped Driver/Operator December 1942
  • 228th Anti-Aircraft Driver and Driver/OperatorTraining Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; converted to AA Signals December 1942; disbanded September 1943
  • 229th Anti-Aircraft Driver and Driver/OperatorTraining Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; dropped Driver/Operator December 1942; disbanded November 1943
  • 230th Searchlight Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; disbanded April 1942
  • 231st Searchlight Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; disbanded June 1942
  • 232nd Searchlight Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; converted to ATS Operators Fire Control July 1941; disbanded February 1944
  • 233rd Searchlight Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; converted to LAA May 1941; converted to No 1 Primary Training Centre July 1942
  • 234th Searchlight Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; concerted to LAA May 1941; disbanded May 1942
  • 235th Searchlight Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; disbanded January 1942
  • 236th Searchlight Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; became 236th Mixed AA (Operators Fire Control) Training Regiment July 1943; redesignated 1st (Mixed) RA Training Regiment (Radar) January 1944
  • 237th Searchlight Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; converted to LAA November 1941; disbanded May 1942
  • 238th Searchlight Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by November 1940; converted to 'Z' July 1941; converted to LAA January 1942; disbanded March 1943
  • 239th Anti-Aircraft 'Z' Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed March 1941; converted to LAA January 1942; ; converted to No 1 Primary Training Centre October 1943
  • 240th Light Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed by July 1941
  • 240th Anti-Aircraft 'Z' Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed August 1941; converted to HAA March 1944; converted to LAA February 1946
  • 241st Light Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed May 1942; disbanded September 1943
  • 242nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery – formed May 1942; disbanded September 1943

Overseas[]

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