BRITISH ARTILLERY IN WORLD WAR 2
Updated 14 June 2014
FIELD ARTILLERY FORMATIONS AND REGIMENTS OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY IN WORLD WAR 2
The following tables list all AGRAs, and all types of field artillery and anti-tank regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Artillery, and the Air OP squadrons. The tables show the theatres they were in, major actions in those theatres and the formations that commanded them. They also show some of the lower level attachments of units, but do not generally include units that appear to have been 'in support.
After the tables there are details about sources and abbreviations. Actions that resulted in a honour title being granted to a battery are shown as follows: Meiktila. When regiments changed their role, eg from field to medium, then they appear in the relevant table after the change. After each regimental table there is a summary about battery numbering.
ARMY GROUPS ROYAL ARTILLERY (AGRA)
Formation
Origin
Where - When - With
F 9/42 Glasgow
Tunisia 1943 - 1 Army & 5 Corps Troops
Italy 1943-5 - 8
Army Troops att 5 Corps
F 9/42 Darlington
Tunisia 1943 - 1 Army & 9 Corps Troops
Salerno 9/43 - 10 Corps
Troops
Italy 1943-5 - 8 Army Troops att 10 Corps
F 3/43 Tonbridge
UK 1943-4
NW Europe 1944-5 - 2 Army Troops att 1, 8, 12,
30 & 2 Cdn Corps
Rhine Crossing
3/45 - 12 Corps
F 3/43 Perth
UK 1943-4
D-Day 1944 - 1 Corps
NW Europe 1944 - 29 Armd
Bde, 1 & 8 Corps
NW Europe 1945 - 1, 30 & 2 Cdn Corps
Rhine
Crossing 3/45 - 30 Corps
F 3/43 N Africa
N Africa 1943 - 8 Army
Sicily & Italy 1943 - 13
Corps
Normandy 1944 - 30
Corps
NW Europe 1944 - 6 Gds Tk Bde, 12 & 30
Corps
NW Europe 1945 - 1, 8, 30 & 2 Cdn
Corps
Rhine Crossing 3/45 - 30 Corps
F 3/43 Cairo
Egypt 1943
Sicily 1943 - 30 Corps & Army
Troops
Italy 1943 - 30 Corps
Italy 1944-5 -
8 & 5 (US) Army
Middle East 1943 - 9 Army
Middle East 1944
- 3 Corps & 9 Army
Italy 1944-5 - 5 (US) Army
Fm HQRA 79 Armd Div Yorkshire 5/43
UK 1943 - GHQ Reserve
NW Europe 1944-5 - WO
Reserve, 12, 2 Cdn, 30, 1 Corps
Rhine Crossing
3/45 - 12 Corps
F 6/43 Cairo
N Africa 1943-4
Italy 1944-5 - 2 & 4 (US)
Corps
3/45 Merged with 7 AGRA as 7 AGRA
11 AGRA
India 1944
15 AGRA
Middle East 1944
NW Europe 1944-5 - 21 Army Group
Fm HQRA 59 Inf Div France 8/44
NW Europe 1944-5 - 21 Army Group
India, Malaya 1945
- 34 Corps
60 AGRA
Fm 9 HAA Bde India 1945
61 AGRA
F India
Anti-aircraft, 12 Army
ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY (FIELD) REGIMENTS
Regiment
Type
Origin/Change
Where - When - With
Disposal
1 RHA
Reg
Reformed 6/40
SP regt /44
Aldershot 1938
UK 1939 - 1 Armd Div
France 1940 - GHQ Troops (Army Fd Regt)
St
Valery 5/40 - Lost
N
Africa 1940-1 - 7 Armd Div & 3 Armd Bde Gp
Tobruk 1941
- 9 Aust Inf Div
Tobruk 1941 - 70 Inf Div
N Africa 1942
- 7 Armd Div, 22 Armd Bde Gp & 4 Armd Bde Gp
Alamein 10/42 - 10 Armd Div
N
Africa, Syria 1942-4 - 10 Armd Div
Italy 1944-5
- 9 Armd Bde, AFHQ
Italy 1945 - att 2 NZ Div
2 RHA
Reg
SP regt /44
Newport 1938
UK 1939 - 1 Armd Div
France 1940 - GHQ Troops (Army Fd Regt)
UK 1940
- 2 Armd Div
Egypt 1941 - 2 Armd Div
Greece 1941 - 1 Armd Bde
N
Africa 1942 - 1 Armd Div, 22 Armd & 200 Gds Motor Bde
Gps
Alamein
10/42 - 1 Armd Div
Tunisia
& N Africa 1942-4 - 1 Armd Div
Italy 1944-5 - 1 &
6 Armd Div
Reg
N Africa 1941-3 - 7 Armd
Div & 4 Armd Bde Gp
Alamein 10/42 - 7 Armd Div
Salerno
9/43 - 7 Armd Div
Italy
1943 - 7 Armd Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - 7 Armd Div
4 RHA
Reg
F 6/39 Cairo
SP regt 8/44
N Africa 1940 - W Desert Force
N Africa 1941 - 7 Armd Div
& Mobile Gp Sollum
Mid East 1942 - GHQ
N Africa 1942 - 1
& 7 Armd Divs & 7 Motor Bde
Alamein 10/42
- 1 Armd Div
Tunisia 1943 - 1
Armd Div
Normandy
1944 - 5 AGRA & 4 Armd Bde
NW
Europe 1944-5 - Army Troops att 4 Armd Bde
Rhine 3/45 - 4 Armd Bde
5 RHA
Reg
F 11/39
SP regt 5/44
France 1940 - 3 Corps Troops (Army Fd Regt)
France
5/40 - Hondegham
UK
1940-2 - 8 Armd Div
N Africa
1942 - 23 & 24 Armd Bde Gps, 8 Armd Div
N Africa
1942-3 - 7 Armd Div
Alamein 10/42 - 10 Armd Div, Att 1 SA and 2 NZ Divs
Salerno
9/43 - 7 Armd Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - 7 Armd Div
6 RHA
F 11/40
UK 1940-4 - 9 Armd Div
11 HAC RHA
TA
SP regt 9/42
London 1938
UK 1940 - 1 Armd Div
N Africa 1942-3
- 1 Armd
Div
N Africa 1942 - 2 Armd Bde Gp
Alamein 10/42 - 1 Armd Div
Sicily 7/43 - 5 AGRA &
51 Inf Div
Salerno
9/43 - 1 Armd Div
Italy
1943-4 - 1 Armd Div
Italy
1945 - 2 Armd Bde & 78 Inf Div
235 Regt HAC RHA
12 HAC RHA
TA
SP regt
UK 1940-2 - 2 & 6 Armd Divs
Tunisia 1942-3 - 6 Armd Div
Mid
East 1943-4 - 6 Armd Div
Italy 1944-5 - 6 Armd Div
G Loc Bty HAC
13 HAC RHA
TA
F 11/40
SP regt 2/45
UK 1941-4 - 11 Armd Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - 11 Armd Div
Disb 47
14 RHA
WF
Fm 414 Fd Bty RHA India 9/42
Mid East 1943 - 7 Armd Bde Gp & 10 Armd Div
Mid
East
1943-5 - 31 Indian Armd Div
Disb 4/46
TA
Fm 104 Fd Regt 1939
UK 1939 - 1 Cav Div
Palestine 1940 - 1 Cav Div
N Africa 1940-1 - 4 Indian
Div & W Desert
Force
Tobruk 4/41-10/41 - 9 Aust & 70 Inf Div
Egypt
1942 - 1 Armd Bde Gp
Alamein 10/42 - 10 Armd Div
Mid East 1942-4 - 10 Armd Div
& 23 Armd Bde Gp
Italy 1944-5 - 13
Corps & 6 Armd Div
304 Fd Regt
107 (S Notts Hussars Yeo) Regt RHA
TA
Fm 107 Fd Regt 1939
Nottingham 1938 - Army Regt
UK 1939 - 1 Cav Div
Palestine 1940 - 1 Cav Div
N Africa 1940-1 - W Desert Force, Matruh
& 6 Inf Div
Tobruk 4/41-10/41 - 9 Aust & 70 Inf Div
N Africa 1942 - 22 Armd Bde
Gp
N Africa 1942-3 -
1 AGRA
To Med Bty 8/42, 107 Med Regt 3/44
Regular RHA batteries were individually lettered, HAC batteries used A - C within their regiments and other TA RHA batteries were numbered in the 300 - 400 series. When 4 ラ 6 gun RHA brigades became 2 ラ 8 gun RHA regiments in 1938, regular batteries were amalgamated in pairs in their regiment and given the joint 'number'. Eg 1 RHA had batteries 'A/E' and 'B/O'. With the change in 1941 to 3 ラ 8 gun regiments one of these 'double numbers' was de-coupled and assigned to the third battery. Eventually new 'regular' RHA regiments resulted in new double letter batteries when the single letters ran out, eg 'DD'.
Regiment
Type
Origin/Change
Where - When - With
Disposal
Reg
Nowshera, India 1939
Egypt 1939
N Africa 1940-1 -
4 Indian Div
Sudan 1941 - 4 Indian Div
N Africa
1941 - 4 Indian Div
Syria 1941 - 5 Indian Inf Bde
Alamein
10/42 - 4 Indian Div
N Africa 1942-3 - 4 Indian Div
Anzio
1/44 - 1 Inf Div
Italy 1944 - 4 Indian Div
Greece 1944-5
59 Fd Regt
2 Fd Regt
Reg
Bordon 1938 - Army Regt
France 1939-40 - 1 Inf Div
UK 1940-3 - 1 Inf Div
Tunisia
1943 - 1 Inf Div
Anzio 1/44 - 1 Inf Div
Italy 1944 - 1 Inf Div
Mid
East 1945 - 1 & 2 Inf Divs
41 Fd Regt
3 Fd Regt
Reg
Trimulgherry, India 1939-41
Iraq, Persia
1941-2 - 10 Indian Div
N Africa 1942 - 2 SA Div, 13 Corps &
7 Armd Div
Alamein
10/42 - 1 Free French Bde
Iraq 1943 - 8 Indian Div
Italy 1943-5 - 8 Indian Div,
2 NZ Div, 1 Inf Div
44 SL Regt
4 Fd Regt
Reg
Hydrabad, India 1939
Egypt 1939-40 - 4 Indian Div
Sudan & NE Africa 1940-1 - 5 Indian
Div
Syria 1941
- 6 Inf Div
Mid East 1941-2 - 8 Army Troops, 4 Indian, 44 Inf,
1 Armd, 8 Armd Divs
Alamein 10/42 - 7 Armd Div
Mid
East 1942-3 - GHQ & 5 Indian
Div
India 1943 - 5 Indian
Div
Burma 1943-5 - 5, 9, 17 & 19 Indian
Divs
26 Fd Regt
Reg
Reformed UK 6/43
Rawalpindi & Nowshera, India 1939-41
Malaya 1941-2 - 9 Indian Div
UK
1943-4 - 47 Inf Div
UK
1944-5 - 55 Inf Div
Lost 2/42,
to 5 Lt Regt 6/45
6 Fd Regt
Reg
India 1938-43
UK 1943-4 - 3 AGRA (War Office Control)
Normandy 1944 - 2 Army Troops
NW Europe 1944-5 - 3 AGRA
67 Trg Regt
7 Fd Regt
Reg
SP regt 5/44
Bulford 1938 - 3 Div
France 1939-40 - 3 Inf Div
UK 1940-4 - 3 Inf Div
D
Day 6/44 - 3 Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 3 Inf Div
17 Trg Regt
8 Fd Regt
Reg
Jungle Fd Regt 3/43
Lucknow, India 1939-40
N Africa 1940-2 - Matruh
Fortress, Corps Troops &
6/70 Inf Div
India 1942-3 - 70
Inf Div
Burma 1943-5 - 25 Indian Div
India 1945 - 26 Indian &
36 Inf Divs
Disb 11/46
9 Fd Regt
Reg
Larkhill 1938 - Army Regt
France 1939-40 - 5 Inf Div
UK 1940-2 - 5 Inf Div
Madagascar
1942 - 17 Inf Bde
India 1942-3 - 39 & 20 Indian Divs
Burma 1943-5 - 20 Indian Div
23 Fd Regt
10 Fd Regt
Reg
Deepcut 1938 - 2 Div
France 1939-40 - 2 Inf Div
UK 1940-2 - 2 Inf Div
India
1942-4 - 2 Inf Div
Kohima 5/44 - 2 Inf Div
Burma 1944-5 - 2 Inf Div
40 Fd Regt
11 Fd Regt
Reg
Meerut, India 1939-41
Iraq, Persia
1941-2 - 8 Indian Div
N Africa 1942-3 - 5 & 4 Indian Divs
Alamein 10/42 - 4 Indian
Div
Italy 1944 -
4 Indian Div
Greece 1944-5 - 4 Indian Div
81 Fd Regt
15 Fd Regt
Reg
SP regt 9/44
Lahore & Rawalpindi, India 1939-41
Iraq &
Mid East 1941-3 - 252
Indian Armd Bde Gp,
31
Indian Armd Div
Mid East 1943 - 7 AGRA
Italy 1944-5 - Army Troops
& 5 Corps
7 RHA then 12 ATk Regt
16 Fd Regt
Reg
Ewshott 1938 - 1 Div
France 1940 - 2 Inf Div
UK 1940-2 - 2 Inf Div
India
1942-3 - 2 Inf Div
Kohima 5/44 - 2 Inf Div
Burma 1944-5 - 2 Inf Div
42 Fd Regt
17 Fd Regt
Reg
Woolwich 1938 - 4 Div
France 1940 - 4 &
51 (Highland) Inf Div
UK 1940-2 - 29 Indep Bde Gp & 78 Inf Div
Tunisia
1942-3 - 78 Inf Div & 1 Inf Bde Gp
Sicily
1943 - 78 Inf Div
Italy 1943-5 - 78 Inf Div ?
19 Fd Regt
18 Fd Regt
Reg
SP regt /44
Deepcut 1938 - 2 Div
France 1939-40 - 2 &
48 (S Midland) Inf Divs
UK 1940-2 - 48 Inf Div & 24 Gds
Inf Bde Gp
India 1942-4 - 43 Indian Armd Div
Burma 1944-5 - 14 Army Troops
(SP Regt)
Central Burma 3/45 - Meiktila
ALFSEA
1945 - 34 Corps Troops
68 Fd Regt
19 Fd Regt
Reg
Bordon 1938 - 1 Div
France 1939-40 - 1 Inf Div
UK 1940-3 - 1 Inf Div
Tunisia
1943 - 1 Inf Div
Anzio
1/44 - 1 Inf Div
Italy 1943-5 - 1 Inf Div ?
48 Fd Regt
22 Fd Regt
Reg
Shorncliffe 1938 - 4 Div
France 1939-40 - 4 Inf Div
UK 1940-3 - 4 Inf Div
Tunisia
1943 - 4 Inf Div
Italy 1944 - 4 Inf Div ?
Greece 1944-5 - 4 Inf Div
31 Trg Regt
23 Fd Regt
Reg
Reformed 6/40
SP regt
Exeter 1938 - 3 Div
France 1939-40 - 3 &
51 (Highland) Inf Divs
UK 1941-2 - 48 & 77 Inf Divs & 24
Gds Inf Bde Gp
Tunisia
1942-3 - 2 AGRA
Salerno 9/43 - 2 AGRA
Italy 1943-4 - 2 AGRA, 3 Polish Inf Div
Italy 1944 - 1 Armd
& 46 Inf Divs
Italy 1944-5 - 24 Gds Inf Bde Gp (6 SA Armd Div)
Lost St
Valery 6/40
64 Trg Regt
24 Fd Regt
Reg
SP regt 7/43
Aldershot 1938 - 1 Div
France 1939-40 - 1 &
48 (S Midland) Inf Div
UK 1940-2 - 48 (S
Midland) Inf Div
Egypt 1943 - GHQ
Sicily 1943 - 5 Inf
Div, 6 AGRA, att 50 Inf
Div
Salerno 9/43 - 6 AGRA, att 23 Armd Bde
Italy 1943 - Army
Troops att 7 Armd Div
Anzio
1/44 - Army Troops att 1 Inf Div
Italy 1944-5 - Army Troops
att 1 Inf Div & 1 Cdn Corps
49 ATk Regt
Reg
Reformed 3/44 from 177 Fd Regt
Jhansi & Kirkee, India 1939-40
Egypt, N & East Africa 1940-1
- 4 Indian Div
Tobruk 6/42 - Lost (11 Indian Inf Bde Gp)
UK - 1944
Normandy
1944 - 8 AGRA
Holland 10/44 - att 7 (US) Armd Div - Asten
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 8 AGRA
29 Fd Regt
27 Fd Regt
Reg
Jungle Fd Regt 1/43
Colchester 1938 - 4 Div
France 1940 - 1 Corps Troops (Army Fd Regt)
UK 1940-2
- N Comd (Army Fd Regt)
India 1942-4 - 25 Indian Div
Burma 1944
- 25 Indian Div
ALFSEA 1945 - 15, 25 & 26 Indian Divs
25 Fd Regt
28 Fd Regt
Reg
Jungle Fd Regt 6/43
Mhow, India 1939-40
Sudan & Eritrea 1940-1 - 5 Indian Div
Mid
East 1941-2 - 5 Indian
Div
Iraq 1942-3 - 10 Indian Inf Bde
India 1943 - 5 Indian Div
Burma 1943-5
- 5 Indian Div
Burma 1945
- Army Troops att 19 Indian Div
14 Fd Regt
30 Fd Regt
Reg
Norwich 1938 - Army Regt
France 1939-40 - 4 Inf Div
UK 1940-3 - 4 Inf Div
Tunisia
1943 - 4 Inf Div
N Africa
1943-4 - 4 Inf Div
Italy 1944 - 4 Inf Div
Greece
1944-5 - 4 Inf Div
38 Trg Regt
31 Fd Regt
Reg
Egypt 1939 - 7 Inf Div
W Desert 1940 - 6 Inf
Div, 4 Indian Div
N
& East Africa 1941-2 - 4 Indian Div
N Africa 12/41 - overrun at Alem
Hamza
Cyprus
& Mid East 1942 - 7 Indian Inf Bde & 10 Indian Div
N
Africa 1943 - 4 Indian Div
Italy 1944 - 4 Indian
Div
Greece
1945 - 4 Indian Div
34 LAA Regt
Reg
Fm 32 Hy Regt 5/45
Brighton 1938 - Army Regt
France 1940 - GHQ Troops (Army Fd Regt)
UK 1940
- E Comd (Army Fd Regt)
India 1941
Iraq, Persia
1941-2 - 8 Indian Div
N Africa 1942 - 9 Aust Inf Div
Alamein 10/42 - att
4 Indian Div
Egypt & N Africa 1942-3 - Army
& GHQ Troops (spt regt ME Sch of Arty)
To 32 Hy Regt 9/43, 45 Fd Regt
33 Fd Regt
Reg
SP regt 5/44
Bulford 1938 - Army Regt
France 1939-40 - 3 Inf Div
UK 1940-4 - 3 Inf Div
D-Day
6/44 - 3 Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 3 Inf Div
24 LAA Regt
51 (Westmorland & Cumberland Yeo) Fd Regt
TA
To RA 1938
Carlisle 1938 - 42 Div
UK 1939-40 - 42, 46 Inf Divs
Norway 1940 (1 bty)
N
Africa 1940-1 - W Desert Force (13 Corps Troops & 6 Aust Div)
Tobruk
1941 - 9 Aust Inf Div
N Africa 1941 - 8 Army Troops (Army
Fd Regt)
Ceylon, India 1942-3 - 16 Inf Bde, 34 Indian & 70 Inf Divs
India
1943-4 - Special Force
Burma
1944 - 51 Colm 16 LRP Bde (Chindits)
To 51 Colm 10/43,
251 Fd Regt
52 Fd Regt
TA
Manchester 1938 - 42 Div
France 1940 - 42 (East Lancashire) Inf Div
UK 1939-42
- 42 & 76 Inf Divs
Mid East 1942-3 -GHQ, 8 &
9 Army Troops, 8 Indian Div
Italy 1943-5 - 8 Indian Div
Italy
1944 - Att 1 Inf Div
252 Fd Regt
53 Fd Regt
TA
Bolton 1938 - 42 Div
France 1940 - 42 (East Lancashire) Inf Div
UK 1939-42
- 42 & 76 Inf Divs
Mid East 1942-3 -GHQ, 8
& 9 Army Troops, 8 Indian Div
Alamein 10/42 - Att 44 Inf Div
Italy 1943-5 - 8 Indian
Div
Italy
1944 - Att 1 Inf Div
253 Fd Regt
55 (Wessex) Fd Regt
TA
Taunton 1938 - 43 Div
UK 1939-42 - 45 Inf Div
UK
1942-4 - Gds Armd Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - Gds Armd Div
255 Med Regt
57 (Home Counties) Fd Regt
TA
Brighton 1938 - 44 Div
France 1940 - 44 (Home Counties) Inf Div
UK 1939-42 -
44 (Home Counties) Inf Div
N Africa 1942 -
44 (Home Counties) Inf Div
Alamein 10/42 - 44 Inf Div
N Africa 1943 - 5
AGRA
Sicily 1943 - 5
AGRA
Italy 1943-5 - 6 AGRA
257 Fd Regt
TA
Eastbourne 1938 - 44 Div
France 1940 - 44 (Home Counties) Inf Div
UK 1939-42 -
44 (Home Counties) Inf Div
N Africa 1942 -
44 (Home Counties) Inf Div
Alamein 10/42 - 44 Inf Div
N Africa 1943 - 5
AGRA
Sicily 1943 - 5
AGRA
To 84 Med Regt 12/43
60 (North Midland) Fd Regt
TA
Nottingham 1938 - 49 Div
France 1940 - 2 Corps Troops (Army Fd Regt)
UK 1940
- 12 Corps Troops (Army Fd Regt)
Syria 1941 - 6 Inf
Div
N Africa 1941-2 -
6/70 Inf Div
India 1942-3 - 70 Inf Div
India 1943-4 - Special
Force, 23 Bde
Burma 1944 - 60 &
88 Colms 23 LRP Bde (Chindits)
To 60 & 88 Colms 10/43,
SA 10/44,
Disb 47
TA
Stoke-on-Trent 1938 - 55 Div
UK 1939-44 - 59 (Staffordshire) Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944 - 59 (Staffordshire) Inf Div, 2 Army Troops
To 61 S Hy Regt 12/44
64 (7th London) Fd Regt
TA
Fulham 1938 - London Div
UK 1939-42 - 1 (London) (56) Inf Div
Iraq
& Mid East 1942-3 - 56 (London) Inf Div
Tunisia
1943 - 56 (London) Inf Div
Salerno
9/43 - 56 (London) Inf Div
Anzio
1/44 - 56 (London) Inf Div
Italy 1943-5 - 56 (London) Inf Div ?
264 Fd Regt
65 (8th London) Fd Regt
TA
Lee Green 1938 - Army Regt
France 1940 - 44 (Home Counties) Inf Div
UK 1939-42 -
44 (Home Counties) Inf Div
N Africa 1942 - 44 (Home Counties) Inf Div
Alamein 10/42 - 44 Inf Div
N
Africa 1942-3 - 50 Inf Div
Tunisia & N Africa 1943 - 56 (London) Inf Div
Salerno 9/43 - 56 (London) Inf Div
Anzio
1/44 - 56 (London) Inf Div
Italy 1943-5 - 56 (London) Inf Div
?
265 Fd Regt
67 (South Midland) Fd Regt
TA
Worcester 1938 - 48 Div
UK 1939-40 - 48 (S
Midland) Inf Div
France 1940 - 1 Inf Div
UK 1940-3 - 1 Inf Div
Tunisia
& N Africa 1943 - 1 Inf Div
Anzio
1/44 - 1 Inf Div
Italy 1944 - 1 Inf Div
Mid
East 1945 - 1 Inf Div
267 Fd Regt
68 (South Midland) Fd Regt
TA
Birmingham 1938 - 48 Div
France 1940 - 48 (S Midland) Inf Div
UK 1939-42 - 48 (S
Midland) Inf Div
Persia, Iraq, Syria, Palestine - 1942-4 - 10
Army & 10 Indian
Div
Italy 1944-5 - 10 Indian Div
268 Fd Regt
69 (West Riding) Fd Regt
TA
Leeds 1938 - 49 Div
UK 1939-40 49 (W Riding)
Inf Div
Iceland 1940-2
- Alabaster Force
UK 1942-3
- 49 Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 49 (W Riding) Inf Div
269 Fd Regt
70 (West Riding) Fd Regt
TA
Bradford 1938 - 49 Div
UK 1939-40 - 49 Div
France
1940 - 49 Inf
Div
UK 1940-3 - 46 Inf
Div, 139 Inf Bde Gp
Tunisia 1943 - 46 Inf Div & Army Troops
Salerno 9/43 - 46 Inf
Div
Italy 1943-5 - 46 Inf Div ?
Greece 1945
- 46 Inf Div
270 Fd Regt
71 (West Riding) Fd Regt
TA
Sheffield 1938 - 49 Div
UK 1939-40 - 49 Div
France
1940 - 49 Inf
Div
UK 1940-3 - 46 Inf
Div
Tunisia 1943 - 46 Inf Div & Army Troops
Salerno 9/43 - 46 Inf
Div
Italy 1943-5 - 46 Inf Div ?
Greece 1945
- 46 Inf Div
271 Fd Regt
72 (Northumbrian) Fd Regt
TA
Newcastle-on-Tyne 1938 - 50 Div
France 1940 - 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
UK 1939-41 -
50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
Mid East 1941 -
50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
N Africa 1941-2 - 150 Inf Bde Gp
Tobruk 6/42 - Lost
272 Fd Regt
74 (Northumbrian) Fd Regt
TA
South Shields 1938 - 50 Div
France 1940 - 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
UK 1939-41 -
50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
Mid East 1941-2 -
50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
N Africa 1942-3 - 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
Alamein 10/42 - 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
Sicily
1943 - 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
UK 1943-4 - 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
NW Europe 1944 - 50 (Northumbrian)
Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 49 (West Riding) Div
274 Fd Regt
TA
Aberdeen 1938 51 Div
UK 1939-40 - 51 (Highland) Inf Div
France 1940 - 51 (Highland) Inf Div
UK
1940-1 - 31 Indep Bde Gp
UK
1943 - 47 (London) Inf Div
N
Africa 1943 - 1 AGRA
To 75 Hy Regt 10/43
76 (Highland) Fd Regt
TA
SP regt 9/44
Dundee 1938 - 51 Div
UK 1939-40 - 51 (Highland)
Div
France 1940 - 51 & 3 Inf Divs
UK 1940-4 - 3 Inf Div
D-Day
6/44 - 3 Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - 3 Inf Div
276 Fd Regt
77 (Highland) Fd Regt
TA
Greenock 1938 - 51 Div
UK 1939-40 - 51 (Highland)
Div
France 1940 - 51 & 4 Inf Divs
UK 1940-2 - 4 Inf Div
Tunisia
& N Africa
1943 - 4 Inf Div
Italy 1943-4 - 4 Inf Div ?
Greece
1944-5 - 4 Inf Div
277 Fd Regt
TA
Edinburgh 1938 - 52 Div
France 1940 - 52 (Lowland) Inf Div
UK 1939-42 - 52 (Lowland)
Inf Div
N Africa 1942-3 - GHQ/8 Army Troops
El Alamein 10/42 - 1
Armd Div
Sicily 1943
- 5 AGRA
Anzio
1/44 - 1 Inf Div
Italy 1943-4 - 8 Army Troops att 1 Inf Div
To 178 Med Regt 4/44
79 (Lowland) Fd Regt
TA
Ayr 1938 - 52 Div
UK 1939-44 - 52 (Lowland) Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 157 Inf Bde Gp, 52 (Lowland) Inf Div
279 Fd Regt
80 (Lowland) Fd Regt
TA
Glasgow 1938 - 52 Div
UK 1940-4 - 52 (Lowland) Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 52 (Lowland) Inf Div
280 Med Regt
81 (Welsh) Fd Regt
TA
Port Talbot 1938 - 53 Div
UK 1939-44 - 53 (Welsh) Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5 -
53 (Welsh) Inf Div
281 Fd Regt
83 (Welsh) Fd Regt
TA
Newport 1938 - 53 Div
UK 1939-4 - 53 (Welsh) Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5 -
53 (Welsh) Inf Div
283 Fd Regt
TA
Stratford E.15 1938 - 54 Div
UK 1939-42 - 54 (E Anglian) Inf Div
Persia
& Iraq
1942-3 - 5 Indian Inf Div & 21 Indian Corps
To 85 Mtn Regt 9/43
86 (Herts Yeo) Fd Regt
TA
To RA 1938
SP regt 5/44
Hertford 1938 - 54 Div
UK 1939-42 - 54 (E Anglian) Inf Div
UK
1942-3 - 42 Armd Div
D-Day 6/44
- att 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - Army Troops att
8 Armd Bde
NW Europe 1945 - Guards Armd Div & 5 AGRA
286 Fd Regt
87 (1st West Lancs) Fd Regt
TA
Liverpool 1938 - 55 Div
UK 1939-41 - 55 (W Lancashire) Inf Div
Iraq
& Mid
East 1942-5 - 10 Army Troops, 6 Indian Inf Div, 24 & 27 Indian Inf
Bdes
287 Med Regt
88 (2nd West Lancs) Fd Regt
TA
Preston 1938 - 55 Div
France 1940 - 2 Corps Troops (Army
Fd Regt)
UK 1940-1 - 12 Corps Troops (Army Fd Regt)
Malaya 1941-2
-
9 Indian Div
Lost 2/42,
288 LAA Regt
90 (City of London) Fd Regt
TA
SP regt 5/44
Bloomsbury 1938 - London Div
UK 1939-42 - 1 (London) (56) Inf Div
Mid
East 1942-3 - 56 (London) Inf Div & 2 London Inf Bde
N Africa
1943 - 50 Inf Div
Sicily
1943 - 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
D-Day 6/44
- 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
NW Europe 1944 - 50 (Northumbrian)
Inf Div
NW Europe 1945 - 2 AGRA
290 Fd Regt
91 (4th London) Fd Regt
TA
Lewisham 1938 - London Div
France 1939-40 - 5 Inf Div
UK 1940-2 - 5 Inf Div
Madagascar
1942 - 13 Inf Bde Gp
India, Iraq, Persia, Syria
1942-3 - 5 Inf Div
Mid East 1943 - 5 Inf Div
Sicily 1943 - 5 Inf Div
Anzio 1/44 - 5 Inf Div
Italy
1943-5 - 5 Inf Div ?
NW Europe 1945 - 5 Inf Div
291 AB Fd Regt
92 (5th London) Fd Regt
TA
Kennington 1938 - Army Regt
France 1939-40 - 5 Inf Div
UK 1940-2 - 5 Inf Div
India, Iraq,
Persia, Syria
1942-3 - 5 Inf Div
Mid East
1943 - 5 Inf Div
Sicily 1943 - 5 Inf Div
Anzio 1/44 - 5 Inf Div
Italy
1943-5 - 5 Inf Div ?
NW Europe 1945 - 5 Inf Div
292 AB ATk Regt
94 (QO Dorset Yeo) Fd Regt
TA
To RA 1938
SP regt
Dorchester 1938 - 43 Div
UK 1939-44 - 43 (Wessex) Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 43 (Wessex) Inf Div
294 Fd Regt
96 (R Devon Yeo) Fd Regt
TA
To RA 1938
Exeter 1938 - 43 Div
UK 1939-45 - 45 &
61 Inf Divs
India 1945
Burma 1945
- 81 West African & 25 Indian Divs
296 Fd Regt
97 (Kent Yeo) Fd Regt
TA
To RA 1938
Maidstone 1938 - Army Regt
France 1940 - 2 Corps Troops (Army Fd Regt)
UK 1940
- W Comd (Army Fd Regt)
Iraq 1941-2 - 10 Indian Div
(Army Fd Regt)
North Africa 1942 - 10 Indian Div
Alamein
10/42 - 7 Armd Div
Mid East 1943-4 - 10 Indian Div
Italy 1944 - 10 Indian Div
297 LAA Regt
98 (Surrey & Sussex Yeo) Fd Regt
TA
To RA 1938
SP regt /43
Clapham Park 1938 - Army Regt
France 1940 - GHQ Troops (Army Fd Regt)
UK 1940-2
- S Comd (Army Fd Regt)
N Africa 1942-3 - 10 Armd Div, GHQ & 8 Army Troops
Alamein 10/42 - 10 Armd Div
Sicily
1943 - att 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
Italy 1943-4 - 8 Army Troops
att 1 Cdn Armd Bde, 78 Inf & 8 Indian Divs
Anzio 1/44 - 5 Inf Div
NW Europe 1945 - 2 Army Troops att
1 Cdn Armd Bde
298 Fd Regt
99 (R Bucks Yeo) Fd Regt
TA
Aylesbury 1938 - Army Regt
UK 1939-40 48 (S
Midland) Inf Div
France 1940 - 2 Inf Div
UK 1940-2 - 2 Inf Div
India
1942-4 - 2 Inf Div & 6 Inf Bde Gp
Burma 1942-3 - 6 Inf Bde Gp att 14 & 26
Indian Divs
Kohima
5/44 - 2 Inf Div
Burma 1944-5 - 2 Inf Div
299 Fd Regt
102 (Pembroke & Cardiganshire Yeo) Fd Regt
TA
To RA 1938
Haverford West 1938 - Army Regt
UK 1939-42 - 38 (Welsh) &
77 Inf Divs
Tunisia
1942-3 - 1 AGRA
Italy 1943 - 2 AGRA
To 102 Med Regt 10/43
109 Fd Regt
TA
Of 51 Fd Regt
UK 1939-40 - 66 Inf Div
UK 1940-5 - 55 (W Lancashire) Inf Div
309 Coast Regt
110 Fd Regt
TA
Of 52 Fd Regt
UK 1939-40 - 66 Inf Div
UK 1940-4 - 59 (Staffordshire) Inf Div
NW Europe
1944 - 59 (Staffordshire) Inf Div
NW Europe 1944 - 2 Army
Troops
310 LAA Regt
111 Fd Regt
TA
Of 53 Fd Regt
UK 1939-40 - 66 Inf Div
UK 1940-1 - 42 (East Lancashire) Inf Div
N Africa
1942-3 - Army Troops att 8 Armd Bde
Alamein
10/42 - 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
Sicily
1943 - 5 AGRA
Italy 1943-4 - att 8 Indian
Div
Yugoslavia
1944-5 - 2 Special Service Bde
Disb 47
112 (Wessex) Fd Regt
TA
Of 55 Fd Regt
UK 1939-44 - 43 (Wessex) Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 43 (Wessex) Inf Div
312 Med Regt
113 Fd Regt
TA
Of 57 Fd Regt
UK 1939-40 - 12 (Eastern) Inf Div
UK 1940-2 - 1 (London) (56) Inf Div
Iraq
& Mid East 1942-3 - 56 (London) Inf Div
Tunisia
1943 - 56 (London) Inf Div
Salerno
9/43 - 56 (London) Inf Div
Anzio
1/44 - 56 (London) Inf Div
Italy 1943-5 - 56 (London) Inf Div ?
313 HAA Regt
114 (Sussex) Fd Regt
TA
Of 58 Fd Regt
Jungle Fd Regt 7/43
UK 1939-42 - 12 (Eastern), 2 (47) (London) Inf Divs
Ceylon,
India 1942-3 - 20 Indian
Div
Burma 1943-5
- 20 Indian Div
Imphal 4/44 - 20 Indian Div
Vietnam 1945 - 20 Indian
Div
Disb 47
115 (N Midland) Fd Regt
TA
Of 60 Fd Regt
France 1940 - GHQ Troops (Army Fd Regt)
UK 1940-2
- E Comd (Army Fd Regt)
Ceylon, India 1942-4 - 20 & 19 Indian Divs
Burma
1944-5 - 19 Indian Div
315 Med Regt
116 (N Midland) Fd Regt
TA
Of 61 Fd Regt
UK 1939-44 - 59 (Staffordshire) Inf Div
NW Europe
1944 - 59 (Staffordshire) Inf Div
NW Europe 1944 - 2 Army
Troops
Disb 47
117 (London) Fd Regt
TA
Of 64 Fd Regt
UK 1939-45 - 2 (47) (London) (Res) Inf Div
Disb 47
118 (London) Fd Regt
TA
Of 65 Fd Regt
UK 1939-41 - 12 & 18 Inf Divs
India 1941-2 - 18 Inf Div
Malaya 1942
- 18 Inf Div
Lost 2/42, Disb 47
119 (S Midland) Fd Regt
TA
Of 67 Fd Regt
UK 1939-45 - 61 Inf Div
Disb 47
120 (S Midland) Fd Regt
TA
Of 68 Fd Regt
UK 1939-44 - 61 Inf Div
UK 1944-5 - 48 Inf
(Res)
Div
320 HAA Regt
TA
Of 69 Fd Regt
SP regt 9/42
UK 1939-40 -46 Inf Div & 10 Corps Troops
Iraq
& Mid East
1941-2 - 10 Army, 8 & 10 Indian Divs
Alamein 10/42 - 30 Corps
Troops (23 Armd Bde Gp)
N Africa 1943 - 5
AGRA
Sicily 1943 - 5
AGRA
Salerno 9/43 - 10 Corps Troops
To 121 Med Regt 1/44
122 (W Riding) Fd Regt
TA
Of 70 Fd Regt
UK 1939-41 - 46 Inf Div & War Office Reserve (Army Fd Regt)
Singapore
1941-2
- Corps Troops
Lost 2/42, Disb 47
TA
Of 71 Fd Regt
UK 1939-2 - 46 Inf Div & N Comd (Army Fd Regt)
India 1942
- 32 Indian Div
India 1942-4 - 251 Indian Armd Bde, 44 Indian Armd Div
To 123 Para Fd Regt 1/45
124 (Northumbrian) Fd Regt
TA
Of 72 Fd Regt
UK 1939-40 - 23 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
Iraq
& Mid East
1940-2 - 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
N Africa
1942-3 -69 Inf Bde Gp, 10 Armd & 50 Inf Divs
Alamein 10/42 - 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
Sicily 1943
- 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
Italy 1943-4 - 50 (Northumberland) Inf Div
NW Europe 1944 - 50 (Northumbrian)
Inf Div
UK 1945 - 55 Inf Div
324 HAA Regt
126 (Highland) Fd Regt
TA
Of 75 Fd Regt
UK 1939-40 - 9 (Highland) Inf Div
UK 1940-2 - 51 (Highland) Inf Div
N Africa 1942-3
- 51 (Highland) Inf Div
Alamein 10/42 - 51 (Highland) Inf Div
Sicily 1943 - 51 (Highland) Inf Div
UK
1943-4 - 51 (Highland) Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5
- 51 (Highland) Inf Div
Disb 47
127 (Highland) Fd Regt
TA
Of 76 Fd Regt
UK 1939-40 - 9 (Highland) Inf Div
UK 1940-2 - 51 (Highland) Inf Div
N Africa 1942-3
- 51 (Highland) Inf Div
Alamein 10/42 - 51 (Highland) Inf Div
Sicily 1943 - 51 (Highland) Inf Div
UK
1943-4 - 51 (Highland) Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5
- 51 (Highland) Inf Div
Disb 47
128 (Highland) Fd Regt
TA
Of 77 Fd Regt
UK 1939-40 - 9 (Highland) Inf Div
UK 1940-2 - 51 (Highland) Inf Div
N Africa 1942-3
- 51 (Highland) Inf Div
Alamein 10/42 - 51 (Highland) Inf Div
Sicily 1943 - 51 (Highland) Inf Div
UK
1943-4 - 51 (Highland) Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5
- 51 (Highland) Inf Div
328 Med Regt
TA
Of 78 Fd Regt
Jungle Fd
Regt /43
UK 1939-42 - 15 (Scottish) Inf Div
India 1942-5 - 14
& 17 Indian Inf Divs
Burma
1942 - 14 Indian Div
Burma 1943-5 - 17 Indian Div
Disb 47
130 (Lowland) Fd Regt
TA
Of 79 Fd Regt
Assault Fd Regt 8/43
UK 1939-42 - 15 (Scottish) Inf Div
India 1942-3
- 14 & 36 (Indian) Inf Div
Burma 1944-5 - 36 Inf Div
330 Med Regt
131 (Lowland) Fd Regt
TA
Of 80 Fd Regt
UK 1939-44 - 15 (Scottish) Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 15 (Scottish) Inf Div
Disb 47
132 (Welsh) Fd Regt
TA
Of 81 Fd Regt
UK 1939-42 - 38 (Welsh) & 78 Inf Divs
Tunisia 1942-3
- 78 Inf Div
Sicily 1943 - 78 Inf Div
Italy 1943-4
- 78 Inf Div ?
Disb 47
133 (Welsh) Fd Regt
TA
Of 83 Fd Regt
UK 1939-44 - 53 (Welsh) Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5 -
53 (Welsh) Inf Div
Disb 47
TA
Of 85 Fd Regt
Jungle Fd Regt 10/43
UK 1939-42 - 54 (E Anglian) Inf Div
India 1942-4
- 19 Indian Div
To 134 Med Regt 10/44
135 (Herts Yeo) Fd Regt
TA
Of 86 Fd Regt
To RA 1939
UK 1939-41 - 18 Inf Div
India 1941-2 - 18 Inf Div
Malaya 1942
- 18 Inf & 11 Indian Div
Lost 2/42, Disb 47
136 (W Lancs) Fd Regt
TA
Of 87 Fd Regt
UK 1939-42 - 55 (W Lancashire) Inf Div
India 1942
India 1943-4
- 7 Indian Div
Burma 1944-5 - 5 & 7 Indian Divs
Thailand
1945 - 7 Indian Div
336 Med Regt
137 (W Lancs) Fd Regt
TA
Of 88 Fd Regt
UK 1940 - S Comd (School of Arty Army Fd Regt)
Malaya 1941-2
- Command Troops
Lost 2/42,
337 HAA Regt
138 (London) Fd Regt
TA
Of 90 Fd Regt
UK 1939-2 - 2 (47) (London) & 78 Inf Divs
Tunisia 1942-3
- 78 Inf Div
Sicily 1943 - 78 Inf Div
Italy 1943-5 - 78
Inf Div ?
Disb 47
139 (London) Fd Regt
TA
Of 91 Fd Regt
Jungle Fd Regt 7/43
France 1940 - GHQ Troops (Army Fd Regt)
UK 1940-2
- 3 Corps Troops (Army Fd Regt)
India 1942-4 - 7 Indian Div
Burma
1943-5 - 7 Indian Div
Disb 47
TA
Of 92 Fd Regt
France 1940 - 1 Corps Troops (Army Fd Regt)
UK 1940-2
- S Comd (Army Fd Regt)
Tunisia 192-43 - 5 & 9 Corps,
2 AGRA &
French Div
Salerno 9/43
To 140 Med Regt 9/43
141 (QO Dorset Yeo) Fd Regt
TA
Of 94 Fd Regt
To RA 1939
UK 1939-42 - 43 (Wessex) Inf Div
UK 1942-4 -
9 Armd Div
UK 1944-5 - 55 Inf Div
UK 1945 - 61 Inf Div
341 Med Regt
142 (R Devon Yeo) Fd Regt
TA
Of 96 Fd Regt
To RA 1939
SP regt 11/43
UK 1939-41 - 45 Inf Div
UK 1942-3 - 79 Armd
Div
N Africa 1943 - Army
Troops
Sicily 7/43 - 1 Cdn Div
Salerno 9/43 - Army Troops att 10 Corps Troops
Italy 1944-5 - Army
Troops att 56,
4, 1 Cdn & 2 NZ Inf Divs, 25 Tk Bde
342 Fd Regt
143 (Kent) Fd Regt
TA
Of 97 Fd Regt
UK 1940
Iceland 1940-2 - Alabaster Force
UK
1942-4 - 49 (West Riding) Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 49 (West Riding) Inf Div
NW
Europe 1945 - 1 Cdn Corps
Disb 47
144 (Surrey & Sussex Yeo) Fd Regt
TA
Of 98 Fd Regt
To RA 1939
UK 1940
East & N Africa 1940-2 - 5, 4
Indian & 1 Armd Divs
Tobruk 1941 - 9
Aust & 70 Inf Divs
Iraq 1942 - 3 Indian Motor Bde
Mid
East 1942-5 - 31 Indian Armd Div
344 LAA/SL Regt
145 (Berks Yeo) Fd Regt
TA
Of 99 Fd Regt
To RA 1939
UK 1939-45 - 61 Inf Div
India 1945 - 39 Indian
& 36
Inf Div
Java 1945 - 26 Indian Div
345 Med Regt
146 (Pembrokeshire Yeo) Fd Regt
TA
Of 102 Fd Regt
To RA 1939
UK 1939-42 - 38 (Welsh) Inf Div
N Africa 1942-3
- 7 & 8 Armd Divs
El Alamein 10/42
- 8 Armd Div att 30 Corps
Salerno 9/43 - 10 Corps Troops
Italy 1943 - 7
Armd Div
To 146 Med Regt 11/43
TA
Fm 147 Fd Regt RHA 6/40
SP regt 5/44
UK 1940 - 11 Corps Troops (Army Fd Regt)
UK
1941-3 - 42 Inf/Armd Divs
D-Day
6/44 - att 50 Inf Div
Normandy 1944 - Army Troops att 8
Armd Bde
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 2 Army Troops
Disb 47
148 (Beds Yeo) Fd Regt
TA
Of 105 Fd Regt
UK 1939-41 - 18 Inf Div
India 1941-2 - 18 Inf Div
Malaya 1942
- 18 Inf Div
Lost 2/42, Disb 47
TA
Fm 149 Fd Regt RHA 6/40
UK 1940-2 - War Office Reserve (Army Fd Regt)
Egypt
1942 - 10 Indian Motorised Bde Gp
To 149 ATk Regt 7/42
TA
Fm 150 Fd Regt RHA 6/40
UK 1940-2 - N Ireland Comd (Army Fd Regt &
148 Ind Bde Gp)
UK
1942-3 - 79 Armd Div
UK 1943 - GHQ Reserve
Normandy
1944 - 2 Army Troops
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 4 AGRA
350 Hy Regt
151 Fd Regt
TA
Fm Ayrshire Yeo 2/40
UK 1940-2 - Scottish Comd (Army Fd Regt) &
46 Inf Div
UK
1942-4 - 11 Armd Div
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 11 Armd Div
RAC
152 Fd Regt
TA
Fm Ayrshire Yeo 2/40
UK 1940-2 - Scottish Comd (Army Fd Regt) &
6 Armd Div
Tunisia
1942-3 - 6 Armd Div
Italy 1943-5 - 6 Armd Div & 8 Indian
Div
RAC
153 Fd Regt
TA
Fm Leics Yeo 2/40
SP regt 8/44
UK 1940 - Scottish Comd & 1 Corps Troops (Army Fd Regt)
UK 1941-4
- Gds Armd Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - Gds Armd Div
RAC
154 Fd Regt
TA
Fm Leics Yeo 2/40
UK 1940-2 - 4 Corps Troops (Army Fd Regt)
N
Africa 1942-3 - Army Troops
Alamein
10/42 - 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
Mid East 1943-4 - 10
Indian Div
Italy 1944-5 - 10 Indian
& 78 Inf Divs
Austria 1945 - 78 Inf Div
RAC
155 Fd Regt
TA
Fm Lanarks Yeo 2/40
India 1941 - 9 Indian Inf Div
Malaya 1941-2 - 11 Indian Div
Lost 2/42, RAC
156 Fd Regt
TA
Fm Lanarks Yeo 2/40
UK 1940-2
Iraq, Persia, Syria 1942-3 - 3 Corps
Tps, 21 Indian Inf Bde & 5 Inf Div
Sicily 1943 - 5 Inf Div
Anzio 1/44 - 5 Inf Div
Italy
1943-5 - 5 Inf Div ?
NW Europe 1945
- 5 Inf Div
RAC
157 Fd Regt
WF
F India 12/40
Iraq, Persia 1941-2 - 10 Indian Div
Western Desert 1942
Lost 8/42, Disb 8/42
158 Fd Regt
WF
F India 12/40,
Jungle Fd Regt 10/42
India 1941-4
Imphal 4/44 - 23 Indian Div
Burma 1944-5 - 23 Indian
Div
India 1945 - 36 Inf Div
Disb 47
WF
F India 4/41
Iraq, Persia
1941-4 - 6 Indian Div
India 1944 - 26 Indian Inf Bde Gp
To 159 Para Lt Regt 1/45
160 Fd Regt
WF
Fm A Bty 155 Fd Regt India 7/41
Jungle Fd Regt
10/43
India 1941-3 - 14 & 26 Indian Divs
Burma 1943 - 14 Indian Div
DD
Bty, Chindits, Burma 1944 -
Spec duties
Burma 1944-5 - 26 Indian Div
91 Fd Regt
161 Fd Regt
WF
F Quetta 9/41
Disbanded 3/42, absorbed by 160 Fd Regt
WF
F India 5/42
Ceylon 1942-3 - 21 East African Bde Gp (34 Indian Inf Div)
To 303 (East African) Fd Regt 5/43
163 Fd Regt
WF
F 6/42
UK 1942-3
Disb 8/43
164 Fd Regt
WF
F Iraq 5/42 X Fd Regt
164 Fd Regt 6/42
Egypt 1942 - 25 Indian Inf Bde, 10 Indian Div
Disb 8/42
165 Fd Regt
WF
F Persia 5/42 Y Fd Regt
165 Fd Regt 6/42
Mid East & N Africa 1942-3 - 8 Ind Div, 26
Indian Inf Bde Gp & 231 Inf Bde Gp
Sicily 1943 - 231 Inf Bde Gp
& 78 Inf Div
Italy 1943-4
- 13 Corps att 4 Inf Div
Italy 1944 - Army Troops
Disb 12/44
Newfoundland
167 Fd Regt
WF
F 3/42
UK 1942-3 - 76 (Res) Inf Div
Disb 2/43
169 Fd Regt
WF
F 12/41
UK 1942-3
Disb 2/43
170 Fd Regt
WF
F 12/41
UK 1942-4 - 54 & 55 Inf Divs
Disb 3/44
WF
Fm 2 Def Regt 1/42, Fm 171 Hy Regt 5/45
UK 1942-4 - 45 Inf Div
UK 1945 - 47 Inf (Res)
Div
To 171 Hy Regt 2/45, Disb 1/46
172 Fd Regt
WF
Fm 3 Def Regt 1/42
UK 1942 - 46 Inf Div
Tunisia 1943 - 46 Inf Div
Salerno 9/43 - 46 Inf
Div
Italy 1943-5 - 46
Inf Div ?
Disb 11/45
173 Fd Regt
WF
Fm 7 Def Regt 1/42
UK 1942-5 - 48, 76 & 47 (Res) Inf Divs
Disb 1/45
174 Fd Regt
WF
Fm 8 Def Regt 1/42
UK 1942-3 - 55 Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - Army
Troops
Disb 3/45
175 Fd Regt
WF
Fm 10 Def Regt 1/42
UK 1942-5 - 77 (Res) & 45 Inf Divs
Disb 4/46
176 Fd Regt
WF
Fm 11 Def Regt 1/42
UK 1942-5 - 77 (Res) & 45 Inf Divs
Disb 3/46
WF
F 1/42
Assault Fd Regt 8/43
UK 1942-3 - 49 Inf Div & WO Control
India 1943 - 36 (Indian) Inf Div
Burma 1944-5 - 36 Inf Div
India
1945 - 23 Indian Div
Java
1945-6 - 23 Indian Div
Disb 3/46
179 Fd Regt
WF
Fm 11 Worcs 3/42
UK 1942-4 - 43 (Wessex) Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 43 (Wessex) Inf Div
Disb 3/46
180 Fd Regt
WF
Fm 8 N Staffs 3/42
UK 1942-4 - 48 Inf (Res) Div
Disb 8/44
181 Fd Regt
WF
Fm 6 KOSLI 3/42
UK 1942-4 - 15 (Scottish) Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 15 (Scottish) Inf Div
Disb 6/46
182 Fd Regt
WF
Fm 12 Warwicks 2/42
UK 1943-4 - 38 (Res) Inf Div
Disb 12/44
WF
Fm 10 S Staffs 3/42
UK 1942-3 - 38 (Res) Inf Div
N Africa 1943 - 2 AGRA
Salerno 9/43
Italy 1943 - 2 AGRA
To 61 Hy Regt 11/43
185 Fd Regt
WF
F 12/42
UK 1942-4 - 49 Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944 - 49 (West Riding) Inf Div
Disb 1/45
186 Fd Regt
WF
F 12/42
UK 1942-4 - 52 (Lowland) Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 52 (Lowland) Inf Div
Disb 11/45
187 Fd Regt
WF
F 12/42
UK 1943 - 47 Inf Div
Disb 6/43
188 Fd Regt
WF
F 12/42
UK 1942-3 - 38 Inf Div
UK 1943 - GHQ Reserve
Disb 1/44
189 Fd Regt
WF
F 12/42
Disb 1/43
190 Fd Regt
WF
F 12/42
UK 1943-4 - 38 & 15 Inf Divs
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 15 (Scottish) Inf Div
Disb 10/45
191 Fd Regt
WF
F 12/42
UK 1943 - 42 Armd Div
UK 1943-4 2 Cdn AGRA
NW Europe 1944 - 3 Cdn Inf Div, 2 & 3 Cdn
Corps Troops, 154 Inf Bde, 2 AGRA, 50 Inf Div
Disb 1/45
192 Fd Regt
WF
F 12/42
UK 1943 - 55 Inf Div
Disb 3/44
193 Fd Regt
WF
F 12/42
UK 1943 - 38 Inf Div
Disb 1/44
194 Fd Regt
WF
F 12/42
UK 1943 - Scottish Comd
Disb 1/44
195 Fd Regt
WF
F 1/43
UK 1943-5 - 80 & 38 (Res) Inf Divs
Disb 1/46
199 Fd Regt
WF
F 7/43
UK 1943 - 80 (Res) Inf Div
Disb 11/43
200 Fd Regt
WF
F 12/44
1/45 A Jewish Fd Regt
Italy 1945 - Jewish Inf Bde
Disb 5/46
202 Fd Regt
WF
F 5/45
UK
Disb 10/45
203 Fd Regt
WF
F 5/45
UK
Disb 10/45
205 Fd Regt
WF
F 5/45
UK
Disb 10/45
WF
Fm 88 Med Regt 4/45
SP regt
India 1945 - 23 Indian Div
ALFSEA
1945 - 34 Corps Troops & 16 AGRA
72 Fd Regt
Regular field batteries were individually numbered between 1 and 121, and regiments did not have consecutive battery numbers. TA batteries had numbers in the series 201 - 430 and in 1938 almost all regiments had consecutively numbered batteries. War formed batteries used unused TA numbers (from regiments converted to anti-tank) then new numbers from 431 onwards. When 4 ラ 6 gun field brigades became 2 ラ 12 gun field regiments in 1938, regular batteries were amalgamated in pairs in their regiment and given the joint 'number', eg '14/66'. With the change in 1941 to 3 ラ 8 gun regiments one of these 'double numbers' was uncoupled and assigned to the third battery. The change from 4 ラ 6 to 2 ラ 12 gun batteries overlapped the doubling of the TA so the new regiments used two of the battery numbers, sometimes consecutive, from their 'parent'. New numbers were assigned to TA and WF units for their third batteries when these were created in 1941, using numbers from the 400 series reaching into the 600s. However, three regular field regiments (8, 15 & 21) had lettered batteries and a few TA and WF regiments (apart from HAC) initially had lettered batteries, these were changed to numbers in the 500 series, including one of the regular regiments.
Regiment
Type
Origin/Change
Where - When - With
Disposal
1 Med Regt
Reg
Portsmouth 1938
France 1940 - GHQ Troops
UK 1940-2 - 10 Corps Troops
India 1942-3
- 33 Indian Corps Troops
Burma
1944-5 - 15 Indian Corps, 14 Army & 33 Indian Corps Troops
51 Coast Regt
2 Med Regt
Reg
Longmoor 1938
France 1940 - GHQ Troops
UK 1940-2 - 2 Corps Troops
N
Africa 1943 - 6 AGRA
Sicily
1943 - 6 AGRA
Italy 1944 - 4 Inf Div & 6 AGRA
Italy
1944-5 - 10 AGRA
39 Med Regt
3 Med Regt
Reg
Larkhill 1938
France 1940 - 1 Corps Troops
UK 1940-2 - 1 Corps Troops
Mid
East 1943-4 - GHQ, 9 Army & 3 Corps Troops
Italy
1944-5 - 8 Army Troops, 1 Cdn AGRA
NW Europe 1945 - 1 Cdn Corps Troops
15 Med Regt
4 Med Regt
Reg
Brockhurst 1938
France 1940 - GHQ Troops
UK 1940-2 - Southern Comd
Tunisia &
N Africa
1943 - 5 Corps Troops & 1 AGRA
Italy
1943-5 - Army Troops att 1 AGRA, 1 Cdn Corps & 2 Polish Corps
58 Med Regt
5 Med Regt
Reg
Shoeburyness 1938
France 1940 - 1 Corps Troops
UK 1940-2 - Eastern Comd
N
Africa 1943 - 5 Corps Troops & 2 AGRA
Italy 1943-5 - Army
Troops att 46 Inf Div, 1 & 2 AGRA, 2 Polish Corps, 2 NZ Div
Disb 9/46
6 Med Regt
Reg
Delhi, India 1939-40
Iraq 1941 - 10 Indian Div (bty)
India
1940-3 23 Indian Div & 15 Indian Corps
Burma 1943-5 - 15 Indian Corps Troops
ALFSEA
1945 - 34 Corps Troops, 59 AGRA
18 Med Regt
7 Med Regt
Reg
India 1938
N Africa 1939-43 - W Desert
Force (13 Corps Troops), GHQ, 5 AGRA
Greece 1941 - ANZAC Corps Troops
Crete 1941 - 14 Bde
Alamein
10/42 - 30 Corps Troops
Sicily 1943 - 5
AGRA, 1 Cdn Div
D-Day 6/44 - att 50 Inf Div
Normandy 1944 - 5 AGRA
NW Europe 1944-5 - 5 AGRA
32 Med Regt
8 Med Regt
WF
F India 10/41
India 1942-3
Burma 1943-5 - 4 & 33 Indian Corps Troops
Disb 2/46
9 Med Regt
WF
Fm 8 Buffs 12/42
UK 1943-4
Normandy 1944 - 2 Army Troops
NW Europe 1944-5 - 9 AGRA
Disb 10/45
10 Med Regt
WF
Fm 16 R Fus 12/42
UK 1943-4
Normandy 1944 - 2 Army Troops
NW Europe 1944-5 - 9 AGRA
Disb 4/46
11 Med Regt
WF
Fm 9 Essex 12/42
UK 1943-4
Normandy 1944 - 2 Army Troops
NW Europe 1944-5 - 9 AGRA
Disb 1/46
12 Med Regt
WF
UK 1942-5 - Scottish Comd
Disb 3/46
13 Med Regt
WF
F 1/43
UK 1943-4 - South East Comd
Normandy 1944 - 2 Army Troops
NW Europe 1944-5 - 9 AGRA
14 Med Regt
WF
Fm 8 Beds & Herts 12/42
UK 1942-4 - Northern Ireland Comd
Disb 4/46
16 Med Regt
TA
F 1/43
UK 1943-4
Disb 3/44
Reg
Fm 12 Fd Regt 2/44
N Africa 1944 - GHQ Troops
Italy 1944-5 - 10 AGRA, 2 Polish Corps
Italy 1945 - 7 AGRA
Disb 5/46
Reg
Fm 26 Def Regt (originally 26 ATk Regt) & 19 Med Bty 1/44
Mid East - 1944 - 9 Army & 3 Corps
Italy 1944 - 8
Army Troops att 2 Polish Corps
51 (Midland) Med Regt
TA
Stoke-on-Trent 1938
France 1940 - 3 Corps Troops
UK 1940-2 - Western Comd
N
Africa 1942-3 - 8 Army Troops
N
Africa 1943 - 5 AGRA
Sicily
1943 - 5 AGRA
Italy 1943 - 1 AGRA
Italy 1944 - Army
Troops att 56 (London) Inf Div
& 1 Cdn AGRA
Mid East 1944 - 3 Corps
NW
Europe 1945 - 9 AGRA
351 Med Regt
53 (London) Med Regt
TA
Barnsbury 1938
France 1940 - 2 Corps Troops
UK 1940-4 - 1
Corps,
4 AGRA
D-Day
6/44
NW Europe 1944-5 - 4 AGRA
353 HAA Regt
56 (Highland) Med Regt
TA
Aberdeen 1938
France 1940 - 3 Corps Troops
UK 1940-5 - Eastern Comd,
76 & 47 (Res) Inf Divs
356 Med Regt
58 (Suffolk) Med Regt
TA
Ipswich 1938
France 1940 - GHQ Troops
UK 1940-2 - Southern Comd,
1 AGRA
N
Africa 1943 - 1 AGRA
Italy 1943-5 - 1 AGRA
358 Med Regt
59 (4th West Lancs) Med Regt
TA
Liverpool 1938
France 1940 - 2 Corps Troops
UK 1940-4 - Eastern Comd,
3 AGRA
NW Europe 1944-5 - 3 AGRA
359 Med Regt
61 (Carnavon & Denbigh Yeo) Med Regt
TA
To RA 1938
Colwyn Bay 1938
France 1940 - GHQ Troops
UK
1940-3 - Scottish Comd
UK 1943-4 - Northern Comd,
8 AGRA
NW Europe 1944-5 - 8
AGRA
361 Med Regt
62 (Scottish) Med Regt
TA
Fm 504 Coast Regt
Broughty Ferry 1938
362 Med Regt
63 (Midland) Med Regt
TA
Of 51 Med Regt
France 1940 - GHQ Troops
UK 1940-4 - Southern Comd,
8 AGRA
NW Europe 1944-5 - 8
AGRA
Disb 47
64 (London) Med Regt
TA
Of 53 Med Regt
N Africa 1940-1 - W Desert Force (13 Corps
Troops)
Greece 1941 - ANZAC Corps Troops
Crete & Eritrea 1941
Syria 1941 - 1
Aust Corps Troops
N Africa 1942-3 -GHQ Troops, 8 Army Troops,
2 NZ Div
Alamein 10/42 - 30 Corps Troops
Sicily
1943 - 5 AGRA, att 51 (Highland) Inf Div
D-Day
6/44
NW Europe 1944-5 - 5 AGRA
Disb 47
65 (Highland) Med Regt
TA
Of 56 Med Regt
France 1940 - GHQ Troops
UK 1940-4 - Northern Comd
D-Day
6/44
NW Europe 1944-5 - 4 AGRA
Disb 47
66 (Lowland) Med Regt
TA
Of 57 Med Regt
UK 1940-2 - 5 Corps Troops
N Africa 1943 - 6
AGRA
Sicily 1943 - 6
AGRA, att 50 (Northumbrian) Inf Div
Italy 1943 - 6 AGRA,
att 2 NZ Div
Italy 1944 - 6 AGRA , att 78 Inf Div
Disb 47
67 (Suffolk) Med Regt
TA
Of 58 Med Regt
Reformed 2/43
UK 1940 - 4 Corps Troops
Western Desert 1941-2
- GHQ Troops
N Africa 1942 - 8 Army Troops
Tobruk
6/42 - Lost
UK 1943-4
NW Europe 1944-5 - 3 AGRA
Lost 9/42
Disb 47
68 (W Lancs) Med Regt
TA
Of 59 Med Regt
Reformed ?/43
Crete 1941 (1 bty)
East Africa 1941 - Corps Troops
N
Africa 1941 - Assorted comds
N Africa 1941-2 - 5 Indian Div
Tobruk
6/42 - Lost
UK 1943-4
NW Europe 1944-5 - 4 & 8 AGRA
Lost 9/42
368 Med Regt
69 (Carnavon & Denbigh Yeo) Med Regt
TA
To RA 1939
France 1940 - GHQ Troops
UK 1940-2 - Eastern Comd
Alamein
10/42 - 30 Corps Troops
N Africa 1942-3 - 5
AGRA
Sicily 1943 - 5
AGRA
Salerno 9/43 - att 56 Inf
Div
Anzio 1/44 - 56 (London) Inf Div
Italy 1944 - 2 AGRA
NW Europe 1944-5 - 5 AGRA
Disb 47
70 Med Regt
WF
F 1/40
UK 1940-3 - 2 Corps Troops
Sicily 1943 - Army
Troops, att
51 (Highland) Inf Div, 1 Cdn Inf Div, 5 AGRA
Italy 1943-5 - 1 AGRA
Disb 12/45
71 Med Regt
WF
F 1/40
UK 1940 - Scottish Comd
Disb 2/45
WF
F 4/40
Fm 95 ATk Regt
4/44
UK 1940-1 - 3 Corps Troops
Mid East 1944 - 10
Armd Div & 3 Corps
Italy 1944-5 - Army Troops
To 95 ATk Regt 11/41, Disb 9/45
74 Med Regt
WF
F 1/40
UK 1940-2 - 12 Corps Troops
Tunisia 1943 - 1
Army Troops & 2
AGRA
Italy 1943-5 - 2 AGRA att 2 NZ Div
Disb 12/45
75 Med Regt
TA
Fm Shrop Yeo 2/40
UK 1940-2 - 3 Corps Troops
N Africa 1943 -
6 AGRA
Sicily 1943 - Army Troops & 6
AGRA
Italy 1944 - 4 Inf Div
Italy 1944 - 2 & 6 AGRA
Italy 1944-5
- 10 AGRA
RAC
76 Med Regt
TA
Fm Shrop Yeo 2/40
UK 1940-2 - Western Comd
Mid East 1942-3 - GHQ
& 9 Army Troops
Italy 1944-5 - 6 AGRA, 8 & 5 (US) Army Troops
RAC
77 Med Regt
TA
Fm DLOY 2/40
UK 1940-4 - Northern Ireland Comd
NW Europe 1944-5 - 8
AGRA & 11 Armd Div
RAC
78 Med Regt
TA
Fm DLOY 2/40
UK 1940-2 - Western Comd
N Africa 1943 - 6
AGRA
Sicily 1943 - 6
AGRA
Italy 1944 - 6 AGRA, att 4 Inf & 78 Inf Div
RAC
79 Med Regt
TA
Fm Scottish Horse 2/40
UK 1940-4 - Scottish Comd, 4 AGRA
D-Day 6/44
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 4 AGRA
RAC
80 Med Regt
TA
Fm Scottish Horse 2/40
UK 1940-2 - Northern Comd
N Africa 1943
- 6 AGRA
Sicily 1943
- 6 AGRA
Italy 1943 - 1 AGRA
Italy 1943 - 2 NZ Div
Anzio 1/44 - 1 Inf Div
Italy
1944 - 1 Inf Div
Italy
1944-5 - 10 AGRA
RAC
85 Med Regt
TA
Fm 53 (City of London) HAA Regt India 8/44
India 1944-5
ALFSEA 1945 - 34 Indian Corps,
59 AGRA
453 HAA Regt
86 Med Regt
TA
Fm 56 (Cornwall) HAA Regt India 8/44
India 1944-5
ALFSEA 1945 - 34 Indian Corps,
59 AGRA
456 HAA Regt
87 Med Regt
WF
Fm 63 & 70 HAA Regts India 8/44
Burma 1945 - 4 Corps
Disb 47
TA
Fm 102 Fd Regt 9/43
Anzio 1/44 - 5 Inf Div
Italy 1943-4 -Army
Troops & 2 AGRA, att 5
Inf Div, Polish Corps
Italy 1944-5 - 10 AGRA
302 Fd Regt
111 Med Regt
Italy 1943-4 - Army Troops
TA
Fm 146 Fd Regt 11/43
Italy 1944
- 10 Corps Troops
Normandy 1944 - 2 Army Troops
NW Europe 1944-5 - 8
& 9 AGRA
Disb 47
Regular medium batteries were individually numbered between 1 and 28, regiments did not have a consecutive series of battery numbers. TA batteries had numbers between 160 and 244, and almost all regiments had consecutively numbered batteries. War formed batteries, including those converted from yeomanry, used numbers from 246 onwards. When 4 ラ 6 gun medium brigades became 2 ラ 8 gun medium regiments in 1938, regular batteries were amalgamated in pairs in their regiment and given the joint 'number', eg '5/22'. The change from 4 ラ 6 to 2 ラ 8 gun batteries overlapped the doubling of the TA so the new regiments used two of the battery numbers from their 'parent'.
Regiment
Type
Origin/Change
Where - When - With
Disposal
1 Hy Regt
Reg
Reformed 12/42
Plymouth 1938
France 1940 - GHQ Troops
UK
1942-4 - South East Comd
Normandy
1944 - 2 Cdn AGRA
NW Europe 1944-5 - 2 Cdn AGRA
Disb 6/40
27 Hy Regt
Reg
Fm 32 Fd Regt 9/43
Mid East 1943-4 - Army Troops
Italy 1944-5 - 1 Cdn AGRA
NW Europe 1945 - 2 Army Troops
To 32 Fd Regt 5/45
TA
Fm 57 Med Regt 9/39
France 1940 - GHQ Troops
UK 1940 - Western Comd
UK
1942-4 - 1 Corps Troops
Normandy
1944 - 2 Army Troops
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 4 AGRA
357 Med Regt
TA
To RA 1939
Fm 105 Fd Regt 11/39
Reformed
3/43
France 1940 - GHQ Troops
UK 1942-4 - GHQ Reserve
Normandy 1944 - 2 Army Troops
NW Europe 1944-5 - 5
AGRA
Disb 7/40
305 Med Regt
53 Hy Regt
WF
F 12/39
UK 1940-4
Normandy 1944 - 2 Army Troops
NW Europe 1944-5 - 8
AGRA
NW Europe 1945 - 9
AGRA
Disb 4/46
WF
F 12/39
UK 1940-2 - Southern Comd
Tunisia & N Africa 1943 -
1 AGRA
Italy
1943-5 - 1 AGRA
To 54 Super Hy Regt 2/45
56 Hy Regt
WF
F 1/40
UK 1940-2
Tunisia & N Africa 1943 - 2 AGRA
Italy 1943-5 -
2 AGRA, 1 Cdn AGRA
NW Europe 1945 - 1 Cdn AGRA
Disb 3/46
Newfoundland
58 Hy Regt
WF
F 4/40
UK 1940-2 - Northern Comd
1942 - Btys
indep trg btys
RHQ disb 3/43
Newfoundland
60 Hy Regt
WF
F 7/43
UK 1943 - 76 (Res) Inf Div
Disb 10/43
The original regular heavy batteries were individually numbered between 1 and 28, the WF batteries were numbered in regimental order from 18. Generally the converted batteries retained their previous number. 57 and 59 Hy Regts were Newfoundland and detailed on the Colonial page. In the early years of the war some coast artillery regiments, with guns in fixed emplacements, were called 'Heavy Regiments', eg 3 Hy Regt in Gibraltar and 4 Hy Regt in Malta.
Regiment
Type
Origin/Change
Where - When - With
Disposal
1 Super Hy Regt
WF
F 11/40
UK 1940-1 - Eastern Comd
Disb 12/41
3 Super Hy Regt
WF
F 11/40
UK 1940 - Eastern Comd
UK 1942-4 - South East Comd
NW Europe 1944-5 - SHArtyG & 9 AGRA
Disb 9/45
Original batteries were number 1 - 16, converted batteries retained their previous number.
PACK, MOUNTAIN, LIGHT AND AIRBORNE REGIMENTS RA
Regiment
Type
Origin/Change
Where - When - With
Disposal
1 Pack Regt
WF
F 12/40
1 Mtn Regt 1/41
UK 1939-42
UK 1942-4 - 52 (Lowland) Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - 52 (Lowland) Inf Div
Rhine 1945 - 1 Cdo Bde
UK
1945 - prepare for SEAC
Disb 11/45
1 Airlanding Lt Regt
WF
Fm 458 Indep Lt Bty & 1 Airldg Lt Bty 2/43
UK 1943 - 1 Abn Div
North Africa 1943 - 1 Abn Div
Sicily 1943
- 1 Abn Div
Italy 1943-4 - 1 Abn Div, 1 Cdn Corps
UK
1944 - 1 Abn Div
Arnhem 1944 - 1 Abn Div
UK 1944-5
- 1 Abn Div
Norway
1945
Disb 11/45
2 Mtn Regt
WF
F 3/41
Disb 6/41
3 Mtn Regt
WF
F 12/42
UK 1942-4 - 52 (Lowland) Inf Div & War Office Control
India 1945
- 16 AGRA
Amal with 123 Para Fd Regt 12/45
WF
Fm 53 ATk Regt 11/43
UK 1943-4 - 6 Abn Div
D-Day 6/44 - 6 Abn Div
Normandy 1944 -
6 Abn Div
UK 1944-5 - 6 Abn Div
Rhine 3/45 - 6 Abn Div
NW
Europe 1945 - 6 Abn Div
To 300 ATk Regt
Raiding Support Regiment
WF
Mediterranean Theatre 1944-5
Pack, mountain and light batteries used field battery numbers in the 400 series.
Regiment
Type
Origin/Change
Where - When - With
Disposal
1 Svy Regt
Reg
Larkhill 1938
France 1940 - 1 Corps Troops
UK 1940-2 - 1 Corps Troops
Iraq
& Mid
East 1942-4 - GHQ & 9 Army Troops
Burma 1944-5 - 4 Indian
Corps Troops
94 Obs Regt
2 Svy Regt
Reg
France 1940 - 2 Corps Troops
UK 1940 - 2 Corps Troops
UK
1942-3 - War Office Control
India
1943
Burma 1944-5 - 15 Indian
Corps & 14 Army Troops
52 Obs Regt
3 Svy Regt
TA
Bristol 1938
France 1940 - 3 Corps Troops
UK 1940-2 - 3 Corps Troops
Egypt
1943 - GHQ Troops
Sicily
- 1943 - 6 AGRA
Italy 1943-5 - 13 Corps Troops
376 Obs Regt
4 Svy Regt
TA
Gateshead 1938
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, Crete 1941
Middle East, N Africa, Tunisia 1941-3
- 8 and 9 Army Troops
Alamein 10/42 - 8 Army Troops
Sicily
& Italy
1943 - 5 AGRA
D-Day 6/44
NW Europe 1944 - 30 Corps Troops
NW
Europe 1945 - 1 Cdn Army, 1, 12 & 30 Corps
377 Obs Regt
5 Svy Regt
TA
Of 3 Svy Regt
UK 1940-2 - 5 Corps Troops
Tunisia 1943
- 5 Corps Troops
Italy 1943-5 - 5 Corps Troops
Disb 1947
6 Svy Regt
TA
Of 4 Svy Regt
Regt Disb 10/40
N Africa, Eritrea, Greece, Iraq 1940-3 - GHQ Troops (6 Svy Tp)
To 1 Svy Regt
7 Svy Regt
WF
F 1/41
Sutton Veny
UK 1941-4
NW Europe 1944-5 - 12 Corps Troops
Disb 11/45
8 Svy Regt
WF
F 2/41
Heytesbury
UK 1941-3
Tunisia 1943 - 9 Corps Troops
Salerno 9/43 - 10 Corps Troops
Italy 1943-5 - 10 Corps Troops
Disb 12/45
9 Svy Regt
WF
F 3/41
Heytesbury
UK 1941-4 - 1 Corps Troops
D-Day 6/44
NW Europe 1944-5 - 1 Corps Troops
Disb 1/46
10 Svy Regt
WF
F 12/42
Northiam
UK 1942-4 - South East Comd
NW Europe 1944-5
- 8 Corps Troops
Disb 8/45
11 Svy Regt
WF
F 12/42
Grimsby
UK 1942-4
UK 1944 - Anti flying bomb
NW Europe 1944-5 - Anti flying bomb
Disb 8/45
Initially batteries were numbered from 1 by type matching their regiment, eg 3 Svy Regt has 3 Survey, 3 Flash Spotting and 3 Sound Ranging batteries. When some regiments first changed to composite batteries some were numbered 1 Composite and so on, but others used A and B with regiment's number as suffix. When the composite battery organisation became fully official in 1944 batteries were re-numbered in regimental order (2 batteries per regiment) as survey batteries from 41 although some retained the An, Bn arrangement.
In late 1944 Divisional Counter Mortar batteries (13) started being formed for infantry divisions in all theatres. In addition Army Radar batteries were also formed, the first was numbered 100.
Five calibration troops were also formed and usually operated closely with a Survey Regiment.
Corps Counter Battery staffs took the number of the corps they were assigned to.
Regiment
Type
Origin/Change
Where - When - With
Disposal
Reg
Egypt 1938
Egypt 1939-40 - Mobile Division
N Africa 1940 - W Desert Force,
7 Armd & 4 Indian Divs
Tobruk
4/41-10/41 - 9 Aust & 70 Inf Divs
N Africa 1940-2 - 4 Armd
Bde & 7 Armd Div
N Africa 12/41 - Sidi
Rezegh
To 3 RHA [field] 9/42
1 Airldg ATk Regt
WF
Fm airldg atk btys 2/45
UK, Norway 1945 - 1 Abn Div
2 Airldg ATk Regt
WF
Fm airldg atk btys 2/45
UK, Germany 1945 - 6 Abn Div
3/45 - Rhine Crossing
13 ATk Regt
Reg
Fm 13 Fd Bde 1938
France 1939-40 - 2 Inf Div
UK 1940-2 -
2 Inf Div
Iraq 1942-3 - 5 Indian Div
Syria 1943 - 9 Army,
7 AGRA
N Africa
1943-4 - 10 Indian Div
Italy 1944-5 - 10 Indian Div
14 ATk Regt
Reg
Fm 14 Fd Bde 1938
France 1939-40 - 4 Inf Div
UK 1940-3 -
4 Inf Div
N Africa 1943-4 - 4 Inf Div
Italy 1944 -
4 Inf Div
Greece 1944-5 - 4 Inf Div
20 ATk Regt
Reg
Fm 20 Fd Bde 1938
France 1939-40 - 3 Inf Div
UK 1940-4 -
3 Inf Div
DDay 1944 - 3 Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - 3 Inf Div
21 ATk Regt
Reg
Fm 21 Fd Bde 1938
France 1939-40 - 1 Inf Div
UK 1940-1 - 1 Inf
Div
UK 1941-44 - Gds Armd Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - Gds Armd
Div
23 Para LAA/ATk Regt
Fm 23 LAA Regt 2/45
India 1945 - 44 Indian Abn Div
24 LAA/ATk
24 ATk Regt
Fm 24 LAA & 82 ATk Regts 11/42
To ATk 9/44
India 1942-3 - 39 Indian Div
India 1943-4 - 7 Indian Div
Burma 1944-5 -
7 Indian Div
33 LAA/ATk
33 ATk Reg
TA
Fm 33 LAA & 69 ATk Regts 8/43
To ATk 9/44
India 1943-4 - 19 Indian Div
Burma 1944-5 -
19 Indian Div
51 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 54 (W Highland) Army Fd Bde 1938
France 1940 - 51 Inf Div
Lost St Valery 6/40
To 254 ATk Regt
52 ATk Regt
TA
Fm [56 (Devon) Army Fd Bde 1938?]
France 1939-40 - 5 Inf Div
UK 1940-2 - 5 Inf
Div
India 1942 - 5 Inf Div
Iraq Syria 1942-3 - 5 Inf Div
Sicily
Italy 1943-5 - 5 Inf Div #
NW Europe 1945 - 5 Inf Div
To 263 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 100 (Worcs & Ox Yeo) Fd Regt 1938
France 1939-40 - 48 (S Midland) Inf Div
UK
1940-1 - 48 Inf Div
UK 1941 - 42 Inf Div
UK 1941-3 -
42 Armd Div
To 53 Airlanding Lt Regt 11/43
TA
Fm 101 (QO Glasgow Yeo) Fd Regt 1938
France 1939-40 - 52 (Lowland) Inf Div
UK
1940-4 - 52 Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - 52 Inf Div
To RAC QORGY 4/47
55 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 108 (Suffolk & Norfolk Yeo) Fd Regt 1938
UK 1939-2 - 54 Inf Div
UK 1942-3 - 79 Armd Div
UK
1943-4 - 49 Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - 49 Inf Div
To 308 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 55 LAA & 56 ATk Regts 8/43
India 1943 - 20 Indian Div
Burma 1944 - 20 Indian Div
To 111 ATk Regt 9/44
56 ATk Regt
56 LAA/ATk Regt
56 ATk
Regt
TA
Fm 4 KORR 1938
Fm 55 LAA & 56 Atk Regts
9/43
To ATk 10/44
France 1939-40 - 42 (E Lancs) Inf Div
UK
1940-1 - 42 (E Lancs) Inf Div
UK 1941 - 76 Inf Div
N
Africa 1942 - 6 Inf Div
India 1942-3 - 70 Inf Div
Burma 1943-5
- 5 Indian Div
Disb 12/45 India
To 380 ATk Regt
57 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 5 E Surrey 1938
France 1939-40 - 44 (Home Counties) Inf Div
UK
1940-2 - 44 Inf Div
N Africa 1942-3 - 44 Inf Div
El Alamein
10/42 - 44 Inf Div
N Africa 1943 - GHQ & 2 NZ Div
Italy 1943-4 - 10 Corps Troops
To 381 ATk Regt
58 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 4 DWR 1938
UK 1939-40 - 49 Inf Div
UK 1940-3 - 46 Inf
Div
N Africa 1943 - 46 Inf Div
Italy 1943-5 - 46 Inf Div #
To 382 ATk Regt
59 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 6 Hamps (Duke of Connaught's) 1938
UK 1939-44 - 43 Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5 -
43 Inf Div
To 383 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 5 RWF 1938
UK 1939-42
Italy 1944 - 1 Armd Div
Italy 1945 - 5 Corps
Btys to 101 LAA/ATk /40
To 384 ATk Regt
61 ATk Regt
TA
Of 51 ATk Regt 1939
UK 1939-40 - 9 Inf Div
UK 1940-2 - 51 Inf Div
N
Africa 1942-3 - 51 Inf Div
El Alamein 10/42 - 51 Inf Div
Sicily 1943 - 51 Inf Div
UK 1943-4
- 51 Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - 51 Inf Div
Disb 1947
62 ATk Regt
TA
Of 52 ATk Regt 1939
UK 1939-43 - 47 (London) Inf Div
UK 1943-4 -
1 Corps Troops
DDay 1944
- 3 Cdn Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - 1 Corps Troops
Disb 1947
63 ATk Regt
TA
Of 53 ATk Regt 1939
UK 1939-41 - 61 Inf Div
UK 1941 - 53 Inf Div
UK
1941-4 - 61 Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - 2 Army, 8 & 1 Corps
To 387 ATk Regt
64 ATk Regt
TA
Of 54 ATk Regt 1938
UK 1939-42 - 15 Inf Div
UK 1942 - 78 Inf Div
N
Africa 1942-3 - 78 Inf Div
Sicily Italy 1943-5 - 78 Inf Div
Disb 1947
65 ATk Regt
TA
Of 55 ATk Regt 1939
UK 1939 - 18 Inf Div
France 1939-40 - 50 Inf
Div
UK 1940 - 50 Inf Div
N Africa 1941 - 4 Indian Div
N
Africa 1942-3 - 7 Armd Div
El Alamein 10/42 - 7 Armd Div
Italy 1943 - 7 Armd Div
NW Europe
1944-5 - 7 Armd Div
To 389 ATk Regt
66 ATk Regt
TA
Of 56 ATk Regt 1939
UK 1939-40 - 59 Inf Div
UK 1940-44 - 55 Inf
Div
To 390 ATk Regt
67 ATk Regt
TA
Of 57 ATk Regt 1939
1939-40 - 12 Inf Div
UK 1940-2 - 56 (London)
Inf Div
Iraq 1942-3 - 56 (London) Inf Div
N Africa 1943 -
56 (London) Inf Div
Italy 1943-5 - 56 (London) Inf Div #
Anzio
2/44 - 56 Inf Div
Disb 1947
68 ATk Regt
TA
Of 58 ATk Regt 1939
UK 1939-40 - 46 Inf Div
UK 1940-4 - 59 Inf
Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - 59 Inf Div
Disb 1947
TA
Of 59 ATk Regt 1939
Fm 33 LAA & 69 ATk Regts
8/43
UK 1939-42 - 45 Inf Div
India 1942-4 - 19 Indian
Div
Burma 1944 - 16 LRP Bde, Colms 9 & 10 with 51 Fd Regt.
Disb 10/44 India
70 ATk Regt
TA
Of 60 ATk Regt 1939
UK 1939-45 - 38 Inf Div
Disb 1947
71 ATk Regt
WF
F 9/40
UK 1940-4 - 53 Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5 - 53
Inf Div
Disb 10/45
72 ATk Regt
WF
F 11/40
UK 1940-2 - 6 Armd Div
N Africa 1942-4 - 6
Armd Div
Italy 1944-5 - 6 Armd Div
Disb 12/45
73 ATk Regt
WF
F 11/40
UK 1940-2 - 8 Armd Div
N Africa 1942 - GHQ
Troops
N Africa 1942-3 - 7 Armd
Div
El Alamein 10/42 - 1 Armd Div
DDay 1944 - 50 Inf Div
NW
Europe 1944-5 - 30 Corps Troops
Disb 11/45
74 ATk Regt
WF
F 11/40
UK 1940-3 - 9 Armd Div
Disb 12/43
75 ATk Regt
WF
F 11/40
UK 1941-4 - 11 Armd Div
NW Europe 1944-45-
11 Armd Div
Disb 1/46
Fm 101 LAA/ATk Regt 11/40
UK 1940-1 - 1 Armd Div
N Africa 1941-2 - GHQ
Troops (bty 7 Armd Bde Burma)
El Alamein 10/42 - 1 Armd Div
N Africa 1942-4 - 1
Armd Div
Merged with 60 ATk Regt 6/44
77 ATk Regt
WF
F 6/42
UK 1942-3
Disb 3/43
78 ATk Regt
WF
F 7/42
UK 1942-3 - 47 (London) Inf Div
Disb 12/43
79 ATk Regt
WF
F 10/41 India
India 1941-2
Iraq 1942 - 31 Indian Armd
Div & 10 Army Tps
Persia 1942-3
- 31 Indian Armd Div
Syria 1943-5 - 31 Indian Armd Div
Disb 3/46
80 ATk Regt
WF
F 7/41
Fm btys of 13, 54, 68, & 69 ATk
Regts
Malaya 1941-2 - 9 & 11 Indian Divs
Lost 2/42
81 ATk Regt
WF
F 9/41
UK 1941-3 - 1 Inf Div
N Africa 1943 - 1 Inf
Div
Anzio 2/44 - 1 Inf Div
Italy 1943-5 - 1 Inf Div #
Disb 4/45
82 ATk Regt
82 LAA/ATk Regt
82 ATK
Regt
WF
F 9/41
Fm 24 LAA & 82 ATk Regts 11/42
To
ATk 10/44
India 1942 - 23 Indian Div
India 1942-4 -
17 Indian Div
Burma 1944-5 -
17 Indian Div
Disb 6/45 India
83 ATk Regt
WF
F 9/41
Iraq, Egypt 1941-4 - 8 Indian Div
Disb 12/44
84 ATk Regt
WF
F 9/41
UK 1941-2
N Africa 1942-4 - 10 Armd Div
El Alamein 10/42
- 10 Armd Div
Disb 7/44
85 ATk Regt
WF
F 9/41
Singapore 1942 - 11 Indian Div
Lost 2/42
86 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 5 Devons 11/41
UK 1941-4
NW Europe 1944-5 - 12 & 1 Corps Troops
To Inf 1947
87 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 7 Devons 11/41
UK 1941-2 - 77 Inf Div
N Africa 1943-4
- 9 Corps & GHQ Troops
To 396 LAA
88 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 2/9 Manch 11/41
UK 1941-3 - 49 Inf Div
UK 1944 - 45 Inf Div
Disb 1947
89 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 2 Liverpool Scottish 11/42
UK 1942-4 - 47 (London) Inf Div
UK 1944-5 -
55 Inf Div
To 655 LAA/SL
90 ATk Regt
WF
Fm 9 KORR 12/41
UK 1942 - 54 Inf Div
UK 1942-3 - 45 Inf Div
Disb 12/43
91 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 5 A&SH 11/41
UK 1941-4
NW Europe 1944-5 - 8 & 12 Corps Troops
Disb 1947
92 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 4 Gordons 11/41
UK 1942 - 54 Inf Div
UK 1943-4 - 9 Armd Div
UK 1944-5 - 61 Inf Div
To Inf 1947
93 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 6 A&SH 11/41
UK 1941-2 - 48 Inf Div
N Africa & Italy
1943-5 - 5 Corps Troops
Mid East 1945 - 1 Inf Div
To 402 ATk Regt
94 ATk Regt
WF
Fm 22 RF 2/42
UK 1942-3 - 76 Inf Div
UK 1943-4 - 80 Inf Div
Disb 12/44
Fm 73 Med Regt 10/41
N Africa 1942 - 8 Army Troops
A Bty, Burma
1942 - 7 Armd Bde
MEF 1943-4
- 9 Army Troops
To 73 Med Regt 4/44
96 ATk Regt
WF
F 7/42
UK 1942-5 - 48 Inf Div
Disb 1/46
97 ATk Regt
WF
F 7/42
UK 1942-4 - 15 Inf Div
NW Europe 1944 - 15 &
50
Inf Divs
Disb 1/45
98 ATk Regt
WF
Fm 19 RF 11/42
UK 1942-4
Disb 1/44
99 ATk Regt
WF
Fm 7 KOSLI 11/42
UK 1942-3
Disb 11/43
100 ATk Regt
100 LAA/ATk
100 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 8 Gordons 11/41
Fm 122 LAA & 100
ATk
Regts 8/43
ATk 9/44
UK 1942 - 76 Inf Div
India 1943-4 - 2 Inf
Div
Kohima 5/44 - 2 Inf Div
Burma 1944-5 - 2 Inf Div
Disb 1947
101 ATk Regt
WF
Fm 8 Lincoln 12/42
UK 1942-3
Disb 8/43
102 LAA/ATk Regt
102 ATk Regt
TA
Fm Northumberland Hussars 2/40
To 102 ATk 3/41
UK 1940-1 - 2 Armd Div
Greece 1941 - 1 Armd
Bde
N Africa 1941-2 - 7 Armd Div
N Africa 1942-3 - 50
Inf Div
El Alamein 10/42 - 50
Inf Div
Sicily 1943 - 50 Inf Div
UK 1943-4 - 50 Inf Div
DDay
1944 - 50 Inf Div
NW Europe 1944 - 50 Inf Div
NW Europe 1944-5
- 15 Inf Div
To RAC 1947
103 ATk Regt
WF
Fm 14 S Staffs 12/42
UK 1942-3
Disb 8/43
105 ATk Regt
WF
F 12/42 Egypt
Sicily, Italy 1943-5 - 13 Corps Troops
Disb 4/45
106 ATk Regt
WF
F 6/43 Middle East
Mid East 1943-4 - Troops Egypt
Disb 3/44
107 ATk Regt
WF
F 6/43 Middle East
Mid East 1943-4 - Troops Egypt & 9 Army
Disb 3/44
TA
Fm 55 ATk Regt 9/44
Burma 1944-5 - 20 Indian Div
Disb 7/45 India
To 852 AA Tractor Bty
122 LAA/ATk
122 ATk Regt
TA
Fm 122 LAA & 100 ATk Regts 11/43
To ATk 9/44
Burma 1944 - 33 Corps Troops
Burma 1944-5 - 36 Inf Div
To 588 HAA
TA
Fm 149 Fd Regt 1941
N Africa 1941-2 - 70 Inf Div
Tobruk 1941 -
9 Aust & 70 Inf Divs
N Africa 1942 - 8 Army, 5 Indian Div
N Africa 1942-3 - 4 Indian Divs
El Alamein 10/42
- 4 Indian Div
Italy 1943-4 - 4
Indian Div
Greece 1944-5 - 4 Indian Div
To 349 LAA Regt
Regular batteries retained their numbers when they converted to anti-tank. TA batteries were sequentially numbered within regiments starting with 201 ATk Bty in 51 ATk Regt. These numbers appear to have continued into war formed units and regiments converted from infantry and yeomanry, although a few regiments had batteries numbered A - D. However, disbandments, reducing to three batteries and then increasing to four resulted in a certain amount of randomisation of battery numbers within regiments.
AIR OBSERVATION POST SQUADRONS RAF
Squadron
Origin/Change
Where - When - With
Comments
651 AOP Sqn
F 8/41 Old Sarum
Tunisia 1943
Sicily 1943 - 13 Corps
Italy
1944 - 5 Corps
652 AOP Sqn
F 5/42 Old Sarum
D-Day 6/44
NW Europe 1944-5
Fm B Flt 651 Sqn
'Fathered' 653 - 662 Sqns
653 AOP Sqn
NW Europe 1944-5
654 AOP Sqn
N Africa 1943
Sicily 1943 - 30 Corps
Italy 1944 - 10 Corps
& 2 (Polish) Corps
655 AOP Sqn
Italy 1/44 Anzio
Italy 1944 - 13 Corps &
6 (US) Corps
656 AOP Sqn
F 12/42 Bury St Edmunds
Burma 1943-5 - 14 Army
Java 1945
657 AOP Sqn
Italy 1944-5 - 13 Corps & 1 (Canadian) Corps
NW
Europe 1945 - 1 (Canadian) Corps
658 AOP Sqn
NW Europe 1944-5
659 AOP Sqn
NW Europe 1944-5
660 AOP Sqn
NW Europe 1944-5 - 2 (Canadian) Corps
661 AOP Sqn
NW Europe 1944-5
661 AOP Sqn RAuxAF 1947
662 AOP Sqn
NW Europe 1944-5 - 30 Corps
662 AOP Sqn RAuxAF 1947
The information in these tables is compiled from the following sources:
The information in these is not always consistent and even seemingly authoritative sources contain errors and omissions. Some of these have typographical origins because it is very easy for a regiment's number to be incorrectly transcribed or the type of regiment to be confused and very difficult to spot such errors. This is not helped by changes in official nomenclature during WW2. For example RHA regiments went from being 'n RHA' to 'n Fd Regt RHA', which makes them easy to confuse with 'n Fd Regt RA'. Regimental conversions from field to medium or heavy are another source of confusion.
To add to the difficulty artillery Orders of Battle in the theatre volumes of Official Histories (and some such histories are very poor with respect to ORBAT) are notably incomplete, particularly above division level. Furthermore, Joslen places all non-divisional artillery at army or higher level and completely omits AGRAs and corps troops.
Finally few historians (or even participants at the time) seem to have much idea about the corps or higher level artillery supporting an operation. An additional source of difficulty is that sometimes the unit code number on a regiment's vehicle 'tac sign' was mistaken by US soldiers as the actual regiment number, this has caused confusion in some US histories' references to British units.
The Royal Marines formed various batteries, including field and anti-tank, for the RM Division. At some stages these included a few RA officers and soldiers. One battery with 3.7-inch How went to Norway in 1940. When the RM Division was finally disbanded in 1943 many of the men from these units formed the nucleus of the Armd Assault Regts RM equipped with Centaur tanks armed with 95-mm How. These units fought for some weeks in Normandy before being disbanded.
Calibration troops were numbered 1 (21 Army Group), 2 (Italy), 3 (India), 4 and 5 (both in UK).
Forward Observation Units (FOU) were assigned to airborne formations to provide additional observers and links to any non-airborne artillery that might be in range, in early 1945 they started being enhanced with a counter mortar capability. In late 1944 numbers 1 and 2 FOU were in 21 Army Group and 3 FOU in Italy.
Combined Operations Bombardment Units provided naval gunfire observation parties ashore and liaison parties afloat. At the end of 1944 they were numbers 1 (in UK), 2 (Mediterranean), 3 (21 Army Group), 4 (UK) and 5 (India).
Also in early 1945 three rocket batteries were formed, equipped with the 'land-mattress' multiple rocket launchers.
Many training regiments were formed in UK in 1939-40, most had been disbanded by late 1943 on completion of the army's expansion, thereafter the need was reduced to training reinforcements. There were 12 field training regiments (numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 16) five medium and heavy training regiments (numbered 21-25) one mountain training regiment (numbered 2) and two 2 survey training regiments (numbered 40 and 41). In addition there were six signal training regiments (numbered 34-39). Towards the end of the war a SP training regiment (numbered 51) was formed as was a driver training regiment (numbered 227). Finally there were two field and one medium reserve regiments.
Official RA policy was that regiments that were 'lost' were reduced to a small cadre of 1 officer and 4 gunners drawn from the base depot in theatre and subsequently reformed. This did not occur with those regiments lost in Malaya, although the single regular regiment lost was reformed later in the war.
ABBREVIATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
A Regiment's Type was either Regular (Reg), Territorial Army (TA) or War Formed (WF).
The TA doubled in early 1939, with each existing regiment 'spawning' another, the originating TA regiment of these are shown as 'Of' in the Origin/Change column. This column also shows the formation (F) date of WF regiment and the conversion (Fm) of infantry, cavalry and other types of artillery regiments. The column also shows some changes in designation within a regiment's basic role.
The Where - When - With column provides reasonably comprehensive details for each regiment, of course fully comprehensive would require details of every change in subordination. Generally the information indicates the HQ commanding the regiment, with attachment (att) indicating sub-allocation, this detail is incomplete, particularly for regiments. The term 'Mid East' is used to indicate 9 Army and the Eastern Mediterranean area including British Troops Egypt.
The 'Disposal' column shows either the date of conversion to another role, disbandment or the regiment's number after the 1947 re-numbering of regiments.
The annotation ? indicates that the regiment and its parent division spent a period of a few months rest, re-equipping and re-training in the Mid East during the Italian Campaign.
You'll have noted that there are gaps in the sequence of regimental numbers, particularly for the original regular and TA regiments. There are two reasons for this, first regular and TA regiments had separate batches of numbers and secondly some field regiments were converted to Anti Tank before the outbreak of war. The regular anti-tank regiments retained their number in their new role but TA regiments were renumbered. As the war progressed regiments that changed role generally retained their previous number.
Lastly there were a few independent batteries, notably light batteries in several theatres.
Finally, 4 Fd Regt is noteworthy. Stationed in India with four batteries (4, 7, 14 & 66) it moved to Egypt with 4 Indian Div in the weeks after the outbreak of war, where it reorganised from four batteries to two (4/14 & 7/66), one with 8 x 18-pdr, the other with 8 x 4.5-in How. The following year in moved to Sudan, joined 5 Indian Div and the defeat of Italian forces in Eritrea, Somaliland and Ethiopia. Returning to Egypt in 1941 it joined 6 Inf Div and went to Syria to defeat the Vichy French forces. It then rejoined 5 Indian Div in Cyprus. In early 1942 the regiment returned to Egypt, re-equipped with 25-pdr and reorganised into a three battery (4, 7, 14/66) regiment. It spent the rest of the year in the Western Desert including at El Alamein as part of 7 Armd Div, although in August heavy losses had reduced the regiment to two batteries (7 & 14/66). In early 1943 the regiment rejoined 5 Indian Div in Palestine, gained a new third battery (522) and moved to India. In late 1943 it deployed to the Arakan in Burma, then to the Assam/Burma border, by mid 1945 it was in Meiktila and the pursuit to Rangoon. The regiment was one of those rare units that fought Italians, Germans, Vichy French and Japanese. 60 Fd Regt was the only other RA unit that may have had this distinction, becoming 60 & 88 Columns of the Special Force (Chindits) as well as serving in Tobruk. It may be noted that in the 1947 reorganisation of artillery 4 Bty became 14 (Coles Kop), 7 Bty became 16 (Sandham's Coy), and 14/66 became 17 (Corunna), 4 Regt became 26 Regt.
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