10th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)
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The 10th Anti-Aircraft Division was an air defence formation of the British Army during the early years of the Second World War. It defended Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire during The Blitz and the Baedeker Blitz but only had a short career.
troops of 9th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, helping to clear bomb damage in Hull.
Spotter and predictor operators at a 4.5-inch HAA gun site in Leeds, 20 March 1941.
3.7-inch HAA gun preserved at Fort Paull in the Hull GDA (Photo: Andy Beecroft).
Blitz devastation in Sheffield city centre
Anti-Aircraft Command
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Anti-Aircraft Command was a British Army command of the Second World War that controlled the Territorial Army anti-aircraft artillery and searchlight formations and units defending the United Kingdom.
Sir Frederick Pile, GOCinC, AA Command, during the Second World War
Maj-Gen Robert Whittaler, GOC 1st AA Division 1940–42, MGGS at AA Command HQ 1942–44.
ATS 'Ack-Ack Girls' memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum. The badges depicted are those of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, Royal Artillery and AA Command.
Senior Controller Christian Fraser-Tytler, DDATS at AA Command HQ from 1943.