10th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
10th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery was an air defence unit of the British Army that served in the Mediterranean Theatre during World War II. Having been formed in Gibraltar early in the war, it moved to Malta where it defended the island during the Siege of 1940–43.
Cap Badge of the Royal Artillery
The Royal Artillery-trained Gibraltar Defence Force man a 3.7-inch gun during World War II.
HMS Illustrious (right of crane) under attack.
Service personnel and civilians clear up debris on a heavily bomb-damaged street in Valletta, Malta, on 1 May 1942.
82nd (Essex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
82nd (Essex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, was a volunteer air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) from 1938 until 1955. During World War II it served in the Norwegian Campaign, defended Gibraltar and the D-Day invasion ports, and took part in Operation Diver against the V-1 flying bombs.
Cap Badge of the Royal Artillery (pre-1953)
Mobile 3.7-inch HAA gun deployed at White Rock Battery, November 1941.
The Gibraltar Defence Force training on a 3.7-inch gun.
Searchlights over Gibraltar during an air raid practice on 20 November 1942.
