131st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
131st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment was an air defence unit of Britain's Royal Artillery formed during World War II. It was organised as the first 'Mixed' regiment in which women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service were integrated into the unit's personnel, though it later reverted to an all-male organisation. It defended the United Kingdom against aerial attack for two years.
Royal Artillery cap badge
An ATS member of a mixed 3.7-inch HAA gun battery, December 1942, wearing the 1st AA Division shoulder patch.
ATS women operating a height and range finder on an HAA gun site, December 1942.
Brass collar badge of the Royal Artillery
35th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)
35th Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Anti-Aircraft Command in the British Territorial Army (TA) formed shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. It defended the important naval base of Portsmouth during The Blitz.
An ATS spotter at a 3.7-inch AA gun site, December 1942
Home Guard soldiers load a single launcher on a static 'Z' Battery, July 1942