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 Terri
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
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35th Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Anti-Aircraft Command in the British Territorial Army formed shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. It defended the important n
131st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
…as the basis of a new 520 (M) HAA Bty formed on 15 January 1942; this joined 152nd (M) HAA Rgt. After formation, 131st (M) HAA Rgt was assigned to 35th Anti-Aircraft Brigade, part of 5th Anti-Aircraft Division tasked with defending Southampton and Portsmouth. However, 310 and 368 (M) HAA Btys came under the control of 8th…
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