The 133rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, was an air defence unit of Britain's Royal Artillery during World War II. It saw action during the campaign in North West Europe, defending the vital port of An
Royal Artillery cap badge
Bofors 40 mm LAA gun equipped with Stiffkey-Stick sights
A British Bofors LAA gun, winter 1944–45.
V-1 in flight over Antwerp
The 19th Battalion, London Regiment was a Volunteer unit of the British Army in existence from 1860 to 1961 under various titles. A detachment served in the Second Boer War and two full battalions fou
133rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
…GDA), with RHQ moving to Buckland Filleigh. In December, orders were received for 543 S/L Bty to leave the regiment and move to Kent (it soon joined 33rd (St Pancras) S/L Rgt), while the rest of 89th S/L Rgt was to be converted to the Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) gun role. Lt-Col Boyd left to return to the Royal Engineers and…
Badge of the 19th London Regiment from the Albany Street drill hall.
British infantry advancing through gas at Loos, 25 September 1915.
A patrol of 1/19th Londons moves through a shattered village near Ypres, 27 August 1917
Nebi Samwil mosque before the battle