175th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
175th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery was an air defence unit of the British Army formed during World War II. It served in defence of the vital naval and air base at Gibraltar.
Cap Badge of the Royal Artillery
White Rock Battery on Gibraltar with a 3.7-inch mobile HAA gun.
Piaggio_P.108 long range bomber used by the Italian Regia Aeronautica to bomb Gibraltar
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.