The 1st Anti-Aircraft Division was an Air Defence formation of the British Army before and during the early years of the Second World War. It defended London during the Battle of Britain and The Blitz
Men of a TA battery training on a 3-inch gun at their drill hall in 1938.
206 Brompton Road, the former Brompton Road tube station closed in 1934, used as the headquarters of the London Inner Artillery Zone anti-aircraft defences during the Second World War
The crew of a 4.5-inch static AA gun at Clapham Common take post in August 1940
3.7-inch gun in Richmond Park 1940
26th Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an Air Defence formation of the British Army during the Second World War. It defended London during the Blitz.
1st Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)
…General Officer Commanding: Major-General R.H.D. Thomson '26th (London) AA Group' organised 16 December 1935 at the Duke of York's Headquarters, Chelsea 51st (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) – AA guns 52nd (London…
The former Duke of York's Headquarters in Chelsea, London
Badge of the Royal Artillery above a door at a building of the former Duke of York's Headquarters
Brigadier (later Maj-Gen) Robert Whittaker, OBE, TD, commander of 26th (London) AA Brigade, 1939–40.