26th Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an Air Defence formation of the British Army during the Second World War. It defended London during the Blitz.
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.
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
Major-General Robert Frederick Edward Whittaker, CB, CBE, TD was a City of London banker and a senior officer in Britain's part-time Territorial Army. He rose to the position of chief of staff at Anti
26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade
…equipment was in place within 24 hours. The emergency mobilisation lasted nearly three weeks before the TA units were released on 14 October. Brigadier Robert Whittaker, a TA officer who had commanded 53rd (City of London) HAA Rgt, was appointed to command the brigade on 18 January 1939. During this period of tension…
Major General Robert Whittaker (centre left); Lieutenant General Sydney Wason (centre), and Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Pile (centre right) at Anti-Aircraft Command on 14 February 1941 during a visit by David Margesson, the Secretary of State for War.