26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade
26th (London) 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
Army Reserve (United Kingdom)
The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force of the British Army. It is separate from the Regular Reserve whose members are ex-Regular personnel who retain a statutory liability for service. The Army Reserve was known as the Territorial Force from 1908 to 1921, the Territorial Army (TA) from 1921 to 1967, the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve (TAVR) from 1967 to 1979, and again the Territorial Army (TA) from 1979 to 2014.
Infantry of 231st Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division moving up past a knocked-out German 88mm gun near 'Joe's Bridge' over the Meuse-Escaut Canal in Belgium, 16 September 1944
A motorcycle and infantry of the 2nd Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders, 46th Infantry Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division, advance along a lane near Caumont, 30 July 1944.
