44th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
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44th Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army. Formed in 1938, it was responsible for protecting Manchester and later the Isle of Wight during the Second World
4.5-inch gun and crew, 1941
Firefighters putting out a blaze at a bomb site in Manchester city centre
Static 3.7-inch gun preserved at Nothe Fort
Home Guard soldiers load a single launcher on a static 'Z' Battery in NW England, July 1942.
The 4th Anti-Aircraft Division was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army, created in the period of tension before the outbreak of the Second World War. It defended North West England
44th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
…RA) and Royal Engineers (RE) AA gun and searchlight (S/L) units. 44th AA Brigade was raised on 29 September 1938 at Manchester. It formed part of 4th AA Division, which was responsible for defending North West England. The first brigade commander (appointed 22 October 1938) was Brigadier Gerald Rickards, DSO…
A panoramic view of bomb damage in Liverpool; Victoria Monument in foreground, the burned-out shell of the Custom House in middle distance
Another panoramic view, looking towards the River Mersey