474th Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery
474th Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery was a unit of the British Army during World War II. Originally raised as an anti-aircraft (AA) battery, in which role it served during the Battle of Britain and Blitz, it also provided artificial illumination, or 'Monty's Moonlight', for night operations by 21st Army Group during the campaign in North West Europe in 1944–45.
Cap badge of the Royal Artillery
150 cm Searchlight with SLC radar fitted
90 cm Projector Anti-Aircraft, displayed at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
51st (Highland) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 51st (Highland) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery was a Scottish unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) formed for air defence just before World War II. It later served as an anti-aircraft (AA) artillery unit in the North West Europe Campaign 1944–45, and continued in the postwar TA into the 1950s.
Royal Artillery cap badge (pre-1953)
Bofors 40 mm LAA gun equipped with 'Stiffkey Stick' sights