474th Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery was a unit of the British Army during World War II. Originally raised as an anti-aircraft battery, in which role it served during the Battle of Britain and B
Cap badge of the Royal Artillery
150 cm Searchlight with SLC radar fitted
90 cm Projector Anti-Aircraft, displayed at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
The 76th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery was a British Army air defence unit during World War II. It was engaged during the Battle of Britain and The Blitz, defending Royal Air Force airfields a
474th Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery
…but three weeks later it was ordered to hand over its sites to another battery of 3rd S/L Rgt and move to Cornwall where it joined the newly formed 76th S/L Rgt under 55th AA Bde. Battery Headquarters was at Redruth, later at Killiow, and when the last of the Troops arrived from Hampshire in late August the…
Pythouse, West Tisbury: 76th S/L Regimental HQ 1940–41