The 4th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment was a volunteer unit of the British Army from 1859 to 1961. Beginning from small independent units recruited in the South London suburbs, it was attached to t
Cap badge of the Queen's
The King's and Regimental Colours of the 4th Queen's in Croydon Minster.
Plaque accompanying the Colours in Croydon Minster.
Mitcham Road Barracks, as rebuilt in the 1930s.
98th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, was an air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army formed in Gloucestershire during the period of international tension leading up to the outbrea
4th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
…of Hampshire, supporting the AA guns of the Southampton Gun Defence Area. However, on 5 November 439 S/L Bty was detached to come under the command of 98th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Bristol, deploying 24 teams armed with Lewis guns to defend Avonmouth Docks. These detachments were withdrawn 22–24 February 1940 and went to…
Cap Badge of the Royal Artillery
Mobile 3.7-inch HAA gun preserved at Imperial War Museum Duxford.
Firefighters putting out a blaze at a bomb site in Manchester city centre
AEC Matador artillery tractor towing a 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun at Burrow Head in Scotland, 18 February 1944.