58th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery was an air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army raised just before World War II. It defended the East Midlands of England during The Blitz, and later s
Cap badge of the Royal Engineers.
90 cm 'Projector Anti-Aircraft', displayed at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth.
Cap Badge of the Royal Artillery (pre-1953).
The 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division was an Air Defence formation of the British Army from 1935 to 1942. It controlled anti-aircraft gun and searchlight units of the Territorial Army defending the East Midl
58th (Middlesex) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
…war, AA Command was fully mobilised at its war stations. The outbreak of World War II saw 58 AA Battalion forming part of 40th Anti-Aircraft Brigade in 2nd AA Division. Based at RAF Duxford, the brigade was responsible for providing AA defence for RAF airfields in East Anglia. In April 1940, 58th moved to come under…
Milton Hall, HQ of the 2nd AA Division in 1941