93rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
93rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery was a volunteer air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) formed in Cheshire just before the outbreak of World War I. It served in the Liverpool Blitz and later in the Faroe Islands, the Middle East and North Africa. Postwar it continued in the TA until 1955.
Cap Badge of the Royal Artillery (pre-1953)
Christmas lunch for the men of 289 AA Bty, 93rd AA Rgt, at New Ferry near Birkenhead, 14 December 1940.
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
3rd West Lancashire Artillery
The 3rd West Lancashire Artillery was a volunteer unit of Britain's Territorial Force recruited from Liverpool that saw action during the First World War, distinguishing itself at the Battle of the Avre. During the Second World War, it served in the air defence and medium artillery roles at home and in the Far East. Its successor unit continues to serve as a battery in the modern Army Reserve.
Waistbelt of the Lancashire Volunteer Artillery, post-1891
BLC 15-pounder gun issued to TF field brigades
18-pounder gun preserved at the Imperial War Museum.
4.5-inch howitzer preserved at the Royal Artillery Museum.
