104th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

13th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
104th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
Cap badge of the Royal Artillery
Active1 May 1940 – 15 June 1944
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
RoleInfantry
Air defence
SizeBattalion
Regiment
EngagementsItalian Campaign

The 104th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, (104th LAA Rgt) was an air defence unit of the British Army during World War II. Initially raised as an infantry battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment in 1940, it transferred to the Royal Artillery in late 1941. It served in the Middle East and Italy until it was disbanded for infantry reinforcements in June 1944.

The South Staffordshires' cap badge.

13th (Pioneer) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment

The unit was originally formed on 1 May 1940 at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, as 13th (Pioneer) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment.[1] As a pioneer battalion, the 12th does not appear to have been assigned to any field force or home defence formation.[2] However it was converted into a normal infantry battalion on 24 October 1940 and it joined 213th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home), a static defence formation under II Corps in East Anglia.[1][3][4]

At the end of 1941 the battalion was selected to be retrained in the light anti-aircraft (LAA) role equipped with Bofors 40 mm guns: on 1 December 1941 it transferred to the Royal Artillery (RA) as 104th LAA Regiment, comprising Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) and 342, 343 and 344 LAA Batteries.[1][5][6]

104th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

A Bofors 40 mm LAA gun crew under training, January 1942.

After initial training the regiment joined Anti-Aircraft Command, but left in February 1942 before it had been allocated to a brigade.[7] At first it formed part of the War Office Reserve, but by April it came under the command of XII Corps District in South East England.[8][9][10] In October 1942 the regiment was joined by a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) workshop sub-section for each battery in preparation for mobile warfare.[11] By mid-December it had come under War Office control preparatory to going overseas. It embarked in early February 1943.[12]

Middle East

In May 1943 104th LAA Rgt regiment was in Middle East Forces and joined 8th AA Brigade at El Tahag in Egypt. The North African campaign having ended, Egypt was now a rear area and the regiment was non-operational, but 8th AA Bde was in training for the forthcoming Italian campaign.[13][14] By 10 July 1943 the regiment had transferred to Ninth Army in Palestine and Syria.[15]

Disbandment

104th LAA Regiment left Ninth Army before the end of 1943 and by April 1944 it was in Italy.[16] However, by now the Allies had achieved air superiority over the peninsula and there was little call for AA defence. Meanwhile, British forces in Italy were suffering an acute manpower shortage. In June 1944 the Chiefs of Staff decided that given the reduced activity of the Luftwaffe the number of AA regiments in Italy could be reduced, their surplus personnel being converted to other roles, particularly infantry.[17][18][19] 104th LAA Regiment was accordingly disbanded on 15 June 1944[5][6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Frederick, p. 311.
  2. ^ Joslen.
  3. ^ Joslen, p. 376.
  4. ^ Collier, Map 17.
  5. ^ a b Frederick, pp. 805, 837.
  6. ^ a b Farndale, Annex M.
  7. ^ Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 2 December 1941, with amendments, The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 212/80.
  8. ^ Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional units), 22 October 1941, with amendments, TNA files WO 212/6 and WO 33/1883.
  9. ^ Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional units), 2 April 1942, TNA file WO 212/515.
  10. ^ Collier, Map 20.
  11. ^ Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional Units), 14 August 1942, with amendments, TNA files WO 212/7 and WO 33/1927.
  12. ^ Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional Units), 22 November 1942, with amendments, TNA files WO 212/8 and WO 33/1962.
  13. ^ Joslen, p. 483.
  14. ^ Routledge, Table XXV, p. 164.
  15. ^ Joslen, p. 487.
  16. ^ Joslen, p. 467.
  17. ^ Molony, Vol V, pp. 421–3.
  18. ^ Molony, Vol VI, Pt I, pp. 448–50.
  19. ^ Routledge, p. 278.

References

  • Basil Collier, History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004 ISBN 978-1-84574-055-9.
  • Gen Sir Martin Farndale, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996, ISBN 1-85753-080-2.
  • J.B.M. Frederick, Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-007-3.
  • J.B.M. Frederick, Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
  • Joslen, H. F. (2003) [1960]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1.
  • Brig C.J.C. Molony, History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East, Vol V: The Campaign in Sicily 1943 and the Campaign in Italy 3rd September 1943 to 31st March 1944, London: HM Stationery Office, 1973/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004, ISBN 1-845740-69-6.
  • Brig C.J.C. Molony, History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East, Vol VI: Victory in the Mediterranean, Part I: 1st April to 4th June 1944, London: HM Stationery Office, 1987/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004, ISBN 1-845740-70-X.
  • Brig N.W. Routledge, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994, ISBN 1-85753-099-3.

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