667th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Hampshire) TA
| 667th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Hampshire) (TA) | |
|---|---|
 Cap Badge of the Royal Artillery (pre-1953) | |
| Active | 1 January 1947–1 January 1954 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Territorial Army |
| Role | Air Defence |
| Size | Regiment |
| Garrison/HQ | Aldershot, Hampshire |
| Engagements | None |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Lt-Col Howard N. Cole |
667th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Hampshire) TA was a volunteer air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army from 1947 until 1954.
History
[edit]The regiment was raised when the Territorial Army (TA) was reconstituted in 1947. It was designated 667 HAA Regiment RA (Hampshire) TA with headquarters at Aldershot and equipped with 3.7-inch Anti-Aircraft Guns. It was Aldershot's first, and only, Territorial Army Artillery Regiment. It was raised and commanded from 1947 to 1951 by Lt-Col Howard N. Cole OBE TD.[1][2][3][4] The headquarters of the unit were at one of Aldershot's old cavalry barracks, Beaumont Barracks.[5]
It formed part of 100 Army Group Royal Artillery (AA) (TA) supporting the field army units of the TA (it was therefore not part of Anti-Aircraft Command). 100 AGRA (AA) began to disband on 9 September 1948, completed by 27 September.[6][7][8][9]
667 HAA Regiment was itself disbanded on 1 January 1954.[2][3][4]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Howard N Cole, The Story of Aldershot, Aldershot: Gale and Polden, 1951
- J.B.M. Frederick, Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978, Vol II, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
- Norman E.H. Litchfield, The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges), Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, ISBN 0-9508205-2-0.
- Brig N.W. Routledge, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994, ISBN 978-1870114004.