34th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment R.A (T.A)

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  1. DavidW

    DavidW Well-Known Member

    Can anyone place the 34th Light in North Africa prior to 18/10/1942?

    Kind Regards,
    David.
     
  2. Gordon163

    Gordon163 Active Member

    My Dad joined 34LAA in North Africa in early 1943. However, I found the following article about 34LAA, which talks in general terms about their location prior to that. I hope that it may help.

    34th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
    HQ: Swansea
    92nd Bty (245th Tp: St. Athan A.S.U.; 246th, 247th Tps: Bridgend R.O.F.; 248th Tp: Llandow A.S.U.)

    The regiment served under 55th Anti-Aircraft Brigade at the outbreak of war. In February 1941, it had part of the regiment under 45th AA Brigade in the Cardiff/Newport area and part under 64th AA Brigade in the Swansea/Milford area. 144th Battery joined on 23 September 1939 and 65th Battery joined on 11 May 1942. The regiment was sent out to Egypt at the end of 1942. It served under 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division from 18 October to 6 November 1942 in Egypt. It then served under 17th AA Brigade, being located in the Tobruk area. Shortly afterwards it transferred to 12th AA Brigade as part of 8th Army. It served until the end of the campaign in North Africa in May 1943 under the brigade, transferring to 1st Army and 22nd AA Brigade near the end of the campaign in May.
    The regiment arrived in Bari, Italy under 25th AA Brigade in late December 1943. It remained in this area under the brigade until it was placed on suspended animation on 23 February 1945.

    Gordon
     
  3. hutt

    hutt Member

    34th LAA coming under 22 AA Brigade in early June 43 from their diary WO175/371 DSC07766.JPG
     
  4. i noticed the 34th had some interaction with my grand dad's 467 LAA Battery in italy, 1944.
    do you happen to have the war diaries for 22 AA for the period of july 10-august 30, 1944?? i'm curious if there's any mention of a Court of Inquiry regarding a shooting incident...
     
  5. Michael Slingsby

    Michael Slingsby New Member

    My Grandad, Arthur Frederick Slingsby was in 92 Battery, I'd welcome anything you can share. He was attached to them 27th August '41. He landed in the middle east 2nd September 1942. Grandad.jpg
     
  6. davidbfpo

    davidbfpo Patron Patron

    Michael,

    Welcome aboard, hopefully help will come along from those interested in the 34th and the Royal Artillery. This is the first time Slingsby appears on the forum.

    We always recommend members apply for their relative / target's Service Record, even though there is a long wait (for some 2yrs) and the confusion over where the record will be: MoD @ Glasgow or the National Archives @ Kew. PM next with some research tips.

    Oddly there are only three other threads here for the 34th; the other mainly refers to its work in Wales: Anti Aircraft Unit North Wales Nov 1941

    Searching online with 34 Light etc finds two thread (not read): Dvr Cornelius (Jock) DOUGLAS, Royal Artillery & Royal Army Service Corps and Who fought the Desert War

    Searching for 34 LAA found eight other threads.

    This site is a great help: Royal Artillery in World War 2 - The Royal Artillery 1939-45
     
  7. Michael Slingsby

    Michael Slingsby New Member

    They arrived in Egypt September 2nd 1942 David
     
  8. Michael Slingsby

    Michael Slingsby New Member

    Thanks for this, I have my Grandad's war record and have been able to put a lot of his units movements together.
     

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