British Territorial Army Order of Battle (January 1947)

Following the end of hostilities, by 1946 most territorial artillery regiments had been either disbanded or placed in suspended animation. On 1 January 1947 many of these battalions/regiments were reconstituted and many new regiments were formed as part of the reformed and re-organised Territorial Army (TA). All units will be shown as they were on 1 January 1947, and not those who joined later that year, although notes on that unit's changes during that year will be shown.

Eastern Command

Eastern Command, Colchester covered the counties of: Essex, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex (excluding City of London), Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Kent, and

Commander Royal Artillery, Eastern Command
  • HQ CRA, Eastern Command, Colchester
  • 11th (Mixed) Anti-Aircraft Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, London

89th (Field) Army Group, RA
  • 89th (Field) Army Group, RA , London
    • 89th (Fld) Army Group Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals
    • 286th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, St Albans
    • 299th (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Aylesbury
    • 304th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Chelmsford
    • 305th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, Bedford
    • 308th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, Bury St Edmunds
    • 358th (Suffolk) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, Ipswich

98th (Anti-Aircraft) Army Group, RA
  • 98th (Anti-Aircraft) Army Group, RA , Chelmsford
    • 98th (AA) Army Group, RA Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals
    • 389th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Swaffham
    • 629th (Cambridgeshire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery, Cambridge
    • 646th (The Essex Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery, Chelmsford

99th (Anti-Aircraft) Army Group, RA
  • 99th (Anti-Aircraft) Army Group, RA , Southborough
    • 99th (AA) Army Group Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals
    • 258th (Sussex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Eastbourne
    • 313th (Sussex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Worthing
    • 344th (Sussex Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Brighton
    • 645th (Bucks) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Aylesbury
    • 648th (Royal Berkshire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Hackney
    • 674th (City of London Rifles) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery, Stonechat Hill

101st Coast Brigade, RA
  • 101st Coast Brigade, RA , Dover
    • 410th (Kent) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, Dover
    • 411th (Sussex) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, Brighton
    • 415th (Thames and Medway) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, Gravesend
    • 418th (Norfolk) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, Harwich
    • 419th (Suffolk) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, Harwich

Commander Royal Engineers, Eastern Command

25th Engineer Group, RE

44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division

London District

London District, Horse Guards commanding the troops in Greater London and the guards' barracks at Victoria Barracks, Windsor, Combermere Barracks, Windsor, barracks in Pirbright, and barracks and Guards' Depot in Caterham, Surrey.

Commander Royal Artillery, London District

97th (Anti-Aircraft) Army Group, RA
  • 97th (Anti-Aircraft) Army Group, RA , London
    • 97th (AA) Army Group, RA Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals
    • 265th (8th London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Grove Park
    • 353rd (London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Islington
    • 622nd (7th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Walworth
    • 625th (The Royal Fusiliers) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, Paddington
    • 656th (Tower Hamlets) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Bow

Commander Royal Engineers, London District

27th Engineer Group, RE

56th (London) Armoured Division

16th Airborne Division

Note: The division controlled ALL TA parachute units spread throughout the country, those units will be shown under their respective areas and not in this area.

  • 16th Airborne Division , London
    • Headquarters 16th Airborne Division
    • 16th (Middlesex Yeomanry) Airborne Divisional Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, Uxbridge
    • 16th Airborne Divisional Royal Army Service Corps
    • 16th Airborne Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps
    • 16th Airborne Divisional Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Slough
    • 16th Airborne Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps
    • 4th Parachute Brigade, London
      • HQ 4th Para Bde & Signal Squadron, Royal Signals
      • 10th (City of London) Parachute Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, Chelsea
      • 11th (Middlesex) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, Hounslow
    • Commander Royal Artillery, 16th Airborne Division
      • 285th (Essex) Light Airborne Regiment, Royal Artillery, Stratford
      • 291st (4th London) Airborne Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Lewisham
      • 292nd (5th London) Airborne Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, Kensington
    • Commander Royal Engineers
      • 131st Airborne Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, Kingsbury

Northern Command

Northern Command, York covered the (modern) counties of: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Rutland, and Leicestershire.

Commander Royal Artillery, Northern Command
  • 15th (Mixed) Anti-Aircraft Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, Nottingham

86th (Field) Army Group, RA
  • 86th (Field) Army Group, RA , Nottingham
    • 86th (Fld) AG, RA Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals
    • 377th (Durham) Observation Regiment, Royal Artillery, Durham
    • 307th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, Nottingham
    • 268th (South Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Birmingham
    • 315th (North Midland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, Leicester
    • 350th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery, Nottingham

103rd Coast Brigade, RA

Commander Royal Engineers, Northern Command

21st Engineer Group, RE

22nd Engineer Group, RE

49th (West Riding and North Midland) Armoured Division
  • 49th (West Riding and North Midland) Armoured Division, Leeds

50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

Northern Ireland District

Northern Ireland District covered all of Northern Ireland, also commanded the Anti-Aircraft Command units based in the area unlike the other commands.

Commander Royal Artillery, Northern Ireland District

Scottish Command

Scottish Command covered all of Scotland.

Commander Royal Artillery, Scottish Command

84th (Field) Army Group, RA

85th (Field) Army Group, RA
  • 85th (Field) Army Group, RA, Glasgow
    • 85th (Fld) AG, RA Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals
    • 279th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Irvine
    • 280th (City of Glasgow Artillery) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Glasgow
    • 330th (Lowland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, Troon
    • 357th (Lowland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, Edinburgh

105th Coast Brigade
  • 105th Coast Brigade, Edinburgh (also included 429 Coast Regiment (see Northern Ireland District))
    • 412th (Highland) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, Cromarty
    • 413th (Fife) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, Kirkcaldy
    • 414th (Forth) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, Edinburgh
    • 416th (Clyde) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, Port Glasgow
    • 417th (Dumbartonshire) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, Greenock
    • 430th (Orkney) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, Kirkwall

Commander Royal Engineers, Scottish Command

20th Engineer Brigade

51st/52nd (Scottish) Infantry Division

Southern Command

Southern Command covered the following counties of the south of England: Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, Devonshire, Cornwall, Gloucestershire, City and County of Bristol, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire.

Commander Royal Artillery, Southern Command

90th (Field) Army Group, RA

91st (Field) Army Group, RA

100th (Anti-Aircraft) Army Group, RA

102nd Coast Brigade, RA
  • 102nd Coast Brigade, RA, Plymouth
    • 406th (Hampshire) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery
    • 407th (Devon) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery
    • 408th (Devon) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery
    • 409th (Cornwall) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery
    • 421st (Dorset) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery
    • 428th (Princess Beatrice's Isle of Wight Rifles) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, Newport, Isle of Wight

Commander Royal Engineers, Southern Command

26th Engineer Group, RE

43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
  • 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division, Bristol
    • 43rd (Wessex) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals, Bristol
    • The Prince of Wales's Own Royal Wiltshire Hussars (Yeomanry), Swindon
    • 43rd (Wessex) Divisional Royal Army Service Corps
    • 43rd (Wessex) Divisional Ordnance Park, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
    • 43rd (Wessex) Divisional Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
    • 43rd (Wessex) Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps
    • 128th Infantry Brigade, Winchester
      • 4th Battalion, The Royal Hampshire Regiment, Winchester
      • 4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Oxford
      • 4th/6th Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment, Reading
    • 129th Infantry Brigade, Bath
    • 130th (West Country) Infantry Brigade, Exeter
      • 4th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment, Exeter
      • 5th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment, Plymouth
      • 4th/5th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Truro
      • 4th Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment, Dorchester
    • Commander Royal Artillery, 43rd Division, Bristol
      • HQ CRA, 43rd Division
      • 883rd Locating Battery, Royal Artillery, Bristol
      • 294th (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Sherborne
      • 296th (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Exeter
      • 387th (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Oxford
      • 383rd (Duke of Connaught’s, Royal Hampshire) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, Portsmouth
      • 396th (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Devonport
    • Commander Royal Engineers, 43rd Division, Bristol
      • HQ CRE, 43rd Division
      • 110th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, Bath

Western Command

Western Command covered the largest area of the army commands, covering: Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, and all of Wales.

Commander Royal Artillery, Western Command

87th (Field) Army Group, RA

88th (Field) Army Group, RA

92nd (Anti-Aircraft) Army Group, RA

93rd (Anti-Aircraft) Army Group, RA

94th (Anti-Aircraft) Army Group, RA

95th (Anti-Aircraft) Army Group, RA

96th (Anti-Aircraft) Army Group, RA

104th Coast Brigade, RA

Commander Royal Engineers, Western Command

23rd Engineer Group, RE

24th Engineer Group, RE

42nd (Lancashire) Infantry Division

53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
  • 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division, Brecon
    • 53rd (Welsh) Divisional Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, Cardiff
    • 53rd (Welsh) Divisional Royal Army Service Corps
    • 53rd (Welsh) Divisional Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
    • 53rd (Welsh) Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps
    • Shropshire Yeomanry, Shrewsbury, divisional armoured reconnaissance
    • 158th (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Brigade, Wrexham
      • 4th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment, Birkenhead
      • 7th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment, Macclesfield
      • 4th Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers, Wrexham
    • 159th (Welsh Border) Brigade, Shrewsbury
      • 7th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment, Kidderminster
      • 4th Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Shrewsbury
      • 1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Light Infantry, Hereford
    • 160th (South Wales) Brigade, Llanelli
      • 2nd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment, Pontypool
      • 4th Battalion, The Welch Regiment, Llanelli
      • 5th Battalion, The Welch Regiment, Pontypridd
    • Commander Royal Artillery, 53rd Division
    • Commander Royal Engineers, 53rd Division
      • HQ CRE, 53rd Division
      • 108th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, Swansea

Anti-Aircraft Command

Anti-Aircraft Command controlled all those AA units which were not placed under a 'territorial deployment'. The command was organised from the top level of 'Groups' down to a 'Brigade' and 'Regiments'.

1st Anti-Aircraft Group
  • 1st Anti-Aircraft Group, London covering: London, South East England, and East of England, coinciding with Eastern Command and London District.
  • 11th (Mixed) Anti-Aircraft Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, Kensington
  • 1st Anti-Aircraft Group (North) Transport Column, Royal Army Service Corps
  • 1st Anti-Aircraft Group (South) Transport Column, Royal Army Service Corps
  • 1st Anti-Aircraft Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
  • 6th Anti-Aircraft Workshop Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
  • 52nd (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Chingford
    • 52nd Fire Control Troop, Royal Artillery
    • 512th (Finsbury Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Pentonville
    • 459th (The Essex Regiment) (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Walthamstow
    • 482nd (Essex) (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Barking
    • 599th (Essex) (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Chingford
    • 609th (Tottenham) (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Tottenham
    • 568th (St Pancras) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, St Pancras
  • 53rd (Cinque Ports) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Dover
  • 54th (Home Counties) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Gillingham
  • 55th (Essex) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Barking
  • 63rd (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, London NW1
    • 63rd Fire Control Troop, Royal Artillery
    • 461st (Middlesex) (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Finchley
    • 484th (Middlesex) (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Willesden
    • 490th (Middlesex) (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Southgate
  • 64th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Clapham
    • 64th Fire Control Troop, Royal Artillery
    • 570th (First Surrey Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Dulwich
    • 451st (London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Chelsea
    • 497th (London) (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Hammersmith
    • 499th (London Welsh) (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Kensington
    • 562nd (London Electrical Engineers) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, Streatham
  • 67th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Shepherd's Bush
    • 67th Fire Control Troop, Royal Artillery
    • 452nd (London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Acton
    • 453rd (London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Shepherd's Bush
    • 454th (City of London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Putney
    • 488th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, White City
    • 607th (Middlesex) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, Twickenham
  • 75th (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, London SE3
    • 75th Fire Control Troop, Royal Artillery
    • 566th (City of London Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
    • 2nd (Heavy Anti-Aircraft) Regiment, The Honourable Artillery Company
    • 460th (City of London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
    • 567th (7th City of London) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
    • 569th (The Queen's Own) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
  • 82nd (North London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Heston
    • 82nd Fire Control Troop, Royal Artillery
    • 595th (9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Kingsbury
    • 610th (Middlesex) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Cowley
    • 479th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Barnet
    • 593rd (Middlesex) (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
    • 571st (Middlesex) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
    • 604th (The Royal Fusiliers) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
  • 106th (South London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Kingston upon Thames
    • 106th Fire Control Troop, Royal Artillery
    • 536th (Surrey) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
    • 598th (4th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
    • 605th (Sussex) (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
    • 641st (Sussex) (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
    • 565th (Surrey) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery

2nd Anti-Aircraft Group

3rd Anti-Aircraft Group

4th Anti-Aircraft Group

5th Anti-Aircraft Group

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