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Old 13-06-20, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Amy View Post
66th (Gloucestershire) is missing?
Not only
66th (Gloucesters) Serachlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
but also
67th (Welch Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
68th (The Monmouthshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)

Additional remarks:
Numbers higher then 200 where numbers used after the resurrection of the TA in 1947.

Numbers between 562 and 607 perpetuated the Searchlight units with a number 535 lower. Thus e.g.
  • 27th (London Electrical Engineers) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) became the 262nd Searchlight Regiment (27th London Electrical Engineers), Royal Artillery (TA)
  • 72nd (Middlesex) Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) became 607th Searchlight Regiment (Middlesex), Royal Artillery (TA).
In other words, those post war units were not "new", but redesignated.
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