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The 28th (Essex) Searchlight Regiment was a volunteer air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) from 1935 until 1961, at first as part of the Royal Engineers, later in the Royal Artillery. It defended the approaches to London during World War II ==Origin== The regiment had its origins in a group of Independent Air Defence Companies of the Royal Engineers formed in Essex by the Territorial Army during 1929:〔''Monthly Army List'' 1929–32〕 Essex Group Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Companies: *HQ at Brentwood * 309 (Essex) AA Company at Harlow * 310 (Essex) AA Company at Epping * 311 (Essex) AA Company at Brentwood * 312 (Essex) AA Company at Hornchurch, later Upminster In 1935 the Essex Group became 28th Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (TA), and the following year it was subordinated to the newly formed 29th (East Anglian) Anti-Aircraft Group (later termed a Brigade), based at RAF North Weald in Essex and part of 1st Anti-Aircraft Division.〔(1 AA Division 1936–38 at British Military History )〕 In the years before World War II, British anti-aircraft defences continued to expand, with new regiments and formations, the whole coming under Anti-Aircraft Command. In April 1939, 310 (Essex) Company was split off to form part of the new 74th (Essex Fortress) AA Bn.〔(6 AA Division 1939 at British Military History )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「28th (Essex) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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