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The 29th (Kent) Searchlight Regiment was a volunteer air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) from 1935 until 1955, at first as part of the Royal Engineers, later in the Royal Artillery. It served during The Blitz. ==Origin== The regiment had its origins in a group of Independent Air Defence Companies of the Royal Engineers formed in the Home counties by the Territorial Army during 1924.〔''Monthly Army List'' 1924–39:〕 Kent & Middlesex Group Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Companies: * HQ at Marine School, Chatham * 313 (Kent) AA Company at Marine School, Chatham * 314 (Kent) AA Company at Southborough, later Tonbridge * 317 (Middlesex) AA Company at Hendon John (later Sir John) Perring (1870–1948), a businessman and prominent member of the London County Council and Middlesex Territorial Association was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Group in 1931.〔〔'Colonel Sir John Ernest Perring', ''Who Was Who 1941–50''.〕〔(Sir John Ernest Perring at Thepeerage.com )〕 In 1935 the Kent Group became 29th Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (TA), while 317 Company was separated to form the 36th (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (TA) with Sir John Perring as its Honorary Colonel. Two further companies were added to the 29th Bn: 〔〔(1 AA Division 1936–38 at British Military History )〕 * 322nd AA Company at Greenhithe * 347th (Kent) AA Company at Sidcup Shortly afterwards the battalion was subordinated to the newly formed 28th (Thames & Medway) Anti-Aircraft Group (later termed a Brigade), also based at Chatham, and forming part of 1st Anti-Aircraft Division.〔 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 In April 1939 the 322nd and 347th Companies were transferred to help form the new 73rd (Kent Fortress) Bn RE, and had been replaced by a newly-raised 468th Company at Dover.〔(6 AA Division 1939 at British Military History )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「29th (Kent) 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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