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The 73rd (Kent Fortress) Searchlight Regiment was a volunteer air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) from 1939 until 1955, at first as part of the Royal Engineers, later in the Royal Artillery. It served during the Battle of Britain and The Blitz. ==Origin== The unit was first formed in April 1939 as part of the expansion of TA Anti-Aircraft (AA) defences under Anti-Aircraft Command before the outbreak of World War II. It was created by combining three existing AA Searchlight Companies of the Royal Engineers (RE): 322 and 347 AA Companies from 29th (Kent) AA Battalion, and 331 AA Company from 32nd (7th City of London) AA Battalion. It appears that 347 (Kent) Company was drawn from personnel of the three Electric Light and Works companies of the Kent Fortress Royal Engineers based at Northfleet, which gave its title to the new battalion:〔(6 AA Division 1939 at British Military History )〕〔Planck, p. 226.〕〔''Monthly Army List'', May 1939.〕〔(AA Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files )〕 73rd (Kent Fortress) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers * HQ at Bexleyheath * 322 AA Company at Drill Hall, Horns Cross, Greenhithe * 331 AA Company at Bexleyheath * 347 (Kent) AA Company at Lamorbey House, Halfway Street, Sidcup On the outbreak of war on 3 September 1939, the battalion formed part of 29th (East Anglian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade in 6th Anti-Aircraft Division, responsible for the air defence of the Thames Estuary and the adjacent Kent and Essex shores.〔〔 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「73rd (Kent Fortress) 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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