ackack Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 I have a WW2 radar trailer which has a post-war Royal Artillery arm of service square (red over blue) with a 45 on it. This identifies it as a radar location battery. Does anyone know if this number was also used wartime, most order of battle lists miss this number out of the 42-47 number range. There are two references to it being a 'spare number' from "15 Army Group, July 1943" and for 'medium regiments' from "1st Army, Dec 1942". Could it be that the secret nature of gun-laying radrar prevented it from being identified in order of battle lists ? My trailer also has the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division insignia along side it, can anyone identify this battery from the 1950's ? I would be very interested in any known WW2 vehicle markings for a radar battery. [attachment deleted by admin] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 My understanding is that red over blue like that is RA RHQ, (batteries are blue with a red square 1/4 the size of the badge in any of the four corners) Any tac signs for the RA were a letter or two & if "2" was used identified a second in command. Postwar "45" indicates Div Loc Bty for a TA unit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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