Arms and Armour

119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

The 119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, (119th LAA Rgt) was an air defence unit of the British Army during World War II. Initially raised as an infantry battalion of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (QORWK) in 1940, it transferred to the Royal Artillery in 1942. It served with 79th Armoured Division and then 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division, with which it fought in Normandy (Operation Overlord) and through the campaign in North West Europe until VE Day.

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• ▸Akechi Mitsuhide
• ▸Conservation of American bison
• ▸Capture of Malacca (1511)

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