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class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a><br /><a href="/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">The Blitz</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Baedeker_Raids" class="mw-redirect" title="Baedeker Raids">Baedeker Raids</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Baby_Blitz" class="mw-redirect" title="Baby Blitz">Baby Blitz</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Operation_Diver" title="Operation Diver">Operation Diver</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data">Lt-Gen <a href="/wiki/Alan_Brooke,_1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke" title="Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke">Alan Brooke</a><br />Lt-Gen <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Alfred_Pile" title="Frederick Alfred Pile">Sir Frederick Pile</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>Anti-Aircraft Command</b> (AA Command, or "Ack-Ack Command") was a <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Command_(military_formation)" title="Command (military formation)">command</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> that controlled the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Army_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial Army (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> anti-aircraft artillery and searchlight formations and units defending the United Kingdom. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Aircraft_Command&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Sir_Frederick_Pile,_Kcb,_Dso,_Mc_Art.IWMARTLD3775.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/General_Sir_Frederick_Pile%2C_Kcb%2C_Dso%2C_Mc_Art.IWMARTLD3775.jpg/220px-General_Sir_Frederick_Pile%2C_Kcb%2C_Dso%2C_Mc_Art.IWMARTLD3775.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/General_Sir_Frederick_Pile%2C_Kcb%2C_Dso%2C_Mc_Art.IWMARTLD3775.jpg/330px-General_Sir_Frederick_Pile%2C_Kcb%2C_Dso%2C_Mc_Art.IWMARTLD3775.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/General_Sir_Frederick_Pile%2C_Kcb%2C_Dso%2C_Mc_Art.IWMARTLD3775.jpg/440px-General_Sir_Frederick_Pile%2C_Kcb%2C_Dso%2C_Mc_Art.IWMARTLD3775.jpg 2x" data-file-width="653" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Sir Frederick Pile, GOCinC, AA Command, during the Second World War</figcaption></figure> <p>The formation of a Command-level body of anti-aircraft defences had been announced in 1938, but Anti-Aircraft Command was not formed until 1 April 1939 under General Sir <a href="/wiki/Alan_Brooke" class="mw-redirect" title="Alan Brooke">Alan Brooke</a>, who had been commander of Anti-Aircraft Corps. He then passed control to Sir <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Alfred_Pile" title="Frederick Alfred Pile">Frederick Pile</a>, who remained in command until the end of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-Rout26_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rout26-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AAHist_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAHist-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>AA Command was under the operational direction of <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fighter_Command" title="RAF Fighter Command">RAF Fighter Command</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/Air_Defence_of_Great_Britain" title="Air Defence of Great Britain">Air Defence of Great Britain</a>, and occupied a headquarters known as <i>Glenthorn</i> in the grounds of <a href="/wiki/Bentley_Priory" title="Bentley Priory">Bentley Priory</a>, home of Fighter Command.<sup id="cite_ref-Rout26_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rout26-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wykeham_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wykeham-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The majority of AA Command's guns and searchlights were operated by <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Army_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial Army (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> units. Some <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">Regular Army</a> units joined after they returned from the <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Dunkirk evacuation</a>. Later, as the war progressed, Regulars and TA were freed up for overseas service by the use of men of the <a href="/wiki/Home_Guard_(United_Kingdom)" title="Home Guard (United Kingdom)">Home Guard</a> (loading and firing the guns) and women of the <a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_Territorial_Service" title="Auxiliary Territorial Service">Auxiliary Territorial Service</a> (handling ammunition and operating gun directors).<sup id="cite_ref-Rout26_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rout26-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gazette_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazette-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Aircraft_Command&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Divisional">Divisional</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Aircraft_Command&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Divisional"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Major-general_R_F_E_Whittaker,_Cb,_Obe,_Td,_Aa_Command,_1942_Art.IWMARTLD3772.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Major-general_R_F_E_Whittaker%2C_Cb%2C_Obe%2C_Td%2C_Aa_Command%2C_1942_Art.IWMARTLD3772.jpg/220px-Major-general_R_F_E_Whittaker%2C_Cb%2C_Obe%2C_Td%2C_Aa_Command%2C_1942_Art.IWMARTLD3772.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Major-general_R_F_E_Whittaker%2C_Cb%2C_Obe%2C_Td%2C_Aa_Command%2C_1942_Art.IWMARTLD3772.jpg/330px-Major-general_R_F_E_Whittaker%2C_Cb%2C_Obe%2C_Td%2C_Aa_Command%2C_1942_Art.IWMARTLD3772.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Major-general_R_F_E_Whittaker%2C_Cb%2C_Obe%2C_Td%2C_Aa_Command%2C_1942_Art.IWMARTLD3772.jpg/440px-Major-general_R_F_E_Whittaker%2C_Cb%2C_Obe%2C_Td%2C_Aa_Command%2C_1942_Art.IWMARTLD3772.jpg 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Maj-Gen Robert Whittaler, GOC 1st AA Division 1940–42, MGGS at AA Command HQ 1942–44.</figcaption></figure> <p>Divisions under the command were:<sup id="cite_ref-AAHist_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAHist-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gazette_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazette-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-blueyonder1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blueyonder1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">1st Anti-Aircraft Division</a> – Existing division at start of the war, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Uxbridge" title="Uxbridge">Uxbridge</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">2nd Anti-Aircraft Division</a> – Existing division at the start of the war, headquartered at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hucknall" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Hucknall">RAF Hucknall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire" title="Nottinghamshire">Nottinghamshire</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">3rd Anti-Aircraft Division</a> – Existing division at the start of the war, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">4th Anti-Aircraft Division</a> – Existing division at the start of the war, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">5th Anti-Aircraft Division</a> – Existing division at the start of the war, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire" title="Reading, Berkshire">Reading</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">6th Anti-Aircraft Division</a> – Existing division at the start of the war, headquartered in Uxbridge.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">7th Anti-Aircraft Division</a> – Existing division at the start of the war, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">8th Anti-Aircraft Division</a> – Formed November 1940 covering South West England, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="9th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">9th Anti-Aircraft Division</a> – Formed November 1940 covering South Wales, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="10th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">10th Anti-Aircraft Division</a> – Formed November 1940 covering <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire" title="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Humber_Estuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Humber Estuary">Humber Estuary</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">11th Anti-Aircraft Division</a> – Formed November 1940 covering the West and Central Midlands.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="12th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">12th Anti-Aircraft Division</a> – Formed November 1940 covering southwestern Scotland.</li></ul> <p>AA Command was also responsible for the Orkney and Shetland Defences (OSDEF). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Corps">Corps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Aircraft_Command&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the end of 1940, the Command created three <a href="/wiki/Corps" title="Corps">Corps</a> to supervise this expanding organisation:<sup id="cite_ref-AAHist_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAHist-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gazette_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazette-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-blueyonder1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blueyonder1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I_Anti-Aircraft_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="I Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom)">I Anti-Aircraft Corps</a> covering the South (1, 5, 6, 8 and 9 AA Divisions) corresponding with <a href="/wiki/No._10_Group_RAF" title="No. 10 Group RAF">10</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._11_Group_RAF" title="No. 11 Group RAF">11 Groups RAF</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/II_Anti-Aircraft_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="II Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom)">II Anti-Aircraft Corps</a> covering the Midlands (2, 4, 10 and 11 AA Divisions) corresponding with <a href="/wiki/No._9_Group_RAF" title="No. 9 Group RAF">9</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._12_Group_RAF" title="No. 12 Group RAF">12 Groups RAF</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/III_Anti-Aircraft_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="III Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom)">III Anti-Aircraft Corps</a> covering the North (3, 7 and 12 AA Divisions, and OSDEF) corresponding with <a href="/wiki/No._13_Group_RAF" title="No. 13 Group RAF">13</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._14_Group_RAF" title="No. 14 Group RAF">14 Groups RAF</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Groups">Groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Aircraft_Command&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 1942, the corps and divisions were abolished and replaced by seven flexible AA Groups more closely aligned with the operational structure of Fighter Command:<sup id="cite_ref-AAHist_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAHist-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gazette_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazette-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Anti-Aircraft_Group_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Anti-Aircraft Group (United Kingdom)">1st Anti-Aircraft Group</a> covering London</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Anti-Aircraft_Group_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Anti-Aircraft Group (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">2nd Anti-Aircraft Group</a> covering the <a href="/wiki/Solent" class="mw-redirect" title="Solent">Solent</a>, South-East England and southern East Anglia</li></ul> <p>(1st and 2nd AA Groups coincided with <a href="/wiki/No._11_Group_RAF" title="No. 11 Group RAF">No. 11 Group RAF</a>) </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Anti-Aircraft_Group_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="3rd Anti-Aircraft Group (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">3rd Anti-Aircraft Group</a> covering South-West England and South Wales (coinciding with <a href="/wiki/No._10_Group_RAF" title="No. 10 Group RAF">No. 10 Group RAF</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Anti-Aircraft_Group_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="4th Anti-Aircraft Group (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">4th Anti-Aircraft Group</a> covering North Wales and North-West England (coinciding with <a href="/wiki/No._9_Group_RAF" title="No. 9 Group RAF">No. 9 Group RAF</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=5th_Anti-Aircraft_Group_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5th Anti-Aircraft Group (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">5th Anti-Aircraft Group</a> covering northern East Anglia and the East Coast as far as <a href="/wiki/Scarborough,_North_Yorkshire" title="Scarborough, North Yorkshire">Scarborough, North Yorkshire</a> (coinciding with <a href="/wiki/No._12_Group_RAF" title="No. 12 Group RAF">No. 12 Group RAF</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Anti-Aircraft_Group_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="6th Anti-Aircraft Group (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">6th Anti-Aircraft Group</a> covering North-East England and Scotland (coinciding with <a href="/wiki/No._13_Group_RAF" title="No. 13 Group RAF">No. 13 Group RAF</a> (except Northern Ireland) and <a href="/wiki/No._14_Group_RAF" title="No. 14 Group RAF">No. 14 Group RAF</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Anti-Aircraft_Group_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Anti-Aircraft Group (United Kingdom)">7th Anti-Aircraft Group</a> covering Northern Ireland</li> <li>the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_Defences&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orkney and Shetland Defences (page does not exist)">Orkney and Shetland Defences</a> remained separate</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_events">Later events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Aircraft_Command&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Later events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ATS_%27Ack-Ack_Girls%27_memorial_at_the_National_Memorial_Arboretum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/ATS_%27Ack-Ack_Girls%27_memorial_at_the_National_Memorial_Arboretum.jpg/220px-ATS_%27Ack-Ack_Girls%27_memorial_at_the_National_Memorial_Arboretum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/ATS_%27Ack-Ack_Girls%27_memorial_at_the_National_Memorial_Arboretum.jpg/330px-ATS_%27Ack-Ack_Girls%27_memorial_at_the_National_Memorial_Arboretum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/ATS_%27Ack-Ack_Girls%27_memorial_at_the_National_Memorial_Arboretum.jpg/440px-ATS_%27Ack-Ack_Girls%27_memorial_at_the_National_Memorial_Arboretum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1434" data-file-height="1695" /></a><figcaption>ATS 'Ack-Ack Girls' memorial at the <a href="/wiki/National_Memorial_Arboretum" title="National Memorial Arboretum">National Memorial Arboretum</a>. The badges depicted are those of the <a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_Territorial_Service" title="Auxiliary Territorial Service">Auxiliary Territorial Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> and AA Command.</figcaption></figure> <p>Later, the 6th AA Group took over the Solent area to cover the preparations for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a> and was replaced in NE England by a new <a href="/w/index.php?title=8th_Anti-Aircraft_Group_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="8th Anti-Aircraft Group (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">8th Anti-Aircraft Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AAHist_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAHist-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A new <a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Anti-Aircraft_Group_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="9th Anti-Aircraft Group (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">9th Anti-Aircraft Group</a> was formed to cover southern East Anglia during the flying bomb offensive (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Diver" title="Operation Diver">Operation Diver</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-AAHist_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAHist-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 April 1943, AA Command took over control of smoke screens from the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Security" title="Ministry of Home Security">Ministry of Home Security</a>. These installations were manned by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Pioneer_Corps" title="Royal Pioneer Corps">Pioneer Corps</a>. </p><p>In November 1944, the 3rd, 4th and 7th Anti-Aircraft Groups were disbanded, with the areas covered by the 2nd and 5th Anti-Aircraft Groups extended.<sup id="cite_ref-AAHist_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAHist-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postwar">Postwar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Aircraft_Command&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Postwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the TA was reformed after the Second World War in 1947, AA Command was generously provided for, with a large number of units, some of them including members of the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Royal_Army_Corps" title="Women's Royal Army Corps">Women's Royal Army Corps</a> (successors of the ATS). It was structured in five regional AA Groups, each commanding a number of TA and Regular AA Brigades:<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1st AA Group – London</li> <li>2nd AA Group – <a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Garrison" title="Aldershot Garrison">Aldershot</a></li> <li>3rd AA Group – Edinburgh</li> <li>4th AA Group – <a href="/wiki/Warrington" title="Warrington">Warrington</a></li> <li>5th AA Group – <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a></li></ul> <p>On 1 December 1954, it was announced that AA Command would be disbanded with effect from 10 March 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Senior_staff">Senior staff</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Aircraft_Command&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Senior staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following officers held senior posts in AA Command:<sup id="cite_ref-AAHist_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAHist-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_Officers_Commanding-in-Chief">General Officers Commanding-in-Chief</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Aircraft_Command&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: General Officers Commanding-in-Chief"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Alan_Brooke,_1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke" title="Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke">Alan Brooke</a> (1 April – 28 July 1939; GOC AA Corps 15 July 1938 – 31 March 1939)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Alfred_Pile" title="Frederick Alfred Pile">Sir Frederick Pile</a> (12 October 1939 – 14 April 1945)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/William_Wyndham_Green" title="William Wyndham Green">Sir William Green</a> (15 April 1945 – 30 April 1946)<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Otto_Marling_Lund" title="Otto Marling Lund">Otto Lund</a> (1 May 1946 – May 1948)<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Ivor_Thomas_(British_Army_officer)" title="Ivor Thomas (British Army officer)">Sir Ivor Thomas</a> (May 1948 – 27 May 1950)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Charles_Loewen" title="Charles Loewen">Charles Loewen</a> (28 May 1950 – 16 April 1953)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lieutenant-General Sir <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Chilton" title="Maurice Chilton">Maurice Chilton</a> (17 April 1953 – 15 May 1955)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major-General,_General_Staff"><span id="Major-General.2C_General_Staff"></span>Major-General, General Staff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Aircraft_Command&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Major-General, General Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Senior_Controller_Christian_Helen_Fraser-tytler,_Cbe_-_Deputy_Director_of_Aa_Command,_Ats_Art.IWMARTLD3209.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Senior_Controller_Christian_Helen_Fraser-tytler%2C_Cbe_-_Deputy_Director_of_Aa_Command%2C_Ats_Art.IWMARTLD3209.jpg/220px-Senior_Controller_Christian_Helen_Fraser-tytler%2C_Cbe_-_Deputy_Director_of_Aa_Command%2C_Ats_Art.IWMARTLD3209.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Senior_Controller_Christian_Helen_Fraser-tytler%2C_Cbe_-_Deputy_Director_of_Aa_Command%2C_Ats_Art.IWMARTLD3209.jpg/330px-Senior_Controller_Christian_Helen_Fraser-tytler%2C_Cbe_-_Deputy_Director_of_Aa_Command%2C_Ats_Art.IWMARTLD3209.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Senior_Controller_Christian_Helen_Fraser-tytler%2C_Cbe_-_Deputy_Director_of_Aa_Command%2C_Ats_Art.IWMARTLD3209.jpg/440px-Senior_Controller_Christian_Helen_Fraser-tytler%2C_Cbe_-_Deputy_Director_of_Aa_Command%2C_Ats_Art.IWMARTLD3209.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Senior Controller Christian Fraser-Tytler, DDATS at AA Command HQ from 1943.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Major-General Thomas Newton (8 May 1939 – 31 December 1941)<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Robert_Whittaker_(British_Army_officer)" title="Robert Whittaker (British Army officer)">Robert Whittaker</a> (1 January 1942 – 21 February 1944<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Major-General Frank Lejeune (22 February 1944 – 22 May 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Major-General Stephen Lamplugh (19 June 1944 – 24 June 1945)<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brigadier,_General_Staff"><span id="Brigadier.2C_General_Staff"></span>Brigadier, General Staff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Aircraft_Command&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Brigadier, General Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Brigadier B. P. Hughes (1 October 1942 – 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Brigadier Stephen Lamplugh (25 June 1945 – 30 July 1946)</li> <li>Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Thompson_(British_Army_officer)" title="Geoffrey Thompson (British Army officer)">Geoffrey Thompson</a> (1 July 1946 – 31 December 1946)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_of_Staff">Chief of Staff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Aircraft_Command&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Chief of Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Brigadier Geoffrey Thompson (1 January 1947 – April 1948)<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_Director,_Auxiliary_Territorial_Service"><span id="Deputy_Director.2C_Auxiliary_Territorial_Service"></span>Deputy Director, Auxiliary Territorial Service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Aircraft_Command&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Deputy Director, Auxiliary Territorial Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Controller V. P. Farrow (12 May – 14 October 1942)</li> <li>Controller The Hon. Lady M. Lawrence (15 October 1942 – 27 June 1943)</li> <li>Senior Controller <a href="/wiki/Christian_Fraser-Tytler" title="Christian Fraser-Tytler">Christian Fraser-Tytler</a> (28 June 1943 – 1944/45)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Aircraft_Command&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Balloon_Command" title="RAF Balloon Command">Balloon Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command" title="RAF Bomber Command">Bomber Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fighter_Command" title="RAF Fighter Command">Fighter Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Air_Defence_Group" title="7th Air Defence Group">7th Air Defence Group</a> – current successor organisation to AA Command</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Defense_Command_(United_States)" title="Army Air Defense Command (United States)">Army Air Defense Command (United States)</a> - successive US organizations, named Army Antiaircraft Command 1950–1957</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Aircraft_Command&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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<a href="#cite_ref-AAHist_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AAHist_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AAHist_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AAHist_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AAHist_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AAHist_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AAHist_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AAHist_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/124/2019/04/Anti-Aircraft-Corps-History-Personnel.pdf">Robert Palmer, 'A Concise History of Anti-Aircraft Command (History & Personnel)' at British Military History.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Farndale, p. 5.</span> </li> <li 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F. W. Beckett, <i>Territorials: A Century of Service</i>, TA100, 2008.</li> <li>Gen Sir Martin Farndale, <i>History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941</i>, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85753-080-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-85753-080-2">1-85753-080-2</a>.</li> <li>Norman E. H. Litchfield, <i>The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)</i>, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9508205-2-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-9508205-2-0">0-9508205-2-0</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38149/page/5973">Sir Frederick Pile's despatch: 'The Anti-Aircraft Defence of the United Kingdom from 28 July 1939, to 15 April 1945' <i>London Gazette</i> 18 December 1947.</a></li> <li>Brig N. W. 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Overview</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing" title="Strategic bombing">Strategic bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_fighter" title="Night fighter">Night fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Wing" title="Big Wing">Big Wing formation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Dowding" title="Hugh Dowding">Hugh Dowding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Portal,_1st_Viscount_Portal_of_Hungerford" title="Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford">Charles Portal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Newall,_1st_Baron_Newall" title="Cyril Newall, 1st Baron Newall">Cyril Newall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trafford_Leigh-Mallory" title="Trafford Leigh-Mallory">Trafford Leigh-Mallory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Park" title="Keith Park">Keith Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sholto_Douglas,_1st_Baron_Douglas_of_Kirtleside" title="Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside">Sholto Douglas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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V. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Watson-Watt" title="Robert Watson-Watt">Robert Watson-Watt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Organisation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Command_(military_formation)" title="Command (military formation)">Commands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fighter_Command" title="RAF Fighter Command">RAF Fighter Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Balloon_Command" title="RAF Balloon Command">RAF Balloon Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Coastal_Command" title="RAF Coastal Command">RAF Coastal Command</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Anti-Aircraft Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command" title="RAF Bomber Command">RAF Bomber Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Group_(military_unit)" title="Group (military unit)">Groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._9_Group_RAF" title="No. 9 Group RAF">No. 9 Group RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._10_Group_RAF" title="No. 10 Group RAF">No. 10 Group RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._11_Group_RAF" title="No. 11 Group RAF">No. 11 Group RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._12_Group_RAF" title="No. 12 Group RAF">No. 12 Group RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._13_Group_RAF" title="No. 13 Group RAF">No. 13 Group RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._14_Group_RAF" title="No. 14 Group RAF">No. 14 Group RAF</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Army_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Corps">AA Corps</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I_Anti-Aircraft_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="I Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom)">I AA Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/II_Anti-Aircraft_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="II Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom)">II AA Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/III_Anti-Aircraft_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="III Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom)">III AA Corps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">AA Divisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">1 AA Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">2 AA Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">3 AA Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">4 AA Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">5 AA Division</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/11th_Army_Group" title="11th Army Group">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Army_Group" title="15th Army Group">15th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Army_Group" title="18th Army Group">18th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_Armies_in_Italy" title="Allied Armies in Italy">Allied Armies in Italy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Armies (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_armies_in_World_War_II" title="List of British armies in World War II">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)">British Expeditionary Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="First Army (United Kingdom)">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Second Army (United Kingdom)">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Eighth Army (United Kingdom)">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ninth Army (United Kingdom)">Ninth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Tenth Army (United Kingdom)">Tenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Twelfth Army (United Kingdom)">Twelfth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom)">Fourteenth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Corps (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_corps_in_World_War_II" title="List of British corps in World War II">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="I Corps (United Kingdom)">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Airborne_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Airborne Corps (United Kingdom)">I Airborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="II Corps (United Kingdom)">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/III_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="III Corps (United Kingdom)">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IV_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="IV Corps (United Kingdom)">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="V Corps (United Kingdom)">V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VII_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="VII Corps (United Kingdom)">VII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="VIII Corps (United Kingdom)">VIII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="IX Corps (United Kingdom)">IX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="X Corps (United Kingdom)">X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XI_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="XI Corps (United Kingdom)">XI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XII_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="XII Corps (United Kingdom)">XII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XIII_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="XIII Corps (United Kingdom)">XIII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXX_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="XXX Corps (United Kingdom)">XXX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_Anti-Aircraft_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom)">1st Anti-Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Anti-Aircraft_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="2 Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom)">2nd Anti-Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3_Anti-Aircraft_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3 Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom)">3rd Anti-Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_Empire_corps_of_the_Second_World_War" title="List of British Empire corps of the Second World War">Commonwealth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_Force" title="Western Desert Force">Western Desert Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commands (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_Commands_and_Army_groups" title="List of British Commands and Army groups">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Aden" title="British Forces Aden">Aden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Command" title="Aldershot Command">Aldershot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_Land_Forces_South_East_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Allied Land Forces South East Asia">Allied Land Forces South East Asia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Anti-Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Army_of_the_Rhine" title="British Army of the Rhine">British Army of the Rhine</a></li> <li><a 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