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Description: | London Transport formed its own Territorial Army (T.A.) unit in 1938, and in 1940 supplied six battalions of the Local Defence Volunteers (Home Guard) from its staff.
One of the T.A. regiments was the 84th (London Transport) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment. Its main responsibility was to man the anti-aircraft guns that had been positioned across London.
The men pictured on parade served as the 262nd battery of the regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Richardson, the commander and founder of the regiment, is inspecting them. The colonel's staff are standing in a row, holding batons under their arms. Richardson is at the front.
The photo was taken at Stonebridge depot. A row of trolley buses is in the garage behind. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | London at War | Temporal: | 5 Aug 1939 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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