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Originally Posted by the_historian  That's what I was thinking, Bod. I managed to find reference to a Dorsetshire Heavy Coast Artillery Regiment, formed 1924, which became 522 (Dorset) Coast Reg in 1940.
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I'd spotted them too. I don't think they are our boys, or girls.
The trouble seems to be a lack of OOB's (Order of Battle) for the UK in 1944. There are some for AA Command in 1940 but then nothing. So if this is a war raised unit, which owing to its high number it would seem to be, it does not appear on the early lists.
I have found a manpower list that states the Command Order of Battle for June 1944, stood at 161,108 men and 74,678 women. Mainly in the south-east of England.