409the (suffolk) Hy. A.a. Battery Royal Artillery.

denwats · 20-12-2005, 09:27 PM

Hi this is my first time on the W.W.2 Forum. I am trying to find out some information on The 409the (Suffolk) Hy. A.A. Battery Royal Artillery.
My Dad served in this company and I have a card in my possesion which was sent to my Mum. Inside are the words With Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year from signed by my Dad. I can't seem to find out any information on this company. Dad later served in Africa & Burma.
Can anyone point me in the right direction as I am doing my family history and would like to include something on his war service.
Below is the only information I have.

Enlisted into Royal Artillery Territorial Army:04/ 05/ 1939
Embodied:02/ 09/ 1939
Released to Army Reserve:29/ 07/ 1946
Change in Administration from Royal Artillery to
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers:01/ 10/ 1951
Discharged from Reserve Liability:30/ 06/ 1959

I am planing a trip to the U.K. next year and would like to get some photos of where he was stationed while on active service in the U.K.

Kind Regards
Dennis

spidge · 21-12-2005, 10:19 AM

Welcome to the forum Bernard and good luck with your quest.

Kiwiwriter · 21-12-2005, 04:35 PM

Welcome to the boards, and good luck with your quest.

Warren · 02-02-2006, 05:57 PM

Dennis,

The 409th (Suffolk) HAA Battery was a TA unit based around Lowestoft. They were initially part of 78th (East Anglian) HAA Regiment, but transferred to 136th HAA Regiment on 6th October 1941.
The following website gives some (sparse) details of the 78th and 136th HAA Regiments.
http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.html

As neither unit served in Burma, it is probable that your dad transferred to another unit.
To find out exactly what units he served with, you could try and get his service record:
http://www.veteransagency.mod.uk/service_r...ervice_recs.htm

Then to find out exactly where he was stationed, you could search the relevant unit war diaries, kept at the National Archives in Kew, London (if you get the time when you're in the UK !)

denwats · 04-02-2006, 09:23 PM

Warren, Thank you for your reply. I will be going to the National Archives in Kew so I will make a point to search the relevant unit war diaries,
Kind Regards
Dennis

20-12-2005, 09:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
denwats Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Seaford Posts: 2	Hi this is my first time on the W.W.2 Forum. I am trying to find out some information on The 409the (Suffolk) Hy. A.A. Battery Royal Artillery. My Dad served in this company and I have a card in my possesion which was sent to my Mum. Inside are the words With Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year from signed by my Dad. I can't seem to find out any information on this company. Dad later served in Africa & Burma. Can anyone point me in the right direction as I am doing my family history and would like to include something on his war service. Below is the only information I have. Enlisted into Royal Artillery Territorial Army:04/ 05/ 1939 Embodied:02/ 09/ 1939 Released to Army Reserve:29/ 07/ 1946 Change in Administration from Royal Artillery to Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers:01/ 10/ 1951 Discharged from Reserve Liability:30/ 06/ 1959 I am planing a trip to the U.K. next year and would like to get some photos of where he was stationed while on active service in the U.K. Kind Regards Dennis __________________ Gunner

21-12-2005, 10:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,966	Welcome to the forum Bernard and good luck with your quest. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

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Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Newark, NJ, and Christchurch, NZ Posts: 2,443	Welcome to the boards, and good luck with your quest. __________________ "My intensity is intense." -- Roger Clemens "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." -- Winston Churchill. "I am not a hero. The heroes are all dead. I am a survivor." -- Sgt. William Guarnere, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Check out my little contributions to World War II history at my web pages: World War II Plus 55 or http://davidhlippman.wildbillguarnere.com

04-02-2006, 09:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
denwats Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Seaford Posts: 2	Warren, Thank you for your reply. I will be going to the National Archives in Kew so I will make a point to search the relevant unit war diaries, Kind Regards Dennis __________________ Gunner

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02-02-2006, 05:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
Warren Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 8	Dennis, The 409th (Suffolk) HAA Battery was a TA unit based around Lowestoft. They were initially part of 78th (East Anglian) HAA Regiment, but transferred to 136th HAA Regiment on 6th October 1941. The following website gives some (sparse) details of the 78th and 136th HAA Regiments. http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.html As neither unit served in Burma, it is probable that your dad transferred to another unit. To find out exactly what units he served with, you could try and get his service record: http://www.veteransagency.mod.uk/service_r...ervice_recs.htm Then to find out exactly where he was stationed, you could search the relevant unit war diaries, kept at the National Archives in Kew, London (if you get the time when you're in the UK !)

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