Hello everybody, I have come across Quentin Hughes' obituary in The Telegraph which states: Hughes was posted to 48/71 D Battery RA on Malta, which had the task of defending the Fleet Air Arm airfield. Is this description of the RA Unit correct? Thanks, Vitellino
The Batteries Then use Ctrl&f type in 48/71 see results Quentin Hughes (architect) - Wikipedia On the outbreak of war Hughes volunteered for the Royal Artillery and was posted to 208 Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment before obtaining his commission in 1940. Hughes was posted to Malta with 48/71 D Battery RA, from which his lifelong love of the island and interest in its architecture began TD Quentin Hughes
To confirm TD's Post. 48/71 Dragon Battery 26 Defence Regt RA. https://web.archive.org/web/20160331000350/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/def/page19.html Tim