Please can anyone tell me which regiment 19 coast battery was with between 1941-45? And any other relevant information, where were they etc. Thanks in advance.
Have a look through these. It's not complete though http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/coastidx/index.html Looks like there's a few diaries WO 169/285 Royal Artillery (Coast Heavy Batteries): 19 Heavy Battery 1940 Sept.- Dec. WO 169/286 Royal Artillery (Coast Heavy Batteries): X/19 Heavy Battery 1939 Aug.- 1940 Aug. WO 169/287 Royal Artillery (Coast Heavy Batteries): Y/19 Heavy Battery 1939 Sept.- 1940 Dec. WO 169/288 Royal Artillery (Coast Heavy Batteries): Detachment 19 Heavy Battery 1939 Dec.- 1940 Jan. WO 169/1509 19 Coast Battery 1941 Jan.- Dec. WO 169/1510 W.19 Coast Battery 1941 Apr.- Aug. WO 169/4668 19 Coast Battery 1942 Jan.- Dec. WO 169/9683 19 Coast Jan.- Dec. WO 169/16235 19 Coast Battery 1944 Jan.- Dec. WO 169/19965 19 Coast Bty 1945 Jan.- July Cheers Andy
Middle East? 19 Coast Battery No regiment mentioned, though. Maurice-Jones' History of Coast Artillery places 19th Heavy Battery in 22nd Heavy Brigade in Ireland around 1933-38, defending the British Treaty Ports at Queenstown (now Cobh) and Berehaven. After that, 19 Bty went to Haifa to defend its oil pipeline terminus. At the outbreak of the war, they were defending Port Said and Suez.
