300th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A.
The 300th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. was formed at Yeovil on 11th September 1941 and regimented with the 96th L.A.A. Regiment, R.A. on 2nd December 1941.[1]
The Battery personnel embarked on board the troopship Warwick Castle on 26th May 1942. The ship carried all Regimental personnel as part of Convoy WS 19P. The ship arrived at Mombasa on 14th July 1942 and the men disembarked two days later. The Battery deployed in the defence of vital points in the Mombasa area on 21st July.[2]
The 300th Battery was relieved by the 238th Battery on 8th/9th May 1943, and moved to Shimanzi as the cadre of the 206th (E.A.) L.A.A. Battery, E.A.A. While awaiting final disbandment, the Battery was attached to the 20th (E.A.) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, E.A.A.[3]
The 300th Battery was disbanded in Kenya on 20th November 1943.
Summary history of the 300th L.A.A. Battery, R.A.
© Steve Rothwell
27 March 2025
[1] "Lineage Book of the British Army; Mounted Corps and Infantry, 1660-1968", Frederick J.B.M., Hope Farm Press (1969)
[2] War diary 96th L.A.A. Regiment, R.A, WO 169/7016; WS Convoys, WO 193/55; https://www.naval-history.net/xAH-WSConvoys05-1942A.htm (accessed 9th April 2024)
[3] War diary 20th (E.A.) L.A.A. Regiment, WO 169/14097; War diary A.A. Defence Commander, WO 169/14091