4th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, W.A.A.

The 4th L.A.A. Battery, W.A.A. was formed at Lagos on 1st April 1942.  The Battery was then reorganised and redesignated to become the 4th L.A.A./Anti-Tank Battery W.A.A. by 1st March 1943.  In November 1943, the Battery moved to India with the 1st L.A.A./Atk Regiment, W.A.A.  At Chittagong on 2nd May 1944, the batteries of the 1st L.A.A./Atk Regiment, W.A.A. were reorganised and redesignated – the 4th L.A.A./Atk Battery becoming the 82nd L.A.A. Battery, W.A.A.  The Battery was reorganised as a mortar regiment on 23rd August 1944.  Here is a summary:

4th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, W.A.A.

1st April 1942                formed at Lagos, Nigeria
1st March 1943             reorganised as the 4th L.A.A./Anti-Tank Battery, W.A.A.

4th L.A.A./Anti-Tank Battery, W.A.A.

1st March 1943            by reorganisation of the 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, W.A.A.
2nd May1944               reorganised and re-designated as the 82nd L.A.A. Battery, W.A.A.

82nd L.A.A. Battery, W.A.A.

2nd May 1944              by redesignation of the 2nd L.A.A./Anti-Tank Battery, W.A.A.
23rd August 1944        reorganised as the 103rd Mortar Regiment, W.A.A.

 

4th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, W.A.A.

The 4th L.A.A. Battery, W.A.A. was formed at Lagos, Nigeria from personnel of the 109th L.A.A. Battery on 1st April 1942, under the command of the 5th H.A.A. Regiment, W.A.A.  Major G.R. Bell was appointed as Commanding Officer.[1]

The 4th L.A.A. Battery moved to Kano on 27th May 1942, having taken on ‘B’ Troop, 3rd L.A.A. Battery, W.A.A.  The detached troop of the 109th L.A.A. Battery at Maiduguri was posted complete to join the 4th L.A.A. Battery, W.A.A. on 3rd November.  The 4th L.A.A. Battery left the Regiment on 20th December and became an independent battery administered by the C.R.A. Nigeria Area.  It is possible that the Battery became attached to the 3rd (W.A.) Infantry Brigade.[2]

The 4th L.A.A. Battery was reorganised as a L.A.A./anti-tank battery by 1st March 1943, being regimented with the 1st L.A.A./Anti-Tank Regiment, W.A.A. on 1st May 1943.[3]

28 July 2025