Appendix IX
Disposition of Anti-aircraft guns
11th July, 1940

(HAA = heavy anti-aircraft guns; LAA = light anti-aircraft guns, including some 3-inch guns employed in that role; AA LMGS = Lewis and Hispano machine-guns employed against aircraft.)

  HAA LAA AA LMGs

1st AA DIVISION
(Major-General F. L. M. Crossman)
London 92
Langley (Slough) 28
Hounslow 4
Stanmore 4
Aerodromes, vital points, etc.   34 183
2nd AA DIVISION
(Major-General M. F. Grove-White)
Leighton Buzzard 4
Nottingham 16
Derby 40
Sheffield 23
Humber 38
Mobile Battery 8
Aerodromes 20
Aerodromes, vital points, etc.   82 788
3RD AA DIVISION and OSDEF
(Major-General L. R. Hill)
Belfast 7
Clyde 28
Ardeer 4
Kyle of Lochalsh 4
Aberdeen 4
Scapa Flow 88
Shetlands 12
Aerodromes 8
Aerodromes, vital points, etc.   119 368
4TH AA DIVISION
(Major-General C. A. E. Cadell)
Liverpool 52
Manchester 20
Crewe 8
Birmingham 64
Coventry 44
Ringway Aerodrome 4
Aerodromes, vital points, etc.   52 376
5TH AA DIVISION
(Major-General R. H. Allen)
Cardiff 12
Newport 4
Brockworth 36
Bristol 36
Falmouth 8
Plymouth 18
Portland 6
Holton Heath 8
Southampton 43
Portsmouth 44
Bramley 8
Aerodromes 20
Aerodromes, vital points, etc.   136 560
6th AA DIVISION
(Major-General F. G. Hyland)
Dover 18
Thames and Medway South 70
Thames and Medway North 46
Harwich 17
Aerodromes 37
Aerodromes, vital points, etc.   101 437
7TH AA DIVISION
(Major-General R. B. Pargiter)
Leeds 20
Tees 30
Tyne 54
Aerodromes 14
Aerodromes, vital points, etc.   50 321

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