The regiment supplied a cadre of experienced officers and men to 236th S/L Training Rgt at Oswestry where it provided the basis for a new 532 S/L Bty formed on 14 November 1940. This battery later joined &lt;a href="87th%20Searchlight%20Regiment%2C%20Royal%20Artillery"&gt;87th S/L Rgt&lt;/a&gt;. By early 1944, With the lower threat of attack by the weakened "Luftwaffe", AA Command was being forced to release manpower for the planned invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord). All Home Defence searchlight regiments were reduced, 34th S/L losing 338 Bty, which began disbandment on 6 March, competed by 3 April.