page_title: Hampshire Yeomanry
section_title: Mobile training
hierarchical_section_title: Hampshire Yeomanry / World War II / Mobile training
caption_attribution_description: English: The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 AEC Matador artillery tractor towing a 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun at Burrow Head in Scotland, 18 February 1944.
context_page_description: The Hampshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry cavalry regiment formed by amalgamating older units raised between 1794 and 1803 during the French Revolutionary Wars. It served in a mounted role in the Second Boer War and World War I, and in the air defence role during and after World War II. The lineage is continued by 295 Battery and 457 Battery, batteries of 106 Regiment Royal Artillery, part of the Army Reserve.
context_section_description: In January 1942, 72nd (Hampshire) HAA Rgt left AA Command and joined the War Office Reserve with 217, 218 and 393 HAA Btys. This was usually a precursor to mobile training for service overseas. In between training, these units were lent back to AA Command, and by May the regiment was with 28 (Thames & Medway) AA Bde in 6 AA Division protecting the approaches to London, then in June moved to newly-formed 71 AA Bde in 6 AA Division. In July 1942 it became an unbrigaded regiment, leaving AA Command entirely by mid-August when it came under direct War Office control.
  In the autumn of 1942 the regiment, equipped with 24 3.7-inch guns, was joined by its own HAA Signal Section of the Royal Corps of Signals (RCS) and by November it was fully organised for mobile operations with the following composition:
  217 HAA Bty
  218 HAA Bty
  393 HAA Bty
  72 HAA Rgt Signal Section, RCS
  72 HAA Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
  72 HAA Rgt Platoon, Royal Army Service Corps
caption: AEC Matador artillery tractor towing a 3.7-inch HAA gun on a training exercise in the UK.
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